Ethel Ayler

Actor May 1 (died age 88) Whistler, Alabama, USA 1962–2005 (43 year career)

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Biography

Ethyl Spraggins Ayler (May 1, 1930 – November 18, 2018) was an American character actress with a career spanning over five decades.

Known For

Film

The Bodyguard

Emma

Film

Nine 1/2 Weeks

Jewelry Saleswoman

Film

Eve's Bayou

Gran Mère

Film

To Sleep with Anger

Hattie

Film

Friends

Hospital Administrator

Film

Six Feet Under

Ellen

Film

Lord Shango

Lady in bar (uncredited)

Film

The Cosby Show

Carrie Hanks

Filmography

Acting (24)

Movies (10)

Fire & Ice

as Lola Aimes

The Wedding

as Eunice

Eve's Bayou

as Gran Mère

The Bodyguard

as Emma

Stormy Weathers

as Clara Wilkes

To Sleep with Anger

as Hattie

Nine 1/2 Weeks

as Jewelry Saleswoman

6.1

The First Breeze of Summer

1976

as Hattie

Lord Shango

1975

as Lady in bar (uncredited)

6.9

Time of the Heathen

1962

as Marie

7.0

Television (14)

Out of Practice

Six Feet Under

as Ellen

Girlfriends

as Nana Blackwell

Brooklyn South

as Mabel Oakley

7th Heaven

as Mrs. Macaferty

Friends

as Hospital Administrator

Sister, Sister

as Ginny

Melrose Place

as Mrs. Bowen

Martin

as Mrs. Whitmore

Jake and the Fatman

The Cosby Show

as Carrie Hanks

Family Ties

as Ms. Daniels

The Andros Targets

as Beatrice Long

Great Performances

as Hattie