Terri Garber

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.

Most Known For

Law & Order

as Amanda Carroll

ER

as Dr. Alexander

Murder, She Wrote

as Loretta Lee

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Mrs. Becker

Quantum Leap

as Teresa Pacci

Cold Case

as Abbey Lake (2004)

Dynasty

as Leslie Carrington

The Twilight Zone

Matlock

as Valerie Walsh

Wetten, dass..?

as Self

7th Heaven

as Nancy Burns

Renegade

North and South

as Ashton Main Fenway

North and South

as Ashton Main Huntoon

Judging Amy

as Toni Eggers

Jake and the Fatman

Family Law

as 40-Year-Old Woman

Charlie Grace

as Ruby O'Conner

Shades of L.A.

As the World Turns

as Iris Dumbrowski