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Ann Wedgeworth

Highest Rated: 100% Citizens Band (1977)

Lowest Rated: 11% My Science Project (1985)

Birthday: Jan 21, 1934

Birthplace: Abilene, Texas, USA

Ann Wedgeworth was an American stage, film, and television actress best known for her role as the divorcee Lana Shields on the popular sitcom "Three's Company" (ABC, 1977-1984). Born and raised in Texas, Wedgeworth always had a desire to become an actress. She decided to earn a college degree first, however, which she received in 1957 from the University of Texas. Having spent her entire life in Texas, Wedgeworth packed her bags and head to New York City to pursue her acting dream after graduation. She arrived in the late 1950s and was fortunate enough to be admitted to the famed The Actors Studio. After a few years of honing her craft, Wedgeworth began making a name for herself in the world of New York theater by appearing in numerous off-Broadway and Broadway plays throughout the 1960s. She would consistently appear in plays well into the 1980s, even winning a Tony Award for Best Actress in 1978's "Chapter Two." It was on film and TV, however, where Wedgeworth would really make name for herself as an actress. She began appearing in guest spots on TV shows in the late 50s and all throughout the 60s on shows like "Kraft Theatre" (NBC, 1947-58), "The Defenders" (CBS, 1961-65) and "Hawk" (ABC, 1966), which allowed the young Wedgeworth to hone her acting skills for the screen. Wedgeworth eventually gravitated towards films roles, and by the 1970s she was starring in such acclaimed dramas as "Scarecrow" (1973), "Bang the Drum Slowly" (1973) and "Thieves" (1977). It was her role as a sex-obsessed divorcée on "Three's Company," however, in which Wedgeworth would always be remembered. Wedgeworth continued working steadily throughout the '80s and '90s, with roles in the films "Miss Firecracker" (1989) and "Steel Magnolias" (1989), and the sitcom "Evening Shade" (CBS, 1990-94), in which she co-starred opposite Burt Reynolds, Ossie Davis and Marilu Henner. Her last credited role was in the 2006 drama "The Hawk Is Dying," which also starred Paul Giamatti and Michelle Williams. After a long and prolific acting career, Ann Wedgeworth passed away quietly at a New Jersey nursing home on November 16, 2017. She was 83.

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 69% Citizens Band
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90% 81% Sweet Dreams
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90% 62% Bang the Drum Slowly
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82% 52% Miss Firecracker
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76% 73% The Whole Wide World
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76% 79% Scarecrow
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57% 34% No Small Affair
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56% 82% Made in Heaven
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40% 59% Hard Promises
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40% 40% Law and Disorder
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Filmography

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The Hawk Is Dying 30% 43% 2006 Ma Actor The Hunter's Moon 40% 1999 Borlene Actor The Whole Wide World 76% 73% 1996 Mrs. Howard Actor Fight for Justice: The Nancy Conn Story 1995 Mary Howell Actor Cooperstown 1993 Lila Kunznick Actor Hard Promises 40% 59% 1991 Chris's Mom Actor Miss Firecracker 82% 52% 1989 Miss Blue Actor Far North 13% 48% 1988 Amy Actor Made in Heaven 56% 82% 1987 Annette Shea Actor A Tiger's Tale 42% 1987 Claudine Actor A Stranger Waits 1987 Susan Berger Actor The Men's Club 25% 1986 Jo Actor Sweet Dreams 90% 81% 1985 Hilda Hensley Actor My Science Project 11% 56% 1985 Dolores Actor Right to Kill? 75% 1985 Eve Whitcomb Actor No Small Affair 57% 34% 1984 Joan Cummings Actor Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. 71% 1981 Dusty Wheeler Actor Killjoy 40% 1981 Rosie Actor Bogie 40% 1980 Mayo Methot Actor Citizens Band 100% 69% 1977 Dallas Angel Actor Thieves 1977 Nancy Actor The War Between the Tates 1977 Danielle Zimmerman Actor One Summer Love 88% 1976 Pearlie Actor Birch Interval 1976 Marie Actor The Catamount Killing 1974 Kit Loring Actor
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