Rachel Ames

Rachel Ames (born Rachel Kay Foulger; November 2, 1929) She is the daughter of actress (and later college drama instructor) Dorothy Adams and actor Byron Foulger. At the time of her birth, her father was employed as a director for the Portland Civic Theatre. She has one younger sister, born in 1942. Through her father, she is of English descent, the fourth generation of English immigrants from Norfolk, who settled in the Salt Lake City area. She 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. Ames performed in theater productions during high school and college. She left UCLA after eighteen months when she was signed to a film contract with Paramount Pictures.

She transitioned into film under the stage name Judith Ames. She was under contract with Paramount Pictures for three years in the early 1950s. Her first feature film was When Worlds Collide (1951), a science-fiction thriller based on the 1933 novel of the same name. She played the role of Julie Cummings. The same year, she appeared in Toast to Our Brother, a short film documenting fraternity life at UCLA, where she was a student at the time.

She had an uncredited role in the film noir The Turning Point (1952). She also had an uncredited role as Mrs. Kirk in the Western film Arrowhead (1953), co-starring with Charlton Heston. The following year, she had a supporting role as Betsy Williams in the Western comedy film Ricochet Romance (1954).

1954-1964: Television In the mid–1950s, Ames, began appearing on television (still using the stage name Judith Ames). From 1954 to 1957, she guest starred on The Public Defender, I Led 3 Lives, Science Fiction Theatre, The Millionaire, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, You Are There, Highway Patrol, Broken Arrow, The Loretta Young Show, Cavalcade of America, General Electric Theater, Tales of Wells Fargo, and The Californians.

From 1958 to 1959, Ames guest starred on Telephone Time, Trackdown, Perry Mason, Man Without a Gun, Lassie, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, Wagon Train, Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, Cimarron City, and Wanted Dead or Alive. 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. Ames' tenure in the role became the longest running in the network's history, spanning five decades. When Audrey and Steve were married, Ames' father, Byron Foulger, played the priest who performed the ceremony. The same year, she guest starred on Ironside and The Virginian. She was nominated again in the same category in 1975. In 1979, she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.

In 1997, she appeared as Audrey Hardy on ABC's special two-hour primetime preview of a new daytime soap opera Port Charles, a spin-off of General Hospital. Ames had a recurring role as Audrey on Port Charles from 1997 to 1998. In 2007, Ames retired from General Hospital after 43 years. She made a return appearance as Audrey on October 20, 2009, after a two-year absence from the show.

Personal life Ames married Jack Genung on January 31, 1952, in Los Angeles. They had one daughter.

She married her second husband, Canadian-born actor Barry Cahill in June 1968. They had a daughter and two grandchildren.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes1951 When Worlds Collide Julie Cummings Credited as Judith AmesToast to Our Brother Short film Credited as Judith Ames 1952 The Turning Point Girl Uncredited 1953 Arrowhead Mrs. Kirk Uncredited 1954 Ricochet Romance Betsy Williams Credited as Judith Ames 1957 Oregon Passage Marion Erschick Credited as Judith Ames 1960 Gunfighters of Abilene Alice Hainline Credited as Judith Ames 1969 Daddy's Gone-A-Hunting Dr. Parkington's Nurse Uncredited

Television Year Title Role Notes1954 Your Favorite Story Lucy Kilgore Episode: "The Crime" Credited as Judith Ames The Public Defender Shirley Selvey Episode: "The Do-Gooder" Credited as Judith Ames City Detective June Episode: "Her Sister's Keeper" Credited as Judith Ames 1954; 1955 I Led 3 Lives Comrade Jeanette; Margaret Episodes: "Love Story", "Second Courier" Credited as Judith Ames1955 Soldiers of Fortune Ellen Thayer Episode: "The Black Scarab" Credited as Judith AmesThe Pepsi-Cola PlayhouseEpisode: "I'll Be Waiting" Credited as Judith Ames 1955–1957 Science Fiction Theatre Various 6 episodes Credited as Judith Ames 1955; 1960 The Millionaire Georgette French; Jessica March Episodes: "The Cobb Marley Story", "Millionaire Jessica March" Credited as Judith Ames 1956 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Laura Episode: "The Hidden Thing" Credited as Judith Ames Dr. Christian Julie Episode: "Insurance Policy" You Are There Mrs. Fowler Episode: "V-J Day (September 2, 1945)" Credited as Judith Ames Highway Patrol Anne Reynolds Episode: "Scared Cop" Credited as Judith Ames Studio 57 Jenny; Janet Episodes: "The Black Road", "Out of Sight" Credited as Judith Ames Broken Arrow Terry Wilson Episode: "The Mail Riders" Credited as Judith Ames The Loretta Young Show Alice Fuller; Nurse Holste Episodes: "The Years Between", "Three and Two, Please" Credited as Judith Ames 1956; 1957 Crossroads Mrs. Edith Brissie; Marian 3 episodes 1956; 1959 State Trooper Various 3 episodes1957 Cavalcade of America Carol Episode: "The House of Empty Rooms" Credited as Judith Ames Whirlybirds Eve Douglas Episode: "Lynch Mob" Credited as Judith Ames General Electric Theater Mary; Edie Duncan Episodes: "No Skin Off Me", "Too Good with a Gun" Credited as Judith Ames Code 3 Maggie Porter Episode: "The Bite" Credited as Judith Ames 1957; 1958Tales of Wells Fargo Ellen Craig; Maude Kimball Episodes: "A Time to Kill", "Special Delivery" Credited as Judith Ames 1957; 1959 The Californians Ann Sloan; Madge Dorsett Episodes: "The Avenger", "A Turn in the Trail" Credited as Judith Ames1958 Meet McGraw Sue Walters Episode: "Time for Dying" Credited as Judith Ames Telephone Time Joan Yedor Episode: "The Checkered Flag" Credited as Judith Ames Trackdown Jenny Krail; Melinda Curry Episodes: "The Farrand Story", "The House" Credited as Judith AmesM Squad Greta Loder Episode: "The Fight" Credited as Judith Ames Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Mrs. Armstrong Episode: "For Sale, Deathbed, Used" Credited as Judith Ames Perry Mason Marian Shaw Episode: "The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde" Credited as Judith Ames Man Without a Gun Episode: "The Last Bullet" The Silent Service Jeanne McFarland Episode: "The Sandshark Story" Credited as Judith Ames Lassie Mrs. Bridell Episode: "Lassie's Decision" Credited as Judith Ames Colgate Theatre Alice Beekman Episodes: "The Last Marshal", "If You Knew Tomorrow" Credited as Judith Ames Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Martha Bream; Ellen Larkin Episodes: "The Stranger", "Homecoming" Credited as Judith Ames 1958–1960 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Various 3 episodes 1958–1964 Wagon Train Various 5 episodes1959 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Muriel Episode: "Trial at Devil's Canyon" Credited as Judith Ames Man with a Camera Lila Episode: "Mute Evidence" Credited as Judith Ames Cimarron City Emily Barton Episode: "The Unaccepted" Credited as Judith Ames Frontier Doctor Nancy Turner Episode: "The Big Gamblers" Credited as Judith AmesWanted Dead or Alive Ellie Morgan; Sarah Buchanan Episodes: "The Corner", "Angels of Vengeance" Credited as Judith AmesUnion Pacific Sarah Morgan Episode: "To the Death" Credited as Judith Ames 1959–1960 The Lineup Sandy McAllister Series regular, 15 episodes1960 Thriller Betty Follett Episode: "The Mark of the Hand"Laramie Helen Bentley; Mrs. LuBell Episodes: "Cemetery Road", "A Sound of Bells"1961 Stagecoach West Cecilia Barnes Episode: "The Root of Evil" Whispering Smith Jodie Tyler Episode: "The Jodie Tyler Story" Credited as Rachel Foulger 1962 G.E. True Kate Episode: "Circle of Death"1963 77 Sunset Strip Agnes Hoyt Episode: "Reunion at Balboa" The Andy Griffith Show Rosemary Episode: "A Wife for Andy" The Bill Dana Show Episode: "You Gotta Have Heart" The Fugitive Ann Gerard Episode: "Never Wave Goodbye: Part 1"1964 Ben Casey Ethel Beldon Episode: "I'll Get on My Ice Floe and Wave Goodbye" Arrest and Trial Mrs. Harmon Episode: "Funny Man with a Monkey" 1964–2003; 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015 General Hospital Audrey March Hardy Contract role: 1964–2003, Recurring role and guest appearances: 2007–2015 1968 Off to See the Wizard Nellie Malone Episode: "Mike and the Mermaid"1969 Ironside Carolyn Channing Episode: "Up, Down and Even" The Virginian Mary Kinkaid Episode: "Death Wait" This Is the Life Episode: "Adrift" 1970 The Name of the Game Mrs. Bailey Episode: "The Glory Shouter" 1997–1998 Port Charles Audrey March Hardy Recurring role

Awards and nominations + Year Award Category Nominated work ResultsRef. 1974 1st Daytime Emmy Awards Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series General Hospital 1975 2nd Daytime Emmy Awards 1979 6th Daytime Emmy Awards Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series 2004 31st Daytime Emmy Awards Lifetime Achievement Award