Ash (Alien) Ash (Alien) Ash is a fictional character in the movie "Alien", who was portrayed by actor Ian Holm, who, although known in the U.K. as a stage actor, was at the time unknown to American audiences. Ash serves as an antagonist of the first film. The character is the science officer of the "Nostromo", who breaks quarantine by allowing Kane, a member of the crew, back on board after he has been infected by an alien life form. It is later discovered that Ash is not human at all, as he appears, but is in fact a Hyperdyne Systems 120-A/2
Eleanor Holm to the "New York Times". This sensational divorce trial was called "the war of the Roses" and is the subject of a chapter in Louis Nizer's book "My Life in Court." Several months later, she married Thomas Whalen, an oil-drilling executive. In 1966, Holm was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. She died of renal disease in Miami, Florida, on January 31, 2004 at the age of 90. Holm is portrayed by Heidi O'Rourke in the 1975 film "Funny Lady". A protagonist based on Eleanor Holm, with the fictionalized name Eleanor Emerson, appears in the 2012 novel "Flight