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

Elizabeth Harrower
Harrower in 1965 on The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Born	Betty Louise Foss (1918-05-28)May 28, 1918 Alameda, California
Died	December 10, 2003(2003-12-10) (aged 85) Studio City, California
Occupation	Actress, television writer
Years active	1949–1991
Spouse	Harry Seabold
Children	Susan Seaforth Hayes

Early years

Harrower was born during World War I in Alameda, California, during the great flu epidemic. Within six weeks, her mother died, her father had a nervous breakdown, and relatives passed her care around. Babies were thought to draw the deadly flu, so in a short while, she was placed in a San Francisco orphanage. Eventually, she was adopted by Scottish immigrants William and Jessie Harrower.^{[citation needed]}

During the Great Depression, William's salary was cut in half, and Jessie 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, she eventually settled on the identity of Elizabeth Harrower.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Harrower went on to find success in television, 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 made her film debut in Becky Sharp (1935). She also appeared in other movies, including 1969's 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 received rave reviews^{[citation needed]} for her performance as a drunken con artist on The Young and the Restless.

Personal life

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. The couple's marriage did not last.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

In 2003 in Studio City, California, Harrower died of cancer at age 85.[3] She was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1949	The Pilgrimage Play	Woman of Samaria
1952	Plymouth Adventure	Elizabeth Hopkins	Uncredited
1954	Thunder Pass	Mrs. Hemp
1958	Teacher's Pet	Clara Dibney	Uncredited
1958	Marjorie Morningstar	Miss Kimble	Uncredited
1959	Al Capone	Proprietress	Uncredited
1959	The FBI Story	Clerk	Uncredited
1960	I Passed for White	Minor Role	Uncredited
1962	Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse	French Prisoner	Uncredited
1962	House of Women	Mrs. Potter	Uncredited
1962	Don't Knock the Twist	Ruth Emerson
1962	The Wild Westerners	Martha Bernard
1965	Zebra in the Kitchen	Town Gossip	Uncredited
1965	Cat Ballou	Minor Role	Uncredited
1966	Batman	Picnicking Woman	Uncredited
1969	True Grit	Mrs. Ross
1969	The Sterile Cuckoo	Landlady	Uncredited
1971	Escape from the Planet of the Apes	Reporter at Hotel	Uncredited
1971	Shoot Out	Housekeeper	Uncredited
1974	I Love You... Good-bye	Mrs. Freeman

References

External links

• Elizabeth Harrower at IMDb

Preceded by Ann Marcus	Head Writer of Days of Our Lives February 27, 1979 - March 14, 1980	Succeeded by Ruth Brooks Flippen

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