
Elizabeth Harrower
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.
Known For







Credits
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Mrs. Freeman★ NR
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A Brand New Life 1973Margaret Kalman★ NR
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The Waltons 1972★ 7.1
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Sister Effie★ 3.5
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Columbo 1971Board Member (uncredited)★ 8.1
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Shoot Out 1971Housekeeper★ 6.3
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Reporter at Hotel (uncredited)★ 6.4
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Vanishing Point 1971Communications Officer★ 7.1
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The Immortal 1970★ 7.4
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The Sterile Cuckoo 1969Landlady (uncredited)★ 5.4
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True Grit 1969Mrs. Ross★ 7.3
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Mayberry R.F.D. 1968Mrs. Meredith★ 5.7
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Shane 1966Myra Torrey★ 6
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That Girl 1966★ 6.2
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Batman 1966Picnicking Woman (uncredited)★ 6.4
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Cat Ballou 1965Townswoman (uncredited)★ 6.4
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Zebra in the Kitchen 1965Town Gossip★ 5
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Mrs. Jones★ 7.8
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The Virginian 1962Mrs. Crandall★ 6.5
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The Wild Westerners 1962Martha Bernard★ 7
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Ruth Emerson★ 4.7
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House of Women 1962Mrs. Potter★ 5.4
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French Prisoner (uncredited)★ 6
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Surfside 6 1960★ 5
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Customer★ 7.6
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Dennis the Menace 1959★ 6.5
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The Twilight Zone 1959Woman (uncredited)★ 8.4
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The FBI Story 1959Clerk (uncredited)★ 6.1
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77 Sunset Strip 1958★ 6.7
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Marjorie Morningstar 1958Miss Kimble (uncredited)★ 6.2
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Teacher's Pet 1958Clara Dibney (uncredited)★ 6.8
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Going Steady 1958Mrs. Armstrong★ 7
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Perry Mason 1957Woman Artist★ 7.7
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M Squad 1957Walls' Secretary★ 5.2
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★ NR
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Gunsmoke 1955Mrs. O'Roarke★ 6.6
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★ 6.6
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Thunder Pass 1954Mrs. Hemp★ 6
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Letter to Loretta 1953Miss Himbler★ 6.5
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Plymouth Adventure 1952Elizabeth Hopkins★ 5.5
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Four Star Playhouse 1952Nurse★ 6.3
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★ NR
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★ 4.5
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The Pilgrimage Play 1949Woman of Samaria★ 3.5