Her second husband was Romanian-born hypnotist Traian Boyer.
Nancy Ames and Mason Williams also co-wrote "Cinderella Rockefella," an international pop hit in 1968.
Ames was born in Washington, D.C., the granddaughter of Ricardo Joaquín Alfaro (1882-1971), who served as President of Panama from 1931-32.
She is listed as the co-writer of the theme song to The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour with Mason Williams per Williams' own 1969 LP entitled Music by Mason Williams.
She regularly appeared on the American version of the television series That Was the Week That Was. The TW3 Girl, as she was known, sang the show theme and special material.
She had a TV show which aired on KPRC-TV Channel 2 (the Houston area NBC affiliate) from 1972-77.
She was a folk singer with a partially Latin repertoire, she was signed to Liberty Records; her first album was entitled Cu Cu-ru Cu-Cu La Paloma.
Ames is the founder and creative director of the Houston, Texas, based event and production company, Ward & Ames, which she founded in 1982.
She broke the top 100 twice in 1966; "He Wore the Green Beret," her answer song to Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler's "Ballad of the Green Berets," hit number 89, and later in the year "Cry Softly" also placed in the charts.
Mother, with Jay Riviere, of daughter Nancy Riviere.