Elizabeth Harrower (actress)

Elizabeth Harrower
Harrower in 1965 on The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Born
Betty Louise Foss

(1918-05-28)May 28, 1918
Alameda, California, U.S.
DiedDecember 10, 2003(2003-12-10) (aged 85)
Studio City, California
Occupations
  • Actress
  • television writer
Years active1949–1991
Known forDennis the Menace
The Young and the Restless
SpouseHarry Seabold
ChildrenSusan Seaforth Hayes

Elizabeth Louise Harrower (May 28, 1918 – December 10, 2003) was an American actress and television writer.

Career

She found success in acting, including ten appearances on Dennis the Menace (mostly as Dennis' teacher, "Miss Perkins"), four appearances on Perry Mason (The Case of the Waylaid Wolf, The Case of the Lurid Letter), and two appearances on Gunsmoke as "Mrs. O'Roarke", among many other shows up until 1974. She appeared in such films as True Grit and The Sterile Cuckoo.[1]

In the late 1970s, she served as head writer for the daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives, where her daughter Susan was a cast member. She also wrote for The Young and the Restless[2] in the 1980s and early 1990s. Her last writing stint was on the short-lived soap Generations in 1991. In 2003, Harrower played a drunken con artist, Charlotte Ramsey, on The Young and the Restless.

Personal life and death

Elizabeth Harrowers roots are in the Kopp family from Germany, which hails from Oberemmel, a district of Konz (near Trier) in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.[3] For many years, she and her mother lived in the Alvarado Terrace Historic District of Los Angeles In 1942, Harrower married Harry Seabold, an Air Force cadet whom she had met in fifth grade. Their daughter, actress Susan Seaforth Hayes, was born in 1943. The marriage ended in divorce. For many years, she and her daughter lived in the Alvarado Terrace Historic District of Los Angeles, where she was active with the Pico-Union community redevelopment project advisory committee.

Harrower died of cancer at age 85 in 2003 in Studio City, California.[4]

Selected filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1949The Pilgrimage PlayWoman of Samaria
1952Plymouth AdventureElizabeth HopkinsUncredited
1954Thunder PassMrs. Hemp
1958Teacher's PetClara DibneyUncredited
1958Marjorie MorningstarMiss KimbleUncredited
1959Al CaponeProprietressUncredited
1959The FBI StoryClerkUncredited
1960I Passed for WhiteMinor RoleUncredited
1962Four Horsemen of the ApocalypseFrench PrisonerUncredited
1962House of WomenMrs. PotterUncredited
1962Don't Knock the TwistRuth Emerson
1962The Wild WesternersMartha Bernard
1964The Alfred Hitchcock HourMrs. MastersSeason 2 Episode 15: "Night Caller"
1965The Alfred Hitchcock HourMrs. JonesSeason 3 Episode 19: "Wally the Beard"
1965Zebra in the KitchenTown GossipUncredited
1965Cat BallouMinor RoleUncredited
1966BatmanPicnicking WomanUncredited
1969True GritMrs. Ross
1969The Sterile CuckooLandladyUncredited
1971Escape from the Planet of the ApesReporter at HotelUncredited
1971Shoot OutHousekeeperUncredited
1974I Love You... Good-byeMrs. FreemanTV movie

References

  1. ↑ Landesman, Fred (2004). The John Wayne Filmography. McFarland. p. 384. ISBN 9780786432523. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
  2. ↑ Grant, Matthew W. Sex On Soaps: Afternoon Love & Lust On Television Daytime Dramas. Granite Gate Media. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
  3. ↑ Matheis, Jutta (2022). Auf der Suche nach den Ahnen: die Familien Schwan - Dörrenbächer (in German). Jutta Matheis.
  4. ↑ Elizabeth Harrower at IMDb
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