Elizabeth Ashley, who made her Broadway debut in 1959's The Highest Tree, celebrates her birthday August 30.
Ashley, who was last on Broadway in You Can't Take It With You, received a Tony Award for her performance in Take Her, She's Mine. She was also nominated for her work in Barefoot in the Park and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and her other Broadway credits include Gore Vidal's The Best Man, Garden District, Agnes of God, Hide and Seek, Caesar and Cleopatra, Legend, The Skin of Our Teeth, and Ring Around the Bathtub.
Flip through photos of some of her career highlights below:
Elizabeth Ashley in The Highest Tree
Marty Huston, Elizabeth Ashley, Tom Brannum, Walter Moulder, Louise Sorel, Paul Geary, and Jean McClinktock in Take Her, She's Mine
Elizabeth Ashley and Phyllis Thaxter in Take Her, She's Mine
Elizabeth Ashley, Susan Stein, Jean McClintock, and Louise Sorel in Take Her, She's Mine
Elizabeth Ashley in Barefoot in the Park
Robert Redford and Elizabeth Ashley in Barefoot in the Park
Robert Redford and Elizabeth Ashley in Barefoot in the Park
Elizabeth Ashley and Kurt Kasznar in Barefoot in the Park
Elizabeth Ashley and Robert Redford in Barefoot in the Park
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Elizabeth Ashley in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Elizabeth Ashley in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
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Elizabeth Ashley and Fred Gwynne in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Elizabeth Ashley and Michael Zaslow in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Elizabeth Ashley in Legend
Elizabeth Ashley in Legend
Elizabeth Ashley and cast in Legend
Elizabeth Ashley in Caesar and Cleopatra
Rex Harrison, Elizabeth Ashley, and Paul Hecht in Caesar and Cleopatra
Elizabeth Ashley in When She Danced
Jonathan Walker and Elizabeth Ashley in When She Danced
Robert Sean Leonard and Elizabeth Ashley in When She Danced
Elizabeth Ashley in Sweet Bird of Youth
Photo by Photo by Carol Rosegg
Chrstine Ebersole, Michael Learned, and Elizabeth Ashley in Gore Vidal's The Best Man
Hallie Foote and Elizabeth Ashley in Dividing The Estate
Photo by Joan Marcus
Elizabeth Ashley in Dividing The Estate
Photo by Joan Marcus
Elizabeth Ashley, Penny Fuller, and Roger Robinson in Dividing The Estate
Photo by Jann Whaley
Elizabeth Ashley in Me, Myself & I
Joan Marcus
Elizabeth Ashley and Brian Murray in Me, Myself & I
Elizabeth Ashley in Me, Myself & I
Elizabeth Ashley in The Best Man
Photo by Joan Marcus
Elizabeth Ashley, Cybill Shepherd in The Best Man
Elizabeth Ashley, Cybill Shepherd, Kristin Davis, and Donna Hanover in The Best Man
Annaleigh Ashford, Reg Rogers, Elizabeth Ashley, Kristine Nielsen, Mark Linn-Baker, James Earl Jones, and Patrick Kerr in You Can't Take It with You
Elizabeth Ashley in You Can't Take It with You
Elizabeth Ashley and Reg Rogers in You Can't Take It with You
