Elizabeth Ann Wedgeworth (January , â€" November , ) was an American
character actress, known for her roles as Lana Shields in Three's
Company, Hilda Hensley in Sweet Dreams, and Merleen Elldridge in
Evening Shade. She won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a
Featured Actress in a Play for Chapter Two ().Elizabeth Ann Wedgeworth
was born in Abilene, Texas. She graduated from Highland Park High
School in University Park, Texas, where she was a childhood friend and
high school classmate of Jayne Mansfield. She dropped her first name
after graduating from the University of Texas in , and moved to New
York City. After auditioning several times, she was admitted to The
Actors Studio.Wedgeworth made her Broadway debut in the play Make a
Million in . She later had many roles on Broadway and off-Broadway
productions, including Period of Adjustment, Blues for Mister Charlie,
The Last Analysis, and Thieves. In , she won the Tony Award for Best
Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for Chapter Two.Wedgeworth
appeared off-Broadway at New York's Promenade Theatre from December ,
, until June , , in Sam Shepard's A Lie of the Mind, co-starring
Harvey Keitel and Geraldine Page; coincidentally, Page, a decade
Wedgeworth's senior, had married actor Rip Torn after his divorce from
Wedgeworth. At the time, Page and Torn were married, but were
estranged at the time of Page's death in . For her performance in A
Lie of the Mind, Wedgeworth was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play.
character actress, known for her roles as Lana Shields in Three's
Company, Hilda Hensley in Sweet Dreams, and Merleen Elldridge in
Evening Shade. She won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a
Featured Actress in a Play for Chapter Two ().Elizabeth Ann Wedgeworth
was born in Abilene, Texas. She graduated from Highland Park High
School in University Park, Texas, where she was a childhood friend and
high school classmate of Jayne Mansfield. She dropped her first name
after graduating from the University of Texas in , and moved to New
York City. After auditioning several times, she was admitted to The
Actors Studio.Wedgeworth made her Broadway debut in the play Make a
Million in . She later had many roles on Broadway and off-Broadway
productions, including Period of Adjustment, Blues for Mister Charlie,
The Last Analysis, and Thieves. In , she won the Tony Award for Best
Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for Chapter Two.Wedgeworth
appeared off-Broadway at New York's Promenade Theatre from December ,
, until June , , in Sam Shepard's A Lie of the Mind, co-starring
Harvey Keitel and Geraldine Page; coincidentally, Page, a decade
Wedgeworth's senior, had married actor Rip Torn after his divorce from
Wedgeworth. At the time, Page and Torn were married, but were
estranged at the time of Page's death in . For her performance in A
Lie of the Mind, Wedgeworth was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play.
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