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Full Name
  
Constance Ford

Education
  
Hunter College

Role
  
Actress

Name
  
Constance Ford

Years active
  
1938-1993


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Born
  
July 23, 1923 (
1923-07-23
)
The Bronx, New York City, U.S.

Died
  
February 26, 1993, New York City, New York, United States

Movies and TV shows
  
Similar People
  
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Constance Ford (July 1, 1923 – February 26, 1993) was an American actress and model. She is best known for her long-running role as Ada Hobson on the daytime soap opera Another World.

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ANOTHER WORLD: Ada Dies Pt. 6


Early years

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Born in The Bronx, Ford was a graduate of St. Barnabas Grammar and High School, and she attended Hunter College.

Career

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Ford initially worked as a model for the Montgomery Ward catalog when she was 15 years old. Her face became famous in the Elizabeth Arden 1941 advertising campaign for Victory Red lipstick, which featured a Philippe Halsman photo showing her face against the American flag. She had some success as an actress on Broadway from 1949, appearing in such productions as the musical Say Darling and Nobody Loves an Albatross. She also played Miss Forsythe in the first production of Death of a Salesman.

She began her television career in 1950, performing in live television dramas on Studio One, Armstrong Circle Theatre, Goodyear Television Playhouse, and other acclaimed series. As a Warner Brothers contract player, she had her most famous role as Sandra Dee's heartless mother in A Summer Place (1959) where her abused husband Richard Egan had a memorable scene telling her off for her outdated prejudices and Ford arranges for Dee to be tested for her virginity. Another shocking scene had Ford slapping Dee so hard that she fell into a Christmas tree which toppled over on her. In Rome Adventure (1962) she played Daisy Bronson, owner of a bookstore in Rome, opposite Suzanne Pleshette and Troy Donahue, being kinder to him than she had been in "A Summer Place". In House of Women, she played an aggressive but ultimately sympathetic female prisoner who gets into a catfight with prison matron Jeanne Cooper. She played the tough-as-nails nurse alongside Joan Crawford in The Caretakers (1963). She also had a memorable walk-on playing a flirtatious but bored society matron who makes a play for Warren Beatty in All Fall Down.

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In 1954 she made her soap opera debut as Lynn Sherwood on Woman With A Past on CBS. On Search for Tomorrow, Ford was Rose Peterson, an employee of the mob who was hired to discredit leading lady Joanne Tate. Her on-screen brother was played by Don Knotts. The role of Rose was also played by Lee Grant and Nita Talbot.

Ford's assertive style made her a favorite of TV casting directors. She made three memorable appearances on Perry Mason, including the role of a woman with split personality in the 1958 episode, "The Case of the Deadly Double." In 1960, she played heartless Connie Walworth ("You haven't got the flair, dear ...") for director Mitchell Leisen in the "Worse Than Murder" episode of Thriller. In 1963 she appeared as Frances Walden in "The Case of the Potted Planter," and defendant Sylvia Thompson in "The Case of the Shifty Shoebox." She was often featured in episodes of The Kraft Television Theater, Appointment with Adventure, State Trooper, Bat Masterson, The Phil Silvers Show, Have Gun Will Travel, Rawhide, Wanted: Dead or Alive, Tombstone Territory (episode "Silver Killers"), Gunsmoke, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Target: The Corruptors!, and in The Twilight Zone episode "Uncle Simon". She also appeared on the NBC interview program Here's Hollywood. Her Perry Mason episode is on display as part of the introduction for jurors who serve in New York's Criminal Courts.

On The Edge of Night, Ford played the murderous theatre owner Eve Morris. Following that stint, she joined Another World, where from 1967 to 1992, she played the role of Ada Davis, the strong-willed mother of Rachel (Robin Strasser; Victoria Wyndham). While her mother character was a total contrast to her role of Helen in "A Summer Place", she was brutally tough and honest, yet supportive and loving and became a mentor to many of Bay City's young characters who were no relation to her. Her first line upon entering the room was responding to brother Sam Lucas's inquiry, "Ada, is that you?" with the bark of "No, It's Princess Grace!" Over the years, Ada was widowed three times and worked in a variety of professions, from hairdressing to clerk in the police station to finally a restaurant owner. In 1975, the middle-aged Ada gave birth to a daughter, Nancy. When she left the show in 1992 due to declining health, her character was said to be out of town visiting Nancy. When Ford died, the character of Ada also died off-screen and the show had a tribute to her that featured many vintage flashbacks.

