A gifted, spirited Broadway lead of the early 1960s ("Take Her She's Mine" 1961, "Barefoot in the Park" 1963), Elizabeth Ashley has also proven popular on talk shows where she has become a quick-talking raconteur with the edge of someone fraught, wrought and distraught.

Ashley spent more than two decades as a Broadway star before becoming known to TV audiences playing the eccentric Aunt Frieda on "Evening Shade" (CBS, 1990-94). While still a teen-ager when she made her Broadway debut in 1959 in "The Highest Tree", she was a mere 22 when she won a Tony for "Take Her, She's Mine". A nervous breakdown, about which she later wrote in her book, "Postcards From the Road" (1978), almost derailed her career, but she bounced back, starring on Broadway as the idealistic young bride to Robert Redford's slightly stuffy groom in Neil Simon's "Barefoot in the Park" and has since gone on to shine as Maggie in the 1974 revival of Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", the chain-smoking psychiatrist in "Agnes of God" and in revivals of "The Skin of Our Teeth" and "Caesar and Cleopatra". In 1995, she returned once again to Broadway (and Williams) portraying Violet Venable in "Suddenly Last Summer".

Ashley made her screen debut in "The Carpetbaggers" (1964), as the second of the women George Peppard loves and leaves on his way up the ladder. (They subsequently married after meeting on the film). In "Ship of Fools" (1965), she was a young married woman taking guidance from Vivien Leigh. Subsequent roles have been sporadic and decidedly supporting, including "The Great Scout and Cathouse Thursday" (1976), "Paternity" (1981), and even "Dragnet" (1987).

Ashley first appeared on TV in a 1960 episode of "The Dupont Show of the Month" and appeared in numerous episodics during the decade, as well as doing celebrity player turns on such game shows as "Password". She even guest hosted NBC's "Saturday Night Live" in 1982. Ashley made her TV-movie debut "Harpy" (CBS, 1971) and has occasionally participated in the genre. She also appeared on the NBC soap opera "Another World" for a short period in 1990, but her most extensive TV work was the four seasons she was a member of the ensemble of "Evening Shade", alongside her "Paternity" co-star Burt Reynolds. In 1996, she was cast as the eccentric romantic novelist with whom Brooke Shield must contend on the NBC sitcom pilot "Suddenly Susan". It was later announced, however, that the show would be completely overhauled and taken in a new direction, and Ashley's character was dropped

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  Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002) (voice) .... Mrs. Vitello
Home Sweet Hoboken (2000)
Labor Pains (2000)

"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"
... aka Law & Order: SVU (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Special Victims Unit (New Zealand: English title)
- Payback (1999) TV Episode .... Serena Benson
"Homicide: Life on the Street"
... aka Homicide (USA: informal short title)
- Truth Will Out (1999) TV Episode .... Madeline Pitt
Just the Ticket (1999/I) .... Mrs. Palinski
... aka Gary & Linda (France)
Happiness (1998) .... Diane Freed
"Caroline in the City"
... aka Caroline (USA: promotional abbreviation)
- Caroline and the Bad Trip (1997) TV Episode .... Natalie
- Caroline and Richard's Mom (1996) TV Episode .... Natalie Karinsky
May and June (1997) (TV) .... Margaret Lipton
... aka Ruth Rendell Mysteries: May and June (UK: series title)
"Hey Arnold!"
- Part Time Friends/Biosquare (1997) TV Episode (voice) .... Mrs. Vitello
- Arnold's Hat/Stoop Kid (1996) TV Episode (voice) .... Mrs. Vitello
Sleeping Together (1997) .... Mrs. Tuccinini
"All My Children"
... aka All My Children: The Summer of Seduction (USA: promotional title)
- Episode dated 13 September 1996 (1996) TV Episode .... Madge
"Dave's World"
- Double Fault (1996) TV Episode .... Jeanette
Shoot the Moon (1996) .... Mrs. Comstock
"Touched by an Angel"
- Angels on the Air (1995) TV Episode
Mallrats (1995) (scenes deleted) .... Gov. Dalton (cut scene)
"Murder, She Wrote"
- Big Easy Murder (1995) TV Episode .... Emily Broussard
- Truck Stop (1989) TV Episode .... Vera Gerakaris
"Burke's Law"
- Who Killed the Motor Car Maverick? (1995) TV Episode .... Mary Burton
"The Buccaneers" (1995) (mini) TV Series .... Mrs. Closson
"Law & Order"
... aka Law & Order Prime (USA: informal title)
- Second Opinion (1994) TV Episode .... Gwen Young
"In the Heat of the Night"
- Maybelle's Return (1994) TV Episode .... Maybelle Chesboro
In the Best Interest of the Children (1992) (TV) .... Carla Scott
Harnessing Peacocks (1992) (TV) .... Grandmother
Love and Curses... And All That Jazz (1991) (TV) .... Emmalina
Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland Story (1991) (TV) .... Vicky
"Another World" (1964) TV Series .... Emma Frame Ordway #3 (1990)
... aka Another World: Bay City
"Evening Shade" (1990) TV Series .... Freida Evans
Blue Bayou (1990) (TV) .... Lolly Fontenot

