Elizabeth Harrower

Elizabeth Harrower

Nacimiento : 1918-05-28, Alameda, California, USA

Muerte : 2003-12-10

Historia

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.

Perfil

Elizabeth Harrower

Películas

I Love You... Goodbye
Mrs. Freeman
A suburban wife begins to resent the pressures she sees society putting on her as a wife and mother, and leaves her family to find the meaning of her life.
A Brand New Life
Margaret Kalman
After 18 years of marriage, a middle-aged couple has to face the prospect of having their first child.
Huida del planeta de los simios
Reporter at Hotel (uncredited)
Tres simios, la doctora Zira, Cornelius y el doctor Milo, han conseguido sobrevivir al desastre nuclear en su planeta y, tras arreglar la nave de los humanos, viajan en el tiempo hasta llegar a la Tierra de finales del siglo XX. Al llegar, mientras son estudiados en un centro de investigación para determinar su nivel de inteligencia, se niegan a revelar lo que saben sobre la civilización humana.
Valor de ley
Mrs. Ross
Un viejo agente del Gobierno, alcohólico y tuerto (John Wayne), es contratado por Mattie Ross (Kim Darby), una valerosa y obstinada joven, que se propone capturar al asesino de su padre. Contarán además con la colaboración de La Boeuf (Campbell), un ránger de Tejas.
Batman: La película
Picnicking Woman (uncredited)
Adaptación a la gran pantalla del popular cómic de Bob Kane, que ese mismo año y con los mismos protagonistas conocía una exitosa versión en formato de serie de televisión que duraría dos años en la pequeña pantalla. Batman y Robin se enfrentan a un grupo de criminales entre los que se encuentran sus eternos rivales Joker y El Pingüino, quienes se han apoderado de un sofisticado artilugio para dominar el mundo.
La ingenua explosiva
Townswoman (uncredited)
El rancho familiar de Catherine "Cat" Balou (Jane Fonda) se ve amenazado por la inminente llegada del ferrocarril. La joven maestra de escuela, empeñada en conservar sus raíces, busca la ayuda de Kid Shelleen (Lee Marvin), pero descubre que es el pistolero más borracho de todo el Oeste. Cuando su padre muere asesinado por matones a sueldo de la compañía del ferrocarril, ella jura vengarse.
The Wild Westerners
Martha Bernard
Sheriff Plummer and his men are using their badges to easily rob gold shipments and kill the drivers. Marshal McDowell and his men are looking for the killers. They catch one who is murdered to keep from talking but his killer is identified as Plummer's Deputy. Plummer is still not suspected when McDowell's wife is kidnaped and the outlaws demand the big gold shipment be sent unguarded. So McDowell heads out alone to face the gang with a load of gunpowder instead of gold and only a few trusted Deputies nearby.
Nací para ti
Miss Kimble (uncredited)
Marjorie Morgenstern (Natalie Wood) es una chica de 18 años, perteneciente a una familia judía que da ejemplo de fe y tradición. Su interés por el teatro la lleva a creer que puede emprender una carrera artística, y con su amiga Marsha (Carolyn Jones), entra furtivamente a South Wind, donde tiene su sede el compositor, cantante y bailarín Noel Airman (Gene Kelly) con quien iniciará una compleja relación, mientras en el entorno se va formando una suerte de “club” de caballeros que quisieran casarse con ella.
Enséñame a querer
Clara Dibney (uncredited)
James Gannon (Clark Gable), un maduro editor de prensa se enamora de Erica Stone (Doris Day), una joven que ejerce como profesora en una escuela de periodismo. Con el fin de conquistarla, el editor no duda en matricularse, como un novato más, para que ella le dé clases.
Thunder Pass
Mrs. Hemp
A cavalry unit escorts a group of civilians through dangerous territory inhabited by Indians on the warpath.
The Pilgrimage Play
Woman of Samaria
Nelson Leigh assumes the role of Jesus Christ in this drama that depicts such historical events as the Sermon on the Mount and the Last Supper while portraying the period in which Christ roamed the countryside preaching the gospel.