Elizabeth, who has played the wealthy Lucinda Walsh since the mid-1980s, is a graduate of Radcliffe College where she graduated cum laude. After college she continued her education at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London where she became the first American to receive the school's silver medal. Elizabeth has studied with Harold Clurman and Lee Strasberg in New York and has studied singing all her life.
Elizabeth lives in New York City. Elizabeth sits on the boards of several international humanitarian charities, including the Women's Commission on Refugee Women and Children. Her hobbies include writing and traveling. She has one son, Jeremy Bennett.
Sair Poindexter
2009
Life on Mars
Sam's Soap Opera Mother
2008
Hope & Faith
Arlene
2005
The Job
Mike's mother-in-law
2002
Law & Order
Mrs. Cleary
October 14, 1992
April 30, 1984 to September 17, 2010
Estelle Chadwick
1983 to 1984
First Ladies Diaries
Edith Wilson
1975
PBS's Ceremony of Innocence
1972
The Doctors
Dr. Althea Davis
1964 to 1969; 1970 to 1974
The Virginian
Mary
January 17, 1970
Edge of Night
Carol Kramer
1963
1962
The Treatment
Claire Marshall
Winner of the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival Award for Best Narrative Feature
Cold River
Pauline Hood Allison
1982
Ordinary People
Ruth
1980
The Bell Jar
Vikki St. John
1979
I Never Sang for My Father
Peggy
1970
Daytime Emmys Winner, Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Special (1976; for First Ladies Diaries)
Daytime Emmys Nomination, Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series (1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1999)
Daytime Emmys Pre-Nomination, Outstanding Lead Actress (2009)
Soap Opera Update Winner, Four MVP Awards
Soap Opera Digest Awards Nomination, Ten-time nominee
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Winner, Silver Medal
PLACE OF BIRTH: New York, New York
DATE OF BIRTH: December 22, 1933
HAIR: Blonde
