1. Rachel Ames was born on Rachel Kay Foulger; November 2,1929 and is an American actress.
34 Facts About Rachel Ames
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Rachel Ames is known for playing the role of Audrey Hardy on the ABC Daytime soap opera General Hospital.
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Rachel Ames received the Daytime Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004.
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Rachel Ames played the role of Audrey on Port Charles, a spin off of General Hospital, from 1997 to 1998.
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Rachel Ames is the daughter of actress Dorothy Adams and actor Byron Foulger.
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Rachel Ames spent her early life in Portland, but her family relocated to California so her parents could work, perform and teach at the Pasadena Playhouse.
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Rachel Ames graduated from University High School and later enrolled at University of California, Los Angeles, where her mother was a professor in the university's drama department.
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Rachel Ames performed in theater productions during high school and college.
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Rachel Ames left UCLA after eighteen months when she was signed to a film contract with Paramount Pictures.
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In 1949, Rachel Ames made her professional acting debut in Pilgrimage Play.
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Rachel Ames co-starred with her parents in One Foot in Heaven at the Pasadena Playhouse.
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Rachel Ames appeared in productions of Broadway Jones, The Circle, and King of Hearts at the same venue.
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Rachel Ames co-starred with her father on stage in Cradle Song.
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Rachel Ames transitioned into film under the stage name Judith Ames.
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Rachel Ames was under contract with Paramount Pictures for three years in the early 1950s.
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Rachel Ames had an uncredited role in the film noir The Turning Point.
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Rachel Ames had an uncredited role as Mrs Kirk in the Western film Arrowhead, co-starring with Charlton Heston.
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Rachel Ames made a brief return to film, playing Marion Erschick in the Western Oregon Passage.
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Rachel Ames played Alice Hainline in the Western film Gunfighters of Abilene, co-starring with Buster Crabbe and Barton MacLane.
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Rachel Ames guest starred on Thriller, Laramie, Stagecoach West, Whispering Smith, 77 Sunset Strip, The Andy Griffith Show, The Fugitive, Arrest and Trial, and Ben Casey.
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On February 23,1964, Rachel Ames debuted on the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital, playing Audrey Hardy.
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Rachel Ames was initially put on contract for only thirteen weeks because Audrey was dying from lymphoma.
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Rachel Ames's performance was well received by the show's producers and the illness was eventually forgotten.
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In 1974, Rachel Ames was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her work on General Hospital.
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Rachel Ames was nominated again in the same category in 1975.
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Rachel Ames had a recurring role as Audrey on Port Charles from 1997 to 1998.
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Rachel Ames's contract was not renewed for General Hospital in 2003, but she still appeared as a recurring character.
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In 2004, Rachel Ames was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 31st Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
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In 2007, Rachel Ames retired from General Hospital after 43 years.
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Rachel Ames made a return appearance as Audrey on October 20,2009, after a two-year absence from the show.
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Rachel Ames returned to General Hospital for the show's 50th anniversary on March 29,2013.
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Rachel Ames reprised the role of Audrey again for one episode on October 30,2015.
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Rachel Ames married Jack Genung on January 31,1952, in Los Angeles.
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Rachel Ames married her second husband, Canadian-born actor Barry Cahill in June 1968.