{"id":2870,"date":"2017-11-16T20:30:54","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T01:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=2870"},"modified":"2017-11-19T20:31:21","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T01:31:21","slug":"ann-wedgeworth-known-for-threes-company-role-dies-at-83","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/16\/ann-wedgeworth-known-for-threes-company-role-dies-at-83\/","title":{"rendered":"Ann Wedgeworth, Known for &#8216;Three&#8217;s Company&#8217; Role, Dies at 83"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2857\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann_wedgeworth-the-mens-club-e1511132840899.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann_wedgeworth-the-mens-club-e1511132840899.jpg 1144w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann_wedgeworth-the-mens-club-e1511132840899-263x300.jpg 263w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann_wedgeworth-the-mens-club-e1511132840899-768x875.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann_wedgeworth-the-mens-club-e1511132840899-898x1024.jpg 898w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann_wedgeworth-the-mens-club-e1511132840899-560x638.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann_wedgeworth-the-mens-club-e1511132840899-260x296.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann_wedgeworth-the-mens-club-e1511132840899-160x182.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Actress Ann Wedgeworth, who gained fame on film and Broadway before taking on the role of a flirty divorcee on &#8220;<em>Three&#8217;s Company<\/em>,&#8221; has died at age 83.<\/p>\n<p>Wedgeworth died Thursday in the New York area after a long illness, her daughter Dianna Martin said.<\/p><div id=\"morty-2381003990\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>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 1957, and moved to New York City. After auditioning several times, she was admitted to The Actors Studio.<\/p>\n<h2>Theater<\/h2>\n<p>Wedgeworth made her Broadway debut in the play <em>Make a Million<\/em> in 1958. She later had many roles on Broadway and off-Broadway productions, including <em>Period of Adjustment<\/em>, <em>Blues for Mister Charlie<\/em>, <em>The Last Analysis<\/em>, and <em>Thieves<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In 1978, she won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for <em>Chapter Two<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Wedgeworth appeared off-Broadway at New York&#8217;s Promenade Theatre from December 5, 1985, until June 1, 1986, in Sam Shepard&#8217;s <em>A Lie of the Mind<\/em>, co-starring Harvey Keitel and Geraldine Page; coincidentally, Page, a decade Wedgeworth&#8217;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&#8217;s death in 1987.<\/p><div id=\"morty-2755837033\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>For her performance in <em>A Lie of the Mind<\/em>, Wedgeworth was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play.<\/p>\n<h2>Film<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2855\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2855\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann_wedgeworth-scarecrow-gene-hackman.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2855 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann_wedgeworth-scarecrow-gene-hackman-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann_wedgeworth-scarecrow-gene-hackman-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann_wedgeworth-scarecrow-gene-hackman-768x572.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann_wedgeworth-scarecrow-gene-hackman-1024x763.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann_wedgeworth-scarecrow-gene-hackman-560x417.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann_wedgeworth-scarecrow-gene-hackman-260x194.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann_wedgeworth-scarecrow-gene-hackman-160x119.jpg 160w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann_wedgeworth-scarecrow-gene-hackman-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann_wedgeworth-scarecrow-gene-hackman.jpg 1193w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2855\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gene Hackman and Anne Wedgeworth play lovers in Warner Bros. &#8220;Scarecrow&#8221; produced by Robert M. Sherman and directed by Jerry Scatzberg from a screenplay by Garry Michael White and filmed in Technicolor and Panavision. Al Pacino also stars. (1973) Photo: Warner Bros.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wedgeworth had supporting roles in many movies. She had the female leading role opposite Gene Hackman in the 1973 film <em>Scarecrow<\/em>. She later co-starred in <em>Bang the Drum Slowly<\/em>, <em>Law and Disorder<\/em>, <em>One Summer Love<\/em>, and <em>Thieves<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In 1977, she won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in <em>Handle with Care<\/em>. Wedgeworth received her second National Society of Film Critics Award for her performance as Patsy Cline&#8217;s mother in <em>Sweet Dreams<\/em> starring Jessica Lange and Ed Harris in 1985.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2856\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2856\" style=\"width: 249px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann_wedgeworth-a-stranger-waits-e1511132813567.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2856 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann_wedgeworth-a-stranger-waits-e1511132813567-249x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann_wedgeworth-a-stranger-waits-e1511132813567-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann_wedgeworth-a-stranger-waits-e1511132813567-260x314.