"Hunter"
- A Girl Named Hunter (1989) TV Episode .... Felicia Green
Vampire's Kiss (1989) .... Dr. Glaser
Pasión de hombre (1989) .... Gloria
... aka A Man of Passion
"B.L. Stryker"
- Blues for Buder (1989) TV Episode
"Alfred Hitchcock Presents"
- Mirror Mirror (1989) TV Episode .... Karen & Kate Lawson
Dangerous Curves (1988) .... Miss Reed
Dragnet (1987) .... Jane Kirkpatrick
"Miami Vice"
- Knock, Knock, Who's There? (1987) TV Episode .... Linda Colby
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (1987) (TV) .... Babette
Warm Hearts, Cold Feet (1987) (TV) .... Blanche Webster
Stagecoach (1986) (TV) .... Dallas
"The Hitchhiker"
... aka Voyageur, Le (France)
- Out of the Night (1985) TV Episode .... Woman
"The Love Boat"
- Call Me Grandma/A Gentleman of Discretion/The Perfect Divorce/Letting Go: Part 1 (1985) TV Episode
He's Fired, She's Hired (1984) (TV) .... Freddie Fox
Svengali (1983) (TV) .... Eve Swiss
Split Image (1982) .... Diana Stetson
... aka Captured (Canada: English title)
... aka Envoûtement, L' (Canada: French title)
"Saturday Night Live"
... aka NBC's Saturday Night (USA: original title)
... aka SNL
... aka SNL 25 (USA: new title)
... aka Saturday Night Live '80 (USA: new title)
- Episode #7.13 (1982) TV Episode .... Host
"Freedom to Speak" (1982) (mini) TV Series .... Jane Addams/Dorothea Dix
Paternity (1981) .... Sophia Thatcher
Windows (1980) .... Andrea Glassen
Gypsy Angels (1980)

A Fire in the Sky (1978) (TV) .... Sharon Allan
Tom and Joann (1978) (TV) .... Joan Hammil
Coma (1978) .... Mrs. Emerson
The War Between the Tates (1977) (TV) .... Erica Tate
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday (1976) .... Nancy Sue
... aka Wildcat
One of My Wives Is Missing (1976) (TV) .... Elizabeth Corban
92 in the Shade (1975) .... Jeannie Carter
Rancho Deluxe (1975) .... Cora Brown
Golden Needles (1974) .... Felicity
... aka The Chase for the Golden Needles (USA: reissue title)
"The F.B.I."
- Diamond Run (1974) TV Episode .... Claire
"Ironside"
... aka The Raymond Burr Show (USA: syndication title)
- Close to the Heart (1974) TV Episode .... Laura Keyes
"Mannix"
- The Dark Hours (1974) TV Episode .... Karen Winslow
The Six Million Dollar Man: Solid Gold Kidnapping (1973) (TV) .... Dr. Erica Bergner
... aka Solid Gold Kidnapping (USA: short title)
"Police Story"
- Dangerous Games (1973) TV Episode .... Jannette Johnson
Paperback Hero (1973) .... Loretta
... aka Coq du village, Le (Canada: French title: TV title)
... aka Last of the Big Guns (Canada: English title)
"The Magician"
- Pilot (1973) TV Episode .... Sally Baker
The Magician (1973/I) (TV) .... Sally Baker
"Mission: Impossible"
- The Question (1973) TV Episode .... Andrea
- Encounter (1971) TV Episode .... Lois Stoner
Your Money or Your Wife (1972) (TV) .... Laurel Plunkett
The Heist (1972/I) (TV) .... Diane Craddock
"Ghost Story"
... aka Circle of Fear (USA: second season title)
- At the Cradle Foot (1972) TV Episode .... Karen
Second Chance (1972) (TV) .... Ellie Smith
When Michael Calls (1972) (TV) .... Helen Connelly
... aka Shattered Silence
"Insight"
- The War of the Eggs (1972) TV Episode
The Face of Fear (1971) (TV) .... Sally Dillman
The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker (1971) .... Nan
Harpy (1971) (TV) .... Marian
"Medical Center"
- Brink of Doom (1970) TV Episode .... Anne Forley
"The Virginian"
... aka The Men from Shiloh (new title)
- The West vs. Colonel MacKenzie (1970) TV Episode .... Faith
"Love, American Style"
- Love and the Banned Book/Love and the First Nighters/Love and the King (1970) TV Episode .... (segment "Love and the Banned Book")

"Hallmark Hall of Fame"
... aka Hallmark Television Playhouse
- The File on Devlin (1969) TV Episode .... Sally Devlin
"Run for Your Life"
- Grotenberg Mask (1966) TV Episode .... Diana Fuller
The Third Day (1965) .... Alexandria Mallory
Ship of Fools (1965) .... Jenny Brown
The Carpetbaggers (1964) .... Monica Winthrop
"Stoney Burke"
- Tigress by the Tail (1963) TV Episode .... Donna Weston
"Sam Benedict"
- Season for Vengeance (1963) TV Episode .... Cindy Messerman
"Route 66"
- The Cage Around Maria (1963) TV Episode .... Maria
"The United States Steel Hour"
... aka The U.S. Steel Hour (USA: alternative title)
- The Young Avengers (1963) TV Episode
- The Big Splash (1961) TV Episode
"Ben Casey"
- And Even Death Shall Die (1962) TV Episode .... Jane Brewster
"The Nurses"
... aka The Doctors and the Nurses (new title)
- The Barbara Bowers Story (1962) TV Episode .... Barbara Bowers
"The Defenders"
- The Prowler (1961) TV Episode .... Joyce Harkavy
"The DuPont Show of the Month"
- Heaven Can Wait (1960) TV Episode