Elizabeth Ann Cole (born August 30, 1939), known professionally as Elizabeth Ashley, is an American actress who first came to prominence as the ingenue in the Broadway play Take Her, She's Mine, which earned her a Tony Award as Best Featured Actress in a Play.

KNOWN FOR

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1975
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Law & Order
1994
The Mike Douglas Show
1974
Saturday Night Live
1982
The Merv Griffin Show
1971
Late Night with David Letterman
1983
The Love Boat
1985
What's My Line?
1964
Murder, She Wrote
1989
Ironside
1974
Touched by an Angel
1995

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
122
2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
2020
Better Things
as Miss Louise
2020
The Bold Type
as Pam
2019
Russian Doll
as Ruth Brenner
2018
Ocean's Eight
as Ethel
2017
Fry Day
as Grannie
2017
Just Getting Started
as Lily
2010
Treme
as Aunt Mimi
2007
Brando: An Icon Is Born
as Herself
2007
The Cake Eaters
as Marg
2007
On Board the Ship of Fools
2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
2002
Hey Arnold! The Movie
as Mrs. Vitello (voice)
2001
Home Sweet Hoboken
as Beth Flowers
2000
Labor Pains
as Janice
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Serena Benson
1999
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Madeline Pitt
1998
Just the Ticket
as Mrs. Paliski
1998
Happiness
as Diane Freed
1997
Sleeping Together
as Mrs. Tuccinini
1996
Hey Arnold!
as Mrs. Vitello (voice)
1996
Caroline in the City
as Natalie Karinsky
1996
Dave's World
as Jeanette
1996
The Big Easy
as Larissa Fontaine
1995
Touched by an Angel
as Sandy Latham
1995
Murder, She Wrote
as Emily Broussard Renwyck
1995
The Buccaneers
as Mrs. Closson (uncredited)
1995
Burke's Law
as Mary Burton
1995
Women of the House
as Self
1995
The Buccaneers
as Mrs. Closson
1994
Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Gwen Young
1994
In the Heat of the Night
as Maybelle Cheseboro
1993
The Larry Sanders Show
as Elizabeth Ashley
1992
In the Best Interest of the Children
as Carla Scott
1991
Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland Story
as Vicky
1991
Love and Curses... and All That Jazz
as Emmalina
1990
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
as Self
1990
Blue Bayou
as Lolly Fontenot
1990
Evening Shade
as Freida Evans
1990
Another World
as Emma Frame Ordway
1989
Vampire's Kiss
as Dr. Glaser
1989
A Man of Passion
as Gloria
1989
Murder, She Wrote
as Vera Gerakaris
1989
Hunter
as Felicia Green
1989
B.L. Stryker
as Althea Campbell
1989
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Karen Lawson / Kate Lawson
1988
Dangerous Curves
as Miss Reed
1988
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
as Elizabeth Ashley
1988
Eisenhower and Lutz
as Eleanor
1987
Warm Hearts, Cold Feet
as Blanche Webster
1987
Dragnet
as Jane Kirkpatrick
1987
Miami Vice
as Linda Colby
1987
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
as Babette
1986
Stagecoach
as Dallas
1985
The Hitchhiker
as Woman / Mrs. Baxter
1985
Cagney & Lacey
as Michelle Zal
1985
The Love Boat
as Nancy Bricker
1984
He's Fired, She's Hired
as Freddie Fox
1983
Svengali
as Eve Swiss
1983
Late Night with David Letterman
as Self
1982
Split Image
as Diana Stetson
1982
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1981
Paternity
as Sophia Thatcher
1980
Windows
as Andrea Glassen
1979
Playhouse
as Medium
1978
Coma
as Mrs. Emerson
1978
A Fire in the Sky
as Sharon Allan
1978
Tom and Joann
as Joann Hammil
1977
The War Between the Tates
as Erica Tate
1977
Family
as Elizabeth Kraft
1976
One of My Wives Is Missing
as Elizabeth Corban
1976
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
as Nancy Sue
1975
92 in the Shade
as Jeannie Carter
1975
Rancho Deluxe
as Cora Brown
1975
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1975
Dinah!
as Self
1974
Golden Needles
as Felicity
1974
The F.B.I.
as Claire
1974
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1974
Ironside
as Laura Keyes
1974
Mannix
as Karen Winslow
1973
Paperback Hero
as Loretta
1973
The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping
as Dr. Erica Bergner
1973
The Magician
as Sally Baker
1973
Mission: Impossible
as Andrea
1973
Police Story
as Jannette Johnson
1972
The Heist
as Diane Craddock
1972
When Michael Calls
as Helen Connelly
1972
Second Chance
as Ellie Smith
1972
Your Money or Your Wife
as Laurel Plunkett
1972
Ghost Story
as Karen Dover
1971
The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
as Nan
1971
Harpy
as Marian
1971
The Face of Fear
as Sally Dillman
1971
Mission: Impossible
as Lois Stoner
1971
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1970
Medical Center
as Anne Forley
1970
Love, American Style
as Penny Dunbar
1970
The Virginian
as Faith Andrews
1969
The File on Devlin
as Sally Devlin
1969
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Sally Devlin
1968
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
1966
Run for Your Life
as Dina Fuller
1965
Ship of Fools
as Jenny
1965
The Third Day
as Alexandria Mallory
1965
The Ambassadors
as Miss Barrace
1965
The Oscars
as Self
1965
Six Shades of Black
as Mrs Fallow
1964
The Carpetbaggers
as Monica Winthrop
1964
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1964
Danger Man
as Lady Fielding
1964
Story Parade
as Mrs. Markham
1963
Route 66
as Maria Cardenas
1963
Sam Benedict
as Cindy Messerman
1963
Stoney Burke
as Donna Weston
1962
Ben Casey
as Jane Brewster
1962
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1962
The Nurses
as Barbara Bowers
1961
The Defenders
as Joyce Harkavy
1961
The United States Steel Hour
1960
DuPont Show of the Month
as Bette
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self