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Actor Born: August 30, 1939 in Ocala, FL Biography:A graduate of Louisiana State University and New York's Neighborhood Playhouse, "Elizabeth Ashley" started her professional career as a model and ballet dancer (she had studied with Tatiana Semenova). Ashley was still travelling under her given name of Elizabeth Cole when she made her 1959 Broadway bow in "The Highest Tree". She first adopted the billing of "Ashley" for her 1961 breakthrough stage appearance in "Take Her, She's Mine", which won her the Theatre World Award. Ashley followed this triumph with her performance as newlywed Corrie Bratter in "Neil Simon"'s "Barefoot in the Park" (1963). She made her film debut as Monica Winthrop in "The Carpetbaggers" (1963), co-starring with then-husband "George Peppard" (she had previously been married to actor "James Farentino"). After the 1965 film "Ship of Fools", Ashley dropped out of acting for five years. In her candid 1978 autobiography "Actress:... Full Biography
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