Elizabeth Harrower
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 28, 1918
- Died
- December 10, 2003 (aged 85)
- Birthplace
- Alameda, California, USA
Biography
Betty Louise Foss was born during the final days of World War I in Alameda, California as the country plagued by a flu epidemic. Within six weeks, her mother died, her father had a nervous breakdown, and relatives passed her care around. As babies were thought to draw the deadly flu, Betty was eventually placed in a San Francisco orphanage where she was later adopted by Scottish immigrants William and Jessie Harrower and raised in Berkeley and Los Angeles. During the Great Depression her adoptive father's salary was cut in half and her adoptive mother decided to take Betty out of school and off to Hollywood to begin an acting career. After trying out several alter egos in the hopes of making an impression on someone in the industry, Betty Foss eventually settled on the identity of Elizabeth Harrower. Elizabeth Harrower appeared in "Becky Sharp (1935)", the first feature-length color film in 1935. She would continue to appear in hundreds of radio, television, film and stage productions over the next decades, most notably "True Grit (1969)". In 1942, Harrower married Harry Seabold, an Air Force cadet she had met in fifth grade. Their daughter, actress Susan Seaforth Hayes, was born in 1943. Her husband was called into war even before that and the marriage subsequently did not last. By the 1970s Elizabeth Harrower had met soap opera scribe William J. Bell and she would eventually start her writing career and became head writer of "Days of Our Lives (1965)" from 1979-1980. She went on to write for Bell's "The Young and the Restless (1973)" in the 1980s. Her last writing stint was on the short-lived soap opera "Generations (1989)" in 1991. In 2003, already while taking chemotherapy she had a prominent limited run as Charlotte Ramsey on "The Young and the Restless (1973)". She died shortly thereafter at age 85.
Known For
Filmography
I Love You...Good-bye
Movie · as Mrs. Freeman
A Brand New Life
Movie · as Margaret Kalman
The Adventures of Nick Carter
Movie · as Sister Effie
The Waltons
TV · 1 ep
Vanishing Point
Movie · as Communications Officer
Shoot Out
Movie · as Housekeeper
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Movie · as Reporter at Hotel (uncredited)
Columbo
TV · as Board Member (uncredited) · 1 ep
The Immortal
TV · 1 ep
The Sterile Cuckoo
Movie · as Landlady (uncredited)
True Grit
Movie · as Mrs. Ross
Mayberry R.F.D.
TV · as Mrs. Meredith, Mrs. Brandt · 1 ep
Batman
Movie · as Picnicking Woman (uncredited)
Batman
TV · as Miss Prentice, Drusilla · 1 ep
That Girl
TV · 1 ep
Shane
TV · as Myra Torrey · 1 ep
Cat Ballou
Movie · as Townswoman (uncredited)
Zebra in the Kitchen
Movie · as Town Gossip
Don't Knock the Twist
Movie · as Ruth Emerson
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Movie · as French Prisoner (uncredited)
House of Women
Movie · as Mrs. Potter
The Wild Westerners
Movie · as Martha Bernard
The Virginian
TV · as Mrs. Crandall, Mrs. Grant · 1 ep
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV · as Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Masters · 1 ep
Hazel
TV · as Edith · 1 ep
I Passed for White
Movie · as Woman in Employment Office
The Andy Griffith Show
TV · as Customer, Mrs. Hutchins · 1 ep
Surfside 6
TV · 2 eps
The FBI Story
Movie · as Clerk (uncredited)
The Twilight Zone
TV · as Woman (uncredited) · 1 ep
Dennis the Menace
TV · as Mrs. Johnson (uncredited) · 6 eps
Marjorie Morningstar
Movie · as Miss Kimble (uncredited)
Teacher's Pet
Movie · as Clara Dibney (uncredited)
Going Steady
Movie · as Mrs. Armstrong
77 Sunset Strip
TV · 1 ep
Perry Mason
TV · as Woman Artist, Woman Apartment Manager, Mrs. Mangan, Sadie Noymann · 1 ep
M Squad
TV · as Walls' Secretary, Mrs. Michaels · 1 ep
Gunsmoke
TV · as Mrs. O'Roarke, Mildred O'Roarke · 1 ep
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
TV · 3 eps
The Great Gildersleeve
TV · 1 ep
Thunder Pass
Movie · as Mrs. Hemp
Father Knows Best
TV · as Librarian · 1 ep
Letter to Loretta
TV · as Miss Himbler, Mrs. Sims · 1 ep
Plymouth Adventure
Movie · as Elizabeth Hopkins
Four Star Playhouse
TV · as Nurse, Housekeeper · 1 ep
Does Christ Live in Your Home?
Movie
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
TV · 3 eps
The Pilgrimage Play
Movie · as Woman of Samaria