Cast & creator
Ethel Ayler
Best known for Friends, Great Performances, Melrose Place
Ethyl Spraggins Ayler (May 1, 1930 – November 18, 2018) was an American character actress with a career spanning over five decades.
Movies
10
film credits
Series
15
television credits
Career
25
1962–2005 · acting roles
Credit score
7.1
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (25)
Showing 25 of 25 credits
Series
★ 8.4
Friends
Hospital Administrator
1994
Series
★ 6.1
Great Performances
Hattie
1971
Series
★ 5.9
Melrose Place
Mrs. Bowen
1992
Series
★ 7.0
The Cosby Show
Carrie Hanks
1984
Series
★ 8.1
Six Feet Under
Ellen
2001
Series
★ 7.2
Family Ties
Ms. Daniels
1982
Series
★ 6.2
Jake and the Fatman
1987
Series
★ 7.3
Girlfriends
Nana Blackwell
2000
Series
★ 7.0
Sister, Sister
Ginny
1994
Series
★ 7.5
Martin
Mrs. Whitmore
1992
Series
★ 6.4
7th Heaven
Mrs. Macaferty
1996
Series
★ 9.6
Brooklyn South
Mabel Oakley
1997
Movie
★ 6.7
The Bodyguard
Emma
1992
Series
★ 6.3
Day by Day
Marjorie
1988
Series
★ 7.4
Out of Practice
2005
Movie
★ 6.1
Nine 1/2 Weeks
Jewelry Saleswoman
1986
Series
★ 7.0
The Andros Targets
Beatrice Long
1977
Movie
★ 6.5
Eve's Bayou
Gran Mère
1997
Movie
★ 6.8
To Sleep with Anger
Hattie
1990
Movie
★ 6.8
Lord Shango
Lady in bar (uncredited)
1975
Movie
★ 8.2
The Wedding
Eunice
1998
Movie
★ 5.5
Stormy Weathers
Clara Wilkes
1992
Movie
★ 8.0
Time of the Heathen
Marie
1962
Movie
★ 7.0
The First Breeze of Summer
Hattie
1976
Movie
★ 8.0
Fire & Ice
Lola Aimes
2001