At the time Ford left the program, she was the longest-running performer on Another World.

Recognition

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences gave Ford a Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Contribution to Daytime Drama.

Death

Ford died in New York Hospital in Manhattan on February 26, 1993, from cancer, aged 69. She had no survivors.

Filmography

Actress
1967
Another World (TV Series) as
Ada Lucas / Ada Lucas McGowan / Ada Hobson / ...
- Felicia & Mitch's wedding day. (1988) - Ada Hobson
1974
99 and 44/100% Dead! as
Dolly
1966
Shane (TV Series) as
Longhorn Jenny
- The Great Invasion: Part 1 (1966) - Longhorn Jenny
1964
The Edge of Night (TV Series) as
Eve Morris
- Episode #1.2280 (1964) - Eve Morris
- Episode #1.2278 (1964) - Eve Morris
1963
Temple Houston (TV Series) as
Lily Lamont
- The Dark Madonna (1963) - Lily Lamont
1963
East Side/West Side (TV Series) as
Polly Michaels
- No Hiding Place (1963) - Polly Michaels
1963
The Twilight Zone (TV Series) as
Barbara Polk
- Uncle Simon (1963) - Barbara Polk
1958
Perry Mason (TV Series) as
Sylvia Thompson / Frances / Helen Reed
- The Case of the Shifty Shoebox (1963) - Sylvia Thompson
- The Case of the Potted Planter (1963) - Frances
- The Case of the Deadly Double (1958) - Helen Reed
1963
The Caretakers as
Nurse Bracken
1963
Dr. Kildare (TV Series) as
Reba Guy
- The Great Guy (1963) - Reba Guy
1963
The Dakotas (TV Series) as
Deborah James
- Red Sky Over Bismarck (1963) - Deborah James
1963
Rawhide (TV Series) as
Georgia
- Incident of the Buryin' Man (1963) - Georgia
1962
Sam Benedict (TV Series) as
Margaret Palmer
- Nothing Equals Nothing (1962) - Margaret Palmer
1962
Alcoa Premiere (TV Series) as
Rose Shelton
- It Takes a Thief (1962) - Rose Shelton
1962
Shootout at Big Sag as
Goldie Bartholomew
1962
The Cabinet of Caligari as
Christine
1962
Target: The Corruptors! (TV Series) as
Shirley Germaine / Ruby Carter
- A Book of Faces (1962) - Shirley Germaine
- One for the Road (1962) - Ruby Carter
1962
House of Women as
Sophie Brice
1956
Gunsmoke (TV Series) as
Florida / Pearl Bender
- Wagon Girls (1962) - Florida
- Poor Pearl (1956) - Pearl Bender
1962
Frontier Circus (TV Series) as
Naomi Champagne
- Naomi Champagne (1962) - Naomi Champagne
1962
All Fall Down as
Mrs. Mandel
1962
Adventures in Paradise (TV Series) as
Reba
- The Dream Merchant (1962) - Reba
1962
Rome Adventure as
Daisy Bronson
1961
Naked City (TV Series) as
Rhonda Cameron
- A Wednesday Night Story (1961) - Rhonda Cameron
1961
87th Precinct (TV Series) as
Virginia Colt
- Lady in Waiting (1961) - Virginia Colt
1961
Claudelle Inglish as
Jessie Inglish
1961
The Untouchables (TV Series) as
Stella Acropolis
- The Nick Acropolis Story (1961) - Stella Acropolis
1961
'Way Out (TV Series) as
Freda Mansfield
- I Heard You Calling Me (1961) - Freda Mansfield
1961
The Deputy (TV Series) as
Meg Billings
- The Lonely Road (1961) - Meg Billings
1961
Outlaws (TV Series) as
Hannah Wolk
- The Waiting Game (1961) - Hannah