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann_wedgeworth-a-stranger-waits-e1511132813567-160x193.jpg 160w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann_wedgeworth-a-stranger-waits-e1511132813567.jpg 481w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2856\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ann Wedgeworth as Susan Berger in the TV movie, <em>A Stranger Waits<\/em> (CBS) 1987<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Throughout the 1980s, Wedgworth had many supporting roles, often playing mothers, such as in <em>No Small Affair<\/em>, as Jon Cryer&#8217;s mother, and in 1987&#8217;s <em>Made in Heaven<\/em> as a mother unknowingly reunited with her dead son.<\/p>\n<p>In 1989, she portrayed Aunt Fern in <em>Steel Magnolias<\/em>. She appeared as Sissy Spacek&#8217;s character&#8217;s mother in the 1991 film <em>Hard Promises<\/em>. She also appeared in two films opposite Ren\u00e9e Zellweger: <em>Love and a .45<\/em> and <em>The Whole Wide World<\/em>. Wedgworth had her final film role in <em>The Hawk Is Dying<\/em>, with Paul Giamatti, which opened at the Sundance Film Festival in 2006.<\/p>\n<h2>Television<\/h2>\n<p>In early years, Wedgeworth had main roles on the daytime soap operas. She played the roles of Angela &#8216;Angie&#8217; Talbot on <em>The Edge of Night<\/em> from 1966 to 1967, and later joined the cast of <em>Another World<\/em> as Lahoma Vane Lucas. She played the role from 1967 to 1970, and from 1970 to 1973 appeared on its spinoff, <em>Somerset<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann-wedgeworth.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2859 size-medium alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann-wedgeworth-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann-wedgeworth-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann-wedgeworth-768x967.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann-wedgeworth-813x1024.jpg 813w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann-wedgeworth-560x705.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann-wedgeworth-260x327.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann-wedgeworth-160x201.jpg 160w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann-wedgeworth.jpg 1271w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/a>In 1979, Wedgeworth was cast as divorc\u00e9e Lana Shields on the hit ABC sitcom <em>Three&#8217;s Company<\/em>. Her character was brought on the show to fill the void left by Audra Lindley, who had left to star in the show&#8217;s spin-off, <em>The Ropers<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>According to behind-the-scene reports, the addition of Lana to the cast caused tension between series star John Ritter and the show&#8217;s writers. Ritter believed it would be out of character for his character, the womanizing Jack Tripper, to inexplicably turn down the advances of Lana, a sexually voracious, attractive older woman.<\/p>\n<p>The writers reasoned that because Lana was older than Jack, he would be turned off. Ritter did not believe that the middle-aged Lana, only meant to be in her 40s (whereas Jack was in his late 20s\/early 30s), would repel Jack.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BBSnRjHhrqE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann-wedgeworth-hat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2858 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann-wedgeworth-hat-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann-wedgeworth-hat-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann-wedgeworth-hat-768x989.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann-wedgeworth-hat-795x1024.jpg 795w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann-wedgeworth-hat-560x721.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann-wedgeworth-hat-260x335.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann-wedgeworth-hat-160x206.jpg 160w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ann-wedgeworth-hat.jpg 1242w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a>Wedgeworth claimed that she asked to be released from her contract because of Lana&#8217;s dwindling role in the show. Wedgeworth appeared in just nine episodes of the series before her character was casually written out without any explanation and never referred to again.<\/p>\n<p>In 1982, Wedgeworth worked with Linda Bloodworth-Thomason in her first comedy series, <em>Filthy Rich<\/em>, playing ditsy, good-natured Bootsie Westchester. The series was canceled after two seasons in 1983.<\/p>\n<p>In 1989, she guest-starred as Audrey Conner, the emotionally fragile mother of Dan Conner (played by John Goodman) on the ABC sitcom, <em>Roseanne<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Her longest role was on the CBS sitcom <em>Evening Shade<\/em> as Merleen Eldridge. The series aired from 1990 to 1994. In 1994, Wedgeworth starred in the unsuccessful <em>Evening Shade<\/em> spin-off, <em>Harlan &amp; Merleen<\/em>.<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\namzn_assoc_tracking_id = \"medfordtrails-20\";\namzn_assoc_ad_mode = \"manual\";\namzn_assoc_ad_type = \"smart\";\namzn_assoc_marketplace = \"amazon\";\namzn_assoc_region = \"US\";\namzn_assoc_design = \"enhanced_links\";\namzn_assoc_asins = \"B00005JOXR\";\namzn_assoc_placement = \"adunit\";\namzn_assoc_linkid = \"8b299661473b300590b388bbd0c14439\";\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Personal life<\/h2>\n<p>Wedgeworth married Rip Torn in 1955. They have a daughter, actress Danae Torn. The couple divorced in 1961.<\/p>\n<p>In 1970, she married acting teacher and director Ernie Martin, and they have a daughter, actress\/acting teacher\/writer Dianna Martin.<\/p>\n<p>Wedgeworth died after a long illness near her home in New York City, at the age of 83.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actress Ann Wedgeworth, who gained fame on film and Broadway before taking on the role of a flirty divorcee on &#8220;Three&#8217;s Company,&#8221; has died at age 83. Wedgeworth died Thursday in the New York area after a long illness, her daughter Dianna Martin said. Elizabeth Ann Wedgeworth was born in Abilene, Texas. 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