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Elizabeth Harrower‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1918-05-28

Popularity

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Elizabeth Harrower

Alameda, California, USA

Elizabeth Harrower

Alameda, California, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1918-05-28

Popularity

star2.1

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.

Movie Credits

Marjorie Morningstar

Marjorie Morningstar‌
star6.2
calendar 1958

Teacher's Pet

Teacher's Pet‌
star6.8
calendar 1958

A Brand New Life

A Brand New Life‌
star0.0
calendar 1973

Does Christ Live in Your Home?

Does Christ Live in Your Home?‌
star0.0
calendar 1951

Don't Knock the Twist

Don't Knock the Twist‌
star4.7
calendar 1962

Cat Ballou

Cat Ballou‌
star6.3
calendar 1965

Going Steady

Going Steady‌
star7.0
calendar 1958

Vanishing Point

Vanishing Point‌
star7.2
calendar 1971

Zebra in the Kitchen

Zebra in the Kitchen‌
star5.0
calendar 1965

Shoot Out

Shoot Out‌
star6.3
calendar 1971

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse‌
star5.9
calendar 1962

House of Women

House of Women‌
star5.4
calendar 1962

Plymouth Adventure

Plymouth Adventure‌
star5.4
calendar 1952

The Adventures of Nick Carter

The Adventures of Nick Carter‌
star1.0
calendar 1972

The FBI Story

The FBI Story‌
star6.0
calendar 1959

The Sterile Cuckoo

The Sterile Cuckoo‌
star5.3
calendar 1969

Thunder Pass

Thunder Pass‌
star6.0
calendar 1954

The Wild Westerners

The Wild Westerners‌
star7.0
calendar 1962

Batman

Batman‌
star6.4
calendar 1966

The Pilgrimage Play

The Pilgrimage Play‌
star3.5
calendar 1949

True Grit

True Grit‌
star7.4
calendar 1969

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

Escape from the Planet of the Apes‌
star6.4
calendar 1971

I Love You...Good-bye

I Love You...Good-bye‌
star0.0
calendar 1974

Tv Credits

The Andy Griffith Show

The Andy Griffith Show‌
star7.6
calendar 1960

77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip‌
star6.7
calendar 1958

Batman

Batman‌
star7.3
calendar 1966

That Girl

That Girl‌
star6.1
calendar 1966

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Surfside 6

Surfside 6‌
star5.0
calendar 1960

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.6
calendar 1957

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone‌
star8.4
calendar 1959

The Waltons

The Waltons‌
star7.1
calendar 1972

Dennis the Menace

Dennis the Menace‌
star6.7
calendar 1959

The Immortal

The Immortal‌
star7.4
calendar 1970

The Virginian

The Virginian‌
star6.4
calendar 1962

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp‌
star6.7
calendar 1955

M Squad

M Squad‌
star5.2
calendar 1957

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok‌
star4.5
calendar 1951

Shane

Shane‌
star6.0
calendar 1966

Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta‌
star5.8
calendar 1953

The Great Gildersleeve

The Great Gildersleeve‌
star0.0
calendar 1955

M Squad

M Squad‌
star5.2
calendar 1957

The Virginian

The Virginian‌
star6.4
calendar 1962

The Andy Griffith Show

The Andy Griffith Show‌
star7.6
calendar 1960

Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta‌
star5.8
calendar 1953

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Mayberry R.F.D.

Mayberry R.F.D.‌
star5.7
calendar 1968

Mayberry R.F.D.

Mayberry R.F.D.‌
star5.7
calendar 1968

Four Star Playhouse

Four Star Playhouse‌
star5.7
calendar 1952

Four Star Playhouse

Four Star Playhouse‌
star5.7
calendar 1952

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.6
calendar 1957

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.6
calendar 1957

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.6
calendar 1957

Columbo

Columbo‌
star8.1
calendar 1971

Batman

Batman‌
star7.3
calendar 1966

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour‌
star7.8
calendar 1962

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour‌
star7.8
calendar 1962