Elizabeth Harrower
Born
May 28, 1918
Died
December 10, 2003 (85 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Alameda, California, USA
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.
I Love You...Good-bye
Mrs. Freeman
1974
A Brand New Life
Margaret Kalman
1973
The Waltons
(1 episode)
1972
The Adventures of Nick Carter
Sister Effie
1972
Columbo
Board Member (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1971
Shoot Out
Housekeeper
1971
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Reporter at Hotel (uncredited)
1971
Vanishing Point
Communications Officer
1971
The Immortal
(1 episode)
1970
The Sterile Cuckoo
Landlady (uncredited)
1969
True Grit
Mrs. Ross
1969
Mayberry R.F.D.
Mrs. Meredith · (1 episode)
1968
Mayberry R.F.D.
Mrs. Brandt · (1 episode)
1968
Shane
Myra Torrey · (1 episode)
1966
That Girl
(1 episode)
1966
Batman
Picnicking Woman (uncredited)
1966
Batman
Miss Prentice · (1 episode)
1966
Batman
Drusilla · (1 episode)
1966
Cat Ballou
Townswoman (uncredited)
1965
Zebra in the Kitchen
Town Gossip
1965
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Mrs. Jones · (1 episode)
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Mrs. Masters · (1 episode)
1962
The Virginian
Mrs. Crandall · (1 episode)
1962
The Virginian
Mrs. Grant · (1 episode)
1962
The Wild Westerners
Martha Bernard
1962
Don't Knock the Twist
Ruth Emerson
1962
House of Women
Mrs. Potter
1962
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
French Prisoner (uncredited)
1962
Surfside 6
(2 episodes)
1960
The Andy Griffith Show
Customer · (1 episode)
1960
The Andy Griffith Show
Mrs. Hutchins · (1 episode)
1960
I Passed for White
Woman in Employment Office
1960
Dennis the Menace
(7 episodes)
1959
The Twilight Zone
Woman (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1959
The FBI Story
Clerk (uncredited)
1959
77 Sunset Strip
(1 episode)
1958
Marjorie Morningstar
Miss Kimble (uncredited)
1958
Teacher's Pet
Clara Dibney (uncredited)
1958
Going Steady
Mrs. Armstrong
1958
Perry Mason
Woman Artist · (1 episode)
1957
Perry Mason
Woman Apartment Manager · (1 episode)
1957
Perry Mason
Mrs. Mangan · (1 episode)
1957
Perry Mason
Sadie Noymann · (1 episode)
1957
M Squad
Walls' Secretary · (1 episode)
1957
M Squad
Mrs. Michaels · (1 episode)
1957
The Great Gildersleeve
(1 episode)
1955
Gunsmoke
Mrs. O'Roarke · (1 episode)
1955
Gunsmoke
Mildred O'Roarke · (1 episode)
1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
(3 episodes)
1955
Thunder Pass
Mrs. Hemp
1954
Letter to Loretta
Miss Himbler · (1 episode)
1953
Letter to Loretta
Mrs. Sims · (1 episode)
1953
Plymouth Adventure
Elizabeth Hopkins
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Nurse · (1 episode)
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Housekeeper · (1 episode)
1952
Does Christ Live in Your Home?
1951
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
(3 episodes)
1951
The Pilgrimage Play
Woman of Samaria
1949