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Elizabeth Ashley (Elizabeth Ann Cole) was born on 30 August, 1939 in Ocala, Florida, U.S., is an American actress. Discover Elizabeth Ashley's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 85 years old?

Popular As Elizabeth Ann Cole
Occupation Actress
Age 85 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 30 August 1939
Birthday 30 August
Birthplace Ocala, Florida, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Elizabeth Ashley Height, Weight & Measurements

At 85 years old, Elizabeth Ashley height is 5' 5" (1.65 m) .

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Height 5' 5" (1.65 m)
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Who Is Elizabeth Ashley's Husband?

Her husband is James Farentino (m. 1962-1965) George Peppard (m. 1966-1972) James McCarthy (m. 1975-1981)

Family
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Husband James Farentino (m. 1962-1965) George Peppard (m. 1966-1972) James McCarthy (m. 1975-1981)
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Children 1

Elizabeth Ashley Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Elizabeth Ashley worth at the age of 85 years old? Elizabeth Ashley’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actress. She is from United States. We have estimated Elizabeth Ashley's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
Salary in 2023 Under Review
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Source of Income Actress

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1939

Elizabeth Ann Cole (born August 30, 1939), known professionally as Elizabeth Ashley, is an American actress of theatre, film, and television.

1962

She has been nominated for three Tony Awards, winning once in 1962 for Take Her, She's Mine.

1963

Ashley won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for Take Her, She's Mine, then later starred as Corie in the original Broadway production of Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park (1963) and, later, as Maggie in a Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1974).

She received Tony nominations for both performances.

1964

Ashley was also nominated for the BAFTA and Golden Globe awards for her supporting performance in The Carpetbaggers (1964), and was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1991 for Evening Shade.

Elizabeth was a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 24 times.

She appeared in several episodes of In the Heat of the Night as Maybelle Chesboro.

She has been featured in major motion pictures over five decades, including early roles in The Carpetbaggers (1964), Ship of Fools (1965), and The Third Day (1965).

The latter was her leading man in her first movie, The Carpetbaggers (1964).

The couple had a son, Christian.

Her divorce from Peppard caused the cancellation of his television series Banacek; he quit the show to prevent her from receiving a larger percentage of his earnings as part of their divorce settlement.

At 25, Ashley retired from acting "to make a home for my husband, see that he had his dinner on time, realize myself as a woman."

She resumed her career four years later.

1969

She first appeared with Burt Reynolds in a 1969 season episode of Love, American Style, then later in the movie Paternity in 1981, as a guest star in his television series B.L. Stryker in 1989, and finally as a cast member in his final television series, Evening Shade, from 1990 to 1994 as Aunt Frieda Evans.

1970

Ashley had the role of Kate in Sandburg's Lincoln, a six-part dramatization that ran on NBC in the mid-1970s.

1971

Her other film credits include The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker (1971), Rancho Deluxe (1975), Coma (1978), Paternity (1981), Dragnet (1987), and Vampire's Kiss (1989), and she starred as the villain in the controversial film Windows (1980).

1974

She also appeared in an episode of Mannix, "The Dark Hours", in 1974.

Ashley was born Elizabeth Ann Cole in Ocala, Florida, to music teacher Arthur Kingman Cole and the former Lucille Ayer.

She grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Ashley left Louisiana State University after her freshman year and moved to New York.

She studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre there, supporting herself by working as the Jell-O pudding girl on a television program and as a showroom model.

She dated writer Tom McGuane and credits their liaison with reawakening a sexuality that she put to good use when she portrayed Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in 1974.

1978

Ashley's autobiography Actress: Postcards from the Road was published in a hardcover edition on June 1, 1978 by M. Evans & Co (now part of the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group).

1979

A paperback publication followed on October 12, 1979 through Fawcett Publications.

Ashley is thrice married and divorced.

Her first and second husbands were actors James Farentino and George Peppard.

1982

She appeared on Broadway as Dr. Livingstone in Agnes of God (1982) and was a replacement in the role of Mattie Fae during the original Broadway run of August: Osage County.

1987

Her other television appearances include the 1987 miniseries The Two Mrs. Grenvilles, and guest roles in Ben Casey; Route 66; Sam Benedict; Stoney Burke; The Six Million Dollar Man; Family; Miami Vice; Caroline in the City; Mission: Impossible; Murder, She Wrote; Dave's World; Law & Order; Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; Touched by an Angel; The Larry Sanders Show; Homicide: Life on the Street; Russian Doll; and Better Things.

She was featured in 14 episodes of the HBO series Treme as Aunt Mimi.