Ann Wedgeworth

Actress

Female

Born Jan 21, 1935

Age 78

Hometown Abilene, Texas

Other Names Elizabeth Ann Wed...

Ann Wedgeworth is a Tony award winning American actress, best known for her role as Lahoma Vane Lucas on the daytime dramas Another World (1967–1970) and Somerset (1970–1973) and as Lana Shields a short-lived character on Three's Company (1979).

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Ernie Martin
Married 1970
Rip Torn
Married 1955 - 1961

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Blues For Mister Charlie Back Stage
Google News - Jun 30, 2011

The original production had Burgess Meredith as director, a powerhouse cast that included Al Freeman Jr., Diana Sands, Rip Torn, Ralph Waite, Rosetta LeNoire, Pat Hingle, and Ann Wedgeworth, and was produced on Broadway by Lee Strasberg's legendary
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Correction
NYTimes - May 21, 2006

An article on May 7 about the actor Rip Torn misstated the surname of one of his former wives and misspelled her given name. She is Ann Wedgeworth, not Anne Wedgewood.
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Rip Torn Won't Go Gentle Into That Good Night
NYTimes - May 07, 2006

When Rip Torn arrived at a party in Aspen, Colo., one evening in March, he looked somewhat lost. Most of the guests at the event, primarily comedians and fellow actors, were wearing designer jeans and wool sweaters, but Torn had on a suit and tie. When he is at home in New York, Torn lets himself slump around comfortably, unshaven in flannel shirts
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New Dvd's
NYTimes - Jul 12, 2005

Scarecrow The road movie may have been the defining genre of the 1970's, and Jerry Schatzberg's ''Scarecrow,'' made in 1973, is a definitive example. Starring a young Al Pacino (whom Mr. Schatzberg had promoted to stardom with his excellent, now mysteriously unavailable ''Panic in Needle Park'') and Gene Hackman (hitting his stride as a leading man
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1935 Birth Born on January 21, 1935.

TWENTIES

1955 20 Years Old She married Rip Torn in 1955. They have a daughter, actress Danae Torn. The couple divorced in 1961.

1957 22 Years Old Ann graduated from Highland Park High School in University Park, Texas where she was a childhood friend and high school classmate of Jayne Mansfield. She then graduated from the University of Texas in 1957. … Read More

THIRTIES

1970 35 Years Old In 1970 she married acting teacher and director Ernie Martin, and they have a daughter, actress/acting teacher/writer Dianna Martin.

FORTIES

1982 47 Years Old In 1982, she worked with Linda Bloodworth-Thomason in her first series, Filthy Rich, playing ditsy, good-natured Bootsie Westchester.

FIFTIES

1986 51 Years Old In 1986 she had a memorable role as a nasty toy store saleswoman in an episode of The Twilight Zone.

1987 52 Years Old In 1987 she appeared as a mother who is unknowingly reunited with her dead son in Made in Heaven, and she appeared in A Tiger's Tale that same year.

1989 54 Years Old In 1989 she portrayed Aunt Fern in the box office hit Steel Magnolias, directed by her friend Herbert Ross, who also directed her in her Tony-winning role in Chapter Two.

1990 55 Years Old 1 More Event

In 1990, she had a walk-on role on Roseanne where she played Dan Conner's mother. Throughout the 1980s, Wedgworth took many supporting roles in films such as Killjoy (1981) and No Small Affair, playing Jon Cryer's mother in the latter film. In 1985, Wedgeworth appeared in the TV movie Right to Kill?

1991 56 Years Old She also appeared in the 1991 film Hard Promises.

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