The Russos moved to New York after their marriage. In New York she eventually adopted the stage name Camila Ashland and was publicly known by this name thereafter. As Camila Ashland she made her
Broadway debut as Parasha in
Leo Birinski's
The Day Will Come at the
Nathional Theatre in 1944. After this she appeared as Kathi Hovach in the premiere of George Ross and Rose C. Feld's
Sophie Halenczik at the
The Playhouse on Rodney Square (PRS) in Wilmington in November 1944; a role she repeated at the Locust Street Theatre in Philadelphia. She returned to the PRS in 1946 as Bessie Clary in
Vera Caspary's
Laura with a cast led by
Miriam Hopkins and
Tom Neal. In 1967 Ashland was nominated for the
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance as Miss Furnival in
Peter Shaffer's
Black Comedy which was staged in a double bill with
The White Liars under the title
Black Comedy/White Lies at the
Ethel Barrymore Theatre. In 1968 she portrayed Mrs. Leek in
Nunnally Johnson,
Jule Styne, and
Yip Harburg's musical
Darling of the Day at Broadway's
George Abbott Theatre. In 1972 she replaced Marcie Stringer as Emily Whitman in the original production of
Stephen Sondheim's
Follies at the
Winter Garden Theatre in which she performed the song "Rain on the Roof". Her final Broadway performances were in 1973 as Mrs. Sullivan in
Jerry Livingston's musical
Molly at the
Alvin Theatre and both Sadie and Mrs. Wagstaff in the revival of
Clare Boothe Luce's
The Women at the
46th Street Theatre. Ashland also starred on the
soap opera General Hospital as Alice Grant from 1976–77, and in the 1983
NBC miniseries
V and its 1984 sequel,
V: The Final Battle, in which she played Ruby Engels. She made guest appearances on
The Streets of San Francisco (1977, as Mary Johnson),
Cheers,
St. Elsewhere,
Hardcastle and McCormick, and
Taxi. Her final television appearance was in 1992 as Mrs. Hubbard in the
Golden Girls episode "Questions and Answers" in which
Betty White's character Rose Nylund and her therapy dog help comfort Hubbard as she is dying. Her film credits include
Any Which Way You Can,
10,
Amos (1985, as Mildred Lasher). She appeared in 11 Broadway productions, including
Darling of the Day (1968),
Dear World,
Follies (1971), and a 1973 Broadway revival of
The Women. ==Personal life==