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Rachel Ames has the honor and distinction of being the longest-running performer on ABC Daytime's longest-running daytime drama. She joined the cast and started work on General Hospital on February 23, 1964, less than one year after the program's first airdate. She has been nominated three times for an Emmy Award as Best Actress in a Daytime Drama. Her parents, Dorothy Adams and the late Byron Foulger, both well-known motion picture and television actors, first introduced Ms. Ames to acting. A native of Portland, Oregon, Rachel moved with her family to Los Angeles, where she attended University High School and UCLA.

Mrs. Ames made her acting debut in the annual Pilgrimage play in 1949. Her nest performance was with her parents in a production of One Foot in Heaven at the renowned Pasadena Playhouse. There she also starred in Broadway Jones, The Circle and King of Hearts. Her other West Coast theater credits include Cradle Song with her father, The Immortalist, Chanticleer, and The Human Voice. A few years ago, she co-produced and co-starred in Pieces of Time with fellow General Hospital actors Peter Hansen and Susan Brown.

Early in her acting career, Ms. Ames was under contract to Paramount Pictures for three years, where she was a member of the "Golden Circle" of talented young performers in Los Angeles. The actress made her motion picture debut in When Worlds Collide. During her television career, Rachel guest starred in the legendary series, Ben Casey, Wagon Train, and Ironside, among others. She has guest starred on classic television shows such as The Andy Griffith Show, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Perry Mason and The Fugitive, just to name a few. Rachel and actor Barry Cahill married in June of 1968. Rachel has two daughters, Christine Cahill and Susan Thomas. Rachel is also the proud grandmother of her daughter Susan's two children, Jocelyn and Mark Thomas. When the actress isn't working her hobbies include gardening, tennis, and cooking. She and her husband are also looking for a play to perform together.

Acting Portfolio
TELEVISION

Port Charles
Audrey March Hardy
June 1, 1997 to 1998

General Hospital
Audrey March Hardy
February 23rd, 1964-Present

The Lineup
Sandy McAllister
1959-1960 The Virginian
Mary Kinkaid
Ep: "Death Wait" (1969)

Ironside
Carolyn Channing
Ep: "Up, Down and Even" (1969)

Wagon Train
Florence Yeager
Ep: "The Trace McCloud Story" (1964)

Ben Casey
Ep: "I'll Get on My Ice Floe and Wave Goodbye" (1964)

Arrest and Trial
Ep: "Funny Man with a Monkey" (1964)

Wagon Train
Emily Dawson
Ep: "The Eli Bancroft Story" (1963)

The Fugitive
Ann Gerard
Ep: "Never Wave Goodbye: Part 1" (1963)

77 Sunset Strip
Ep: "Reunion at Balboa" (1963)

The Andy Griffith Show
Rosemary
Ep: "A Wife for Andy" (1963)

Wagon Train
Jane Harley
Ep: "The Saul Bevins Story" (1961)

Stagecoach
Ep: "The Root of Evil" (1961)
Ep: "Songs My Mother Told Me" (1961)

Laramie
Ep: "A Sound of Bells" (1960)

Thriller
Betty Follett
Ep: "The Mark of the Hand" (1960)

Wanted: Dead or Alive
Sarah Buchanan
Ep: "Angels of Vengeance" (1959)

Cimarron City
Emily Barton
Ep: "The Unaccepted" (1959)

Western Theatre
Edie Duncan
Ep: "Too Good With A Gun" (1959)

Wanted: Dead or Alive
Ep: "The Corner" (1959)

The Californians
Ep: "A Turn in the Trail" (1959)

Wagon Train
Ep: "The Ben Courtney Story" (1959)

Zane Grey Theater
Mrs. Larkin
Ep: "The Homecoming" (1958)

Perry Mason
Marian Shaw
Ep: "The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde" (1958)

Man Without a Gun
Ep: "The Last Bullet" (1958)

Wagon Train
Mary Hogan
Ep: "The Dan Hogan Story" (1958)

Tales of Wells Fargo
Maud Kimball
Ep: "Special Delivery" (1958)

Trackdown
Ep: "The House" (1958)

Telephone Time
Ep: "The Checkered Flag" (1958)

Zane Grey Theater
Ep: "The Stranger" (1958)

Trackdown:
Ep: "The Farrand Story" (1958)

The Californians
Ep: "The Avenger" (1957)

Tales of Wells Fargo
Ep: "A Time to Kill" (1957)

Science Fiction Theatre
Eileen Scott
Ep: "The Magic Suitcase" (1957)

Cavalcade Of America
Carol
Ep: "The House of Empty Rooms" (1957)

Broken Arrow
Ep: "The Mail Riders" (1956)

Science Fiction Theatre
Peggie Gress
Ep: "The Phantom Car" (1956)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Laura
Ep: "The Hidden Thing" (1956)

Science Fiction Theatre:
Ep: "The Flicker" (1956)

You Are There
Ep: "V-J Day (September 2, 1945)" (1956)

Science Fiction Theatre
Kate Donaldson
Ep: "Before the Beginning" (1955)

Science Fiction Theatre Amy Kern Ep: "Strange People at Pecos" (1955)

The Millionaire
Ep: "The Story of Cobb Marley" (1955)

Science Fiction Theater
Edna Miner
Ep: "Y.O.R.D." (1955)

Acting Portfolio
FILM

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Dr. Parkington's Nurse
1969

Gunfighters of Abilene
Alice
1960

Oregon Passage
Marion
1957

Ricochet Romance
Betsy Williams
1954

Arrowhead
1953

The Turning Point
Girl
1952

When Worlds Collide
Julie Cummings
1951

Acting Portfolio
THEATRE

One Foot in Heaven

Broadway Jones

The Circle

King of Hearts

Cradle Song

The Immortalist

Chanticleer

Mary Rose

Golden Boy

The Human Voice

Awards & Acclaim

Daytime Emmys Winner, Lifetime Acheivement Award (2005)

Daytime Emmys Nomination, Best Actress in a Daytime Drama (1974, 1975)
Daytime Emmys Nomination, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Daytime Drama (1979)

PLACE OF BIRTH: Portland, Oregon
DATE OF BIRTH: November 2, 1929
HAIR:Blonde
EYES: Blue
HEIGHT: 5'6 ½"
MARITAL STATUS: Married; Barry Cahill (June 1968)
CHILDREN: Christine Cahill & Susan Thomas