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.

Filmography

• Russian Doll — Ruth Brenner
• 2018Ocean's Eight — Ethel
• 2017Fry Day — Grannie
• 2017Just Getting Started — Lily
• The Bold Type — Pam
• Better Things — Miss Louise
• Treme — Aunt Mimi
• 2007On Board the Ship of Fools
• 2007The Cake Eaters — Marg
• 2002Hey Arnold! The Movie — Mrs. Vitello (voice)
• 2001Home Sweet Hoboken — Beth Flowers
• 2000Labor Pains — Janice
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Serena Benson
• 1998Happiness — Diane Freed
• 1998Just the Ticket — Mrs. Paliski
• 1997Sleeping Together — Mrs. Tuccinini
• Hey Arnold! — Mrs. Vitello (voice)
• The Big Easy — Larissa Fontaine
• Caroline in the City — Natalie Karinsky
• The Buccaneers — Mrs. Closson (uncredited)
• Burke's Law — Mary Burton
• Touched by an Angel — Sandy Latham
• Dave's World — Jeanette
• Homicide: Life on the Street — Madeline Pitt
• 1992In the Best Interest of the Children — Carla Scott
• The Larry Sanders Show — Elizabeth Ashley
• 1991Love and Curses... and All That Jazz — Emmalina
• 1991Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland Story — Vicky
• 1990Blue Bayou — Lolly Fontenot
• Evening Shade — Freida Evans
• Law & Order — Defense Attorney Gwen Young
• 1989A Man of Passion — Gloria
• B.L. Stryker — Althea Campbell
• 1989Vampire's Kiss — Dr. Glaser
• 1988Dangerous Curves — Miss Reed
• Eisenhower and Lutz — Eleanor
• In the Heat of the Night — Maybelle Cheseboro
• 1988Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz — Elizabeth Ashley
• 1987Dragnet — Jane Kirkpatrick
• The Two Mrs. Grenvilles — Babette
• 1987Warm Hearts, Cold Feet — Blanche Webster
• 1986Stagecoach — Dallas
• The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Karen Lawson / Kate Lawson
• 1984He's Fired, She's Hired — Freddie Fox
• Hunter — Felicia Green
• Miami Vice — Linda Colby
• Murder, She Wrote — Vera Gerakaris, Emily Broussard Renwyck
• 1983Svengali — Eve Swiss
• The Hitchhiker — Woman / Mrs. Baxter
• Cagney & Lacey — Michelle Zal
• 1982Split Image — Diana Stetson
• 1981Paternity — Sophia Thatcher
• 1980Windows — Andrea Glassen
• 1978A Fire in the Sky — Sharon Allan
• 1978Coma — Mrs. Emerson
• 1978Tom and Joann — Joann Hammil
• The Love Boat — Nancy Bricker
• 1977The War Between the Tates — Erica Tate
• Family — Elizabeth Kraft
• 1976One of My Wives Is Missing — Elizabeth Corban
• 1976The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday — Nancy Sue
• 197592 in the Shade — Jeannie Carter
• 1975Rancho Deluxe — Cora Brown
• 1974Golden Needles — Felicity
• Playhouse — Medium
• 1973Paperback Hero — Loretta
• Police Story — Jannette Johnson
• 1973The Magician — Sally Baker
• 1973The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping — Dr. Erica Bergner
• Ghost Story — Karen Dover
• 1972Second Chance — Ellie Smith
• 1972The Heist — Diane Craddock
• 1972When Michael Calls — Helen Connelly
• 1972Your Money or Your Wife — Laurel Plunkett
• 1971Harpy — Marian
• 1971The Face of Fear — Sally Dillman
• 1971The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker — Nan
• Love, American Style — Penny Dunbar
• Medical Center — Anne Forley
• 1969The File on Devlin — Sally Devlin
• Ironside — Laura Keyes
• Mannix — Karen Winslow
• Mission: Impossible — Andrea, Lois Stoner
• Run for Your Life — Dina Fuller
• 1965Ship of Fools — Jenny
• Six Shades of Black — Mrs Fallow
• 1965The Ambassadors — Miss Barrace
• The F.B.I. — Claire
• 1965The Third Day — Alexandria Mallory
• Another World — Emma Frame Ordway
• Story Parade — Mrs. Markham
• 1964The Carpetbaggers — Monica Winthrop
• Sam Benedict — Cindy Messerman
• Stoney Burke — Donna Weston
• The Nurses — Barbara Bowers
• The Virginian — Faith Andrews
• Ben Casey — Jane Brewster
• The Defenders — Joyce Harkavy
• Danger Man — Lady Fielding
• Route 66 — Maria Cardenas
• DuPont Show of the Month — Bette
• The United States Steel Hour
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Sally Devlin

Appearances as themselves (16)

• 2021Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age — Self
• 2007Brando: An Icon Is Born — Herself
• 2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There — Self
• Women of the House — Self
• 1990Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond — Self
• Late Night with David Letterman — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
• Dinah! — Self
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• Tony Awards — Self - Nominee
• The Oscars — Self
• What's My Line? — Self - Mystery Guest
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
• Broadway: The Next Generation — Self