Elizabeth Gracen
Elizabeth Ward Gracen (* 3. April 1961 in Ozark , Arkansas as Elizabeth Ward ) is an American actress and Miss America .
Life
Elizabeth Ward was born in 1961 and later changed her surname to Gracen for her career. She started her career as a model and participated in various Miss elections. In 1982 she won the Miss Arkansas election. In the same year she was also named Miss America . She had achieved a certain level of awareness through winning beauty contests and wanted to build an acting career with it. Her Playboy appearance (in 1992 - revealing recordings of her were published in the May 1998 issue of German Playboy) and her affair with the later US President Bill Clinton also fall during this time . The relationship became known in the context of the Lewinsky affair .
She made her debut as an actress in the film Three on the Highway - Three for the Road . This was followed by the vampire film Sundown and the television film Death of the Eerie Hulk . During this time she starred in a number of low budget films including B. Approved to kill . She celebrated her greatest success with the role of 1000-year-old Amanda in the series Highlander . In 1998 the spin-off series Raven started with Elizabeth Gracen in the lead role. The series was discontinued after a season due to a lack of ratings.
Gracen was married to Jon Birmingham from 1982 to 1984 and to actor Brendan Hughes from 1989 to 1994 . In 1992 she married Adam Murphy, with whom she had their first child in 2005.
Filmography
- 1987: Drei auf dem Highway - Three for the Road (Three for the Road)
- 1988: Lazy Tricks and Pious Sayings (Pass the Ammo)
- 1989: Nightmare Classics (TV series, an episode)
- 1989: Sundown (Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat)
- 1990: To Kill released (Marked for Death)
- 1990: The Flash ( The Flash , television series, one episode)
- 1990: 83 hours - war of nerves against time ( 83 Hours' Til Dawn , TV movie)
- 1990: Voice of Death (Lisa)
- 1990: Matlock (TV series, an episode)
- 1990: The Death of the Incredible Hulk ( The Death of the Incredible Hulk , TV movie)
- 1991: Jake and McCabe - Through Thick and Thin ( Jake and the Fatman , TV series, an episode)
- 1992: Lower Level - Fear of Death in the Skyscraper (Lower Level)
- 1992: Die Mühlen Gottes ( The Sands of Time , TV movie)
- 1993: Time Trax - Back to the Future ( Time Trax , TV series, an episode)
- 1993–1998: Highlander (TV series, 20 episodes)
- 1994: Fortune Hunter - In Danger: Agent Carlton Dial ( Fortune Hunter , TV series, an episode)
- 1994: Codename 7700 - The Final Experiment (Final Mission)
- 1994: Renegade - Merciless Hunt ( Renegade , TV series, two episodes)
- 1994: Discretion Assured
- 1994–1995: Murder is her hobby ( Murder, She Wrote , TV series, two episodes)
- 1995: Extreme - Das Leben am Abgrund ( Extreme , TV series, six episodes)
- 1995: The Expert - Cold and Merciless (The Expert)
- 1996: Kounterfeit - counterfeit money (Kounterfeit)
- 1998–1999: Raven - The Immortals ( Highlander: The Raven , TV series, 22 episodes)
- 2001: Queen of Swords (TV series, episode)
- 2001: Strong Medicine: Two Doctors Like Fire and Ice ( Strong Medicine , TV series, an episode)
- 2002: Charmed ( Charmed , TV series, an episode)
- 2002: Interceptor Force 2 (TV movie)
- 2012: War of the Worlds: Goliath
- 2013: Coherence
- since 2014: Suspense (TV series)
Web links
- Elizabeth Gracen in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Elizabeth Gracen in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b entry at filmreference.com
- ↑ Elizabeth Ward Gracen (1961-) Encyclopedia of Arkansas
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gracen, Elizabeth |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ward Gracen, Elizabeth; Ward, Elizabeth (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American actress and Miss America |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ozark , Arkansas , United States |