Ashley Austin Morris (born Ashley Morris, ) is an American comedian,
playwright, and stage, television, and film actress. She is best known
for her role as Francine Carruthers in the revival of the PBS Kids
children's series The Electric Company, which ran from to .Morris was
born in San Antonio, Texas. After finishing high school, she joined a
comedy troupe called "Viva La Vulva!" and contributed to the group's
writing and sketch comedy. The following year, she enrolled at the
University of North Carolina School of the Arts and co-starred in a
production called Be Good, Daniel, a short comedy romance. She also
wrote Libido Limbo, a play about Lady M, Nora, Blanche, and Medea
being trapped in purgatory and being saved by Hillary Clinton, which
was a finalist at Atlanta's Young Playwrights Festival.Morris moved to
New York City after graduating from the University of North Carolina
School of the Arts, and landed roles in off-Broadway productions,
first as Edith in Die, Mommie, Die! and then in Paper Dolls. She also
performed stand-up comedy and starred for three seasons as Francine
Carruthers, the leader of the Pranksters and a character with a very
high opinion of herself and the power to generate violet word balls,
in the - revival of The Electric Company, an educational children's
program that employed sketch comedy and other entertaining devices to
help elementary school children develop their grammar and reading
skills and shown on the Public Broadcasting Service .While performing
on The Electric Company, Morris continued to also act on stage,
including in the New York City off-Broadway productions Isabel and
Bees, Love, Loss, and What I Wore, and In the Daylight, and appeared
in episodes of the television shows Ugly Betty, The Good Wife, and
Gravity.
playwright, and stage, television, and film actress. She is best known
for her role as Francine Carruthers in the revival of the PBS Kids
children's series The Electric Company, which ran from to .Morris was
born in San Antonio, Texas. After finishing high school, she joined a
comedy troupe called "Viva La Vulva!" and contributed to the group's
writing and sketch comedy. The following year, she enrolled at the
University of North Carolina School of the Arts and co-starred in a
production called Be Good, Daniel, a short comedy romance. She also
wrote Libido Limbo, a play about Lady M, Nora, Blanche, and Medea
being trapped in purgatory and being saved by Hillary Clinton, which
was a finalist at Atlanta's Young Playwrights Festival.Morris moved to
New York City after graduating from the University of North Carolina
School of the Arts, and landed roles in off-Broadway productions,
first as Edith in Die, Mommie, Die! and then in Paper Dolls. She also
performed stand-up comedy and starred for three seasons as Francine
Carruthers, the leader of the Pranksters and a character with a very
high opinion of herself and the power to generate violet word balls,
in the - revival of The Electric Company, an educational children's
program that employed sketch comedy and other entertaining devices to
help elementary school children develop their grammar and reading
skills and shown on the Public Broadcasting Service .While performing
on The Electric Company, Morris continued to also act on stage,
including in the New York City off-Broadway productions Isabel and
Bees, Love, Loss, and What I Wore, and In the Daylight, and appeared
in episodes of the television shows Ugly Betty, The Good Wife, and
Gravity.
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