Rachel Ames
| Rachel Ames | |
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 Ames in 1973. |
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| Born | November 2, 1929 Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1951 – present |
| Spouse | Barry Cahill |
Rachel Ames (born November 2, 1929 in Portland, Oregon) is an Emmy Award Winning American actress. She is the longest-running performer on ABC's longest-running daytime serial, General Hospital, playing Audrey Hardy, R.N. from 1964 to 2007. She also played Audrey Hardy on the General Hospital spin-off series Port Charles. Her contract was not renewed for General Hospital in 2003, but she still appeared as a recurring character from 2003 until 2007.
Ames has been nominated three times for a Daytime Emmy Award as "Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama" for her role on General Hospital, and in 2004, was given a "Lifetime Achievement Award" Emmy.
In 1997, she appeared on ABC's special two-hour primetime preview of new daytime series Port Charles, a spin-off of the long-running Emmy winning hit General Hospital. Ames played her signature role of Audrey Hardy and needed extensive surgery.
Ames has also had dozens of TV guest-starring appearances (almost all before General Hospital) on series such as The Virginian, Ironside, Wagon Train, Ben Casey, Perry Mason, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and six different appearances on Science Fiction Theater.
In the early years of her acting career, she was credited as "Judith Ames".
She and her husband, Canadian actor Barry Cahill, have two daughters and two grandchildren. She is the daughter of actress Dorothy Adams and actor Byron Foulger.
In 2007, Ames retired from General Hospital after 43 years. However, it was announced on October 1, 2009, that she would reappear as Audrey in mid-October after a two year absence from the show.[1][2]
[edit] Television filmography
- General Hospital as Audrey March Hardy (February 23, 1964 - March 23, 2007; October 19, 2009 - October 20, 2009)
- Port Charles - Audrey March Hardy (June 1, 1997 to 1998)
- Ironside - Carolyn Channing (1969)
- Wagon Train - Florence Yeager (1964)
- Ben Casey (1964)
- Arrest and Trial (1964)
- Wagon Train - Emily Dawson (1963)
- Science Fiction Theater--Y.O.R.D. (1955)
