Terri Garber
Born: 1960-12-28 in Miami, Florida, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Terri Garber is an American television and film actress, best known for her role as Ashton Main, Southern Belle vixen, in the three-part miniseries, North and South (North & South: Book 1, North & South (1985), North & South: Book 2, Love & War (1986), and North & South: Book 3, Heaven & Hell (1994)). Garber grew up in Miami, Florida, the youngest of three children. Their father was a lawyer, and their mother owned a cooking school. Garber began acting in professional theater at the age of 16 at the Coconut Grove Playhouse in Miami. She booked a commercial that made her a member of the Screen Actor's Guild (SAG) and decided to move to New York to pursue television, film, and theater. Once in New York, she landed her first big role in the 1982 television series Texas (1980), which launched her career. She moved to Los Angeles to do series pilots, and booked "North and South". After "North and South", she worked on many other daytime and nighttime soaps, including Dynasty, Santa Barbara, General Hospital, and As the World Turns. She also guest-starred in many drama series and feature films. Garber married her high school drama teacher, William Roudebush, in 2013. Her daughter Molly Hager, by her first husband Chris Hager, is a successful Broadway actress.
Filmography
2021
- Magic in Mount Holly as Janice
2019
2014
- Snakehead Swamp as Carley
2011
- Old Dogs & New Tricks as Dr. Leslie Ashley
2005
- Adam and Eve as Eve's Mom
2003
- Cold Case as Abbey Lake (2004)
2001
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Mrs. Becker
1999
- Judging Amy as Toni Eggers
- Family Law as 40-Year-Old Woman
1996
- 7th Heaven as Nancy Burns
1995
- Charlie Grace as Ruby O'Conner
- Bless This House
1994
- ER as Dr. Alexander
1992
1990
- Law & Order as Amanda Carroll
- Shades of L.A.
- Beyond My Reach as Terri Neilson
1989
- Quantum Leap as Teresa Pacci
1987
1986
- Matlock as Valerie Walsh
1985
- The Twilight Zone
- North and South as Ashton Main Fenway
- Key Exchange as Amy
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Loretta Lee
- Toy Soldiers as Amy
- Santa Barbara as Suzanne Collier
1983
- Mr. Smith as Dr. Judy Tyson
1981
- Dynasty as Leslie Carrington
- Wetten, dass..? as Self
1980
- Texas as Allison Linden #2
1956
- As the World Turns as Iris Dumbrowski