Constance Ford

Actress

Born: July 1, 1923 (69 years old)

Died: February 26, 1993

Place of birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Constance Ford began her career in television in the 1950s, performing in live television dramas on "Studio One in Hollywood" (1948),"Armstrong Circle Theatre" (1950), "Goodyear Playhouse" (1951), and other acclaimed series, and playing recurring characters in four afternoon serials; "Rose Peabody" in "Search for Tomorrow" (1951), "Lynn Sherwood" in "Woman with a Past" (1954), "Eve Morris" in "The Edge of Night"(1956) and "Ada Davis Downs Hobson" in "Another World" (1964). Ford's assertive style made her a favorite of TV casting directors, and she was often featured in episodes of "Ponds Theater" (1953), "Bat Masterson" (1958), "Rawhide" (1959), "Gunsmoke" (1955), "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955), "Twilight Zone" (1959), and other series, as tough but sensible career women.

Filmography (36)

• Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951, ★ 8.6)
• The Twilight Zone (1959, ★ 8.5)
• Home from the Hill (1960, ★ 6.8)
• The Last Hunt (1956, ★ 6.9)
• Perry Mason (1957, ★ 7.7)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955, ★ 7.8)
• Gunsmoke (1955, ★ 6.7)
• Rawhide (1959, ★ 7.2)
• Have Gun, Will Travel (1957, ★ 7.3)
• Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958, ★ 6.8)
• Playhouse 90 (1956, ★ 7.6)
• A Summer Place (1959, ★ 6.5)
• The Caretakers (1963, ★ 6.2)
• All Fall Down (1962, ★ 6)
• The Cabinet of Caligari (1962, ★ 6.3)
• The Iron Sheriff (1957, ★ 6)
• Trackdown (1957, ★ 6.4)
• General Electric Theater (1953, ★ 6.4)
• Thriller (1960, ★ 6.6)
• The Deputy (1959, ★ 6.2)
• Claudelle Inglish (1961, ★ 4.6)
• Bailout at 43,000 (1957, ★ 4.8)
• Rome Adventure (1962, ★ 5.5)
• Bat Masterson (1958, ★ 6.1)
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956, ★ 6)
• House of Women (1962, ★ 4.9)
• 99 and 44/100% Dead (1974, ★ 4.9)
• Naked City (1958, ★ 5.5)
• The Philco Television Playhouse (1948, ★ 6.3)
• Studio One (1948, ★ 5)