Ted Ashley
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Ted Ashley

American film studio executive (1922–2002)

Ted Ashley (August 3, 1922 – August 24, 2002) was a talent agent and media executive. Founder of the Ashley-Famous talent agency, he was later chairman of the Warner Bros.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Ted Ashley (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Aug 3, 1922, died Aug 24, 2002.1

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedFranklin K. Lane High School3

Career

Occupation: businessperson.5

Personal life

  • BornAug 3, 1922, Brooklyn6
  • DiedAug 24, 2002, New York City7
  • CitizenshipUnited States8
  • SpousesLinda Palmer9; Joyce Easton9

Ashley was married three times. In 1945, he married 18-year-old Constance Sitomar. She later worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. His second wife was Joyce Easton (born 1930), a character actress on television shows such as Days of Our Lives; they married in 1978 after a lengthy relationship. She had occasionally represented Ashley when he was absent from Warner Bros board meetings, without herself being employed by Warner. Together, Easton and Ashley participated in Erhard Seminars Training around 1975. He married his third wife, Page Cuddy, in 1987. He had two biological daughters: Fran Curtis Dubin and Diane Ashley; and two adopted daughters, Kim Balin and Banhi Sinclair, whom he and his third wife adopted after the death of actress Ina Balin.

Ashley was good friends with Bruce Lee.

He died aged 80 in New York of leukemia, after a long illness.

From Wikipedia’s article on Ted Ashley (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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