Elizabeth Harrower (actress)

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

Elizabeth Harrower
Harrower in 1965 on The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Born	Elizabeth Louise Harrower (1918-05-28)May 28, 1918 Alameda, California
Died	December 10, 2003(2003-12-10) (aged 85) Studio City, California
Occupations	Actress television writer
Years active	1949–1991
Known for	Dennis the Menace The Young and the Restless
Spouse	Harry Seabold
Children	Susan Seaforth Hayes

Early years

Harrower was born during World War I in Alameda, California, during the great flu epidemic.^{[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 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 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.^{[citation needed]}

In 2003, in Studio City, California, Harrower died of cancer at age 85.^[3]

Selected 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
1964	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Mrs. Masters	Season 2 Episode 15: "Night Caller"
1965	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Mrs. Jones	Season 3 Episode 19: "Wally the Beard"
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

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. Lentz, Harris M. III (2004). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2003. McFarland. pp. 177–78. ISBN 9780786417568. Retrieved April 17, 2017.

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