Rachel Ames Net Worth

Rachel Ames is an American actress best known for her long-running role on ABC Daytime's General Hospital (1963). She was born in Portland, Oregon and was introduced to the performing arts by her parents, both of whom were well-known actors. She attended University High School and UCLA before making her acting debut in the annual Pilgrimage play in 1949. She has been nominated three times for an Emmy Award as Best Actress in a Daytime Drama and has appeared in films such as When Worlds Collide (1951) and Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969). She has also guest-starred in a number of television series, including Ben Casey (1961), Wagon Train (1957), General Electric Theater (1953) and Ironside (1967). In her free time, she enjoys gardening, tennis and cooking, and is currently looking for a play to perform with her husband.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actress
Birth Day November 02, 1929
Birth Place  Portland, Oregon, United States
Age 93 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Sagittarius
Other names Judith Ames
Alma mater University of California, Los Angeles
Years active 1951–2007, 2009–2015
Spouse(s) Jack Genung (m. 1952) (1 child) Barry Cahill (m. 1968–2012) (his death) (1 child)
Children Christine Cahill (b. 1970) Susan Thomas (b. 1953)
Parent(s) Byron Foulger Dorothy Adams

💰 Net worth

Rachel Ames, a renowned actress in the United States, is expected to have a net worth ranging from $100K to $1M by 2024. With a successful career spanning several decades, Rachel Ames has made a name for herself in the entertainment industry. She is renowned for her talent and has appeared in numerous critically acclaimed films and television shows, establishing a dedicated fan base. As an accomplished actress, her net worth reflects not only her impressive body of work but also the recognition and success she has achieved throughout her illustrious career.

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Biography/Timeline

1929

Ames was born Rachel Kay Foulger on November 2, 1929 in Portland, Oregon, the only child of Actress (and later college drama instructor) Dorothy Adams and actor Byron Foulger. Through her father, she is of English descent, the fourth generation of English immigrants from Norfolk who settled in the Salt Lake City area.

1949

Ames debuted professionally in 1949 in Pilgrimage Play, and she joined her parents in acting in One Foot in Heaven at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California. She transitioned into film under the stage name Judith Ames, and 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. The same year, she had appeared in Toast to Our Brother, a short film documenting fraternity life at UCLA, where she was a student at the time.

1951

The daughter of actors Byron Foulger and Dorothy Adams, she was raised in Portland, Oregon and Los Angeles, California. She attended the University of California, Los Angeles studying drama before signing an acting contract with Paramount Pictures, using the stage name Judith Ames. She made her film debut in the studio's science fiction film When Worlds Collide (1951), followed by Ricochet Romance (1954).

1952

Ames married Jack Genung on January 31, 1952, in Los Angeles. She and her second husband, Canadian-born actor Barry Cahill, had two daughters, Christine and Susan, and two grandchildren, Jocelyn and Marc (one source says that Susan was Ames' daughter by her first marriage.) Cahill died in April 2012, after forty-two years of marriage.

1964

On February 23, 1964, Ames debuted on ABC's daytime serial, General Hospital, playing Audrey Hardy, R.N.. Her tenure in the part is the longest-running role in the network's history, spanning five decades. She also played Audrey Hardy on the General Hospital spin-off series Port Charles in the late 1990s. Her contract was not renewed for General Hospital in 2003, but she still appeared as a recurring character from 2003 until 2007, and made a brief appearance in 2009. On February 13, 2013 Genie Francis (Laura Spencer) announced on Katie that Ames returned to the show on March 29, 2013. She reprised the role again for one episode on October 30, 2015.

2004

Ames has been nominated three times for a Daytime Emmy Award as "Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama" for her role on General Hospital. In 2004, Ames was honored with a "Lifetime Achievement Award" at the 31st Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. 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.

2009

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. She reprised Audrey again in April 2013, to coincide with General Hospital's 50th anniversary and again on October 30, 2015.