Ethyl Spraggins Ayler (May 1, 1930 – November 18, 2018) was an American character actress with a career spanning over five decades.

KNOWN FOR

Friends
1997
Great Performances
1976
Melrose Place
1997
The Cosby Show
1984
Six Feet Under
2004
Family Ties
1989
Jake and the Fatman
1991
Girlfriends
2002
Sister, Sister
1995
Martin
1995
7th Heaven
2006
Brooklyn South
1997

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
25
2006
7th Heaven
as Mrs. Macaferty
2005
Out of Practice
2004
Six Feet Under
as Ellen
2002
Girlfriends
as Nana Blackwell
2001
Fire & Ice
as Lola Aimes
1998
The Wedding
as Eunice
1997
Eve's Bayou
as Gran Mère
1997
Friends
as Hospital Administrator
1997
Melrose Place
as Mrs. Bowen
1997
Brooklyn South
as Mabel Oakley
1995
Martin
as Mrs. Whitmore
1995
Sister, Sister
as Ginny
1992
Stormy Weathers
as Clara Wilkes
1992
The Bodyguard
as Emma
1991
Jake and the Fatman
1990
To Sleep with Anger
as Hattie
1989
Family Ties
as Ms. Daniels
1989
Day by Day
as Marjorie
1986
Nine 1/2 Weeks
as Jewelry Saleswoman
1984
The Cosby Show
as Carrie Hanks
1977
The Andros Targets
as Beatrice Long
1976
The First Breeze of Summer
as Hattie
1976
Great Performances
as Hattie
1975
Lord Shango
as Lady in bar (uncredited)
1962
Time of the Heathen
as Marie