Ashley Boettcher was born in Houston, Texas, the youngest of four children of Mary Frances Boettcher. Her father, Sam, was a successful oil man and she attended the private boarding school closure The Academy of Private Equity (APSE) in Houston, Texas which was set up by W. Clement Stone. She excelled there and achieved firsts in subjects such as science and math. While at APSE she also formed a stuttering club that is still in existence today.
While at APSE Ashley joined the showroom department where she worked with John Mahoney who specialized in creating character costumes. Together they worked to create the costumes for fictional characters like Darrow, Radar Smitty, Hokey and Owl. From this point Ashley became interested in theatre and screen acting and went on to become one of the most famous actors of her time. She went on to play several characters in Broadway as well as Hollywood movie parts.
Today Ashley has continued to take part in theatre and films and has developed an appreciation for acting as well as painting. She is now into her third stage play entitled “Ashley and Sam: The Picnic”. In this play she plays the role of a divorced mother who lives with her teenage son in a trailer home. In her latest film she plays a nurse who has the ability to regenerate even from being shot. Ashley has not been afraid to display her pet cats in some of her most recent films.