Ashley Gardner

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Ashley Gardner
OccupationActress
Years active1989–present

Ashley Gardner is an American actress. She provided the voices of Nancy Gribble [1] and Didi Hill [2] in the animated series King of the Hill .

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Career

She appeared in the sitcom Seinfeld in the episode "The Library" as Marion [3] and in the pilot of Madman of the People . [4]

John Simon, in his review of Keith Curran's 1991 play Walking the Dead, stated that Gardner "does wonders" as Veronica, a lesbian who has a sex change and becomes a man. [5] [6] She had previously appeared in Curran's Dalton's Back and co-starred in Timothy Mason's The Fiery Furnace. [7] [8]

Gardner has also appeared in the feature films Heart of Dixie (1989), Johnny Suede (1991) [9] and He Said, She Said (1991) where she plays the "Classy with a capital K" ex-lover of Kevin Bacon's character who flirts by exposing her breast for him in public. [10]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1989 Heart of Dixie Jean
1991 He Said, She Said Susan
Johnny Suede Ellen
1993Complex of FearDoreen WylieTelevision film
Lies and Lullabies Fran
1997 Breast Men Paula
2000The Mystery of Spoon RiverJeannie Manson
2002Fits and StartsJolene
2006Lost SignalMartha Harris
2007Sunny & Share Love YouSean's Mom
2011I.E.D., I.O.U.Mrs. BattenShort film
2014ParallaxRachel Cooper
2015 Chasing Eagle Rock

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1991 Seinfeld MarionEpisode: "The Library"
1992 Parker Lewis Can't Lose EveEpisode: "Goodbye Mr. Rips"
1994 Madman of the People Caroline2 episodes
The George Carlin Show DotEpisode: "George Gets Hoist by His Own Petard"
1995 Maybe This Time SherryEpisode: "Maybe This Time"
Murder One Marcy BallardEpisode: "Chapter Four"
1995–1996 Grace Under Fire Evie Burdette2 episodes
1996 Nash Bridges Sophia KidwellEpisode: "The Great Escape"
1997 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Partrica Kelly2 episodes
NYPD Blue DeniseEpisode: "Three Girls and a Baby"
Brooklyn South Bonnie Van EggidyEpisode: "A Reverend Runs Through It"
1997–2010 King of the Hill Nancy Gribble, Didi Hill, Reverend Karen Stroup (voices)124 episodes
1998 Michael Hayes Episode: "Imagine: Part 2"
The Drew Carey Show Pinky3 episodes
The Larry Sanders Show Fran SchmittEpisode: "Beverly's Secret"
Style & Substance FeliciaEpisode: "Office Management for Beginners"
1999 Becker Susan FoxEpisode: "Partial Law"
Everything's Relative Gail2 episodes
Ally McBeal Martha ClavenEpisode: "Only the Lonely"
Judging Amy Mimi CarterEpisode: "Near Death Experience"
2000 Just Shoot Me! LoriEpisode: "With Three I Swing"
2001 Spin City JudithEpisode: "Hey Judith"
2002 The Ellen Show HostessEpisode: "Just the Duck"
Charmed Tyler's Foster MotherEpisode: "Lost and Bound"
Watching Ellie MonicaEpisode: "Zimmerman"
Six Feet Under Daughter #1Episode: "Someone Else's Eyes"
ER Simone PhillipsEpisode: "A Hopeless Wound"
2003 Strong Medicine NinaEpisode: "Coming Clean"
2005 Malcolm in the Middle WendyEpisode: "Billboard"
2006 Close to Home PsychologistEpisode: "Dead or Alive"
2007 Raines Wendy TuckerEpisode: "Pilot"
Reno 911! Angry TeacherEpisode: "Proposition C"
2011 Beavis and Butt-Head Additional voicesEpisode: Drones"
2014 Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn Cafeteria LadyEpisode: "I Got Your Back"
2016 Lopez BobbieEpisode: "George's Party"
2017 Tarantula Unknown role (voice)Episode: "The Shade"
2019WTF 101Baroness (voice)Episode: "Duels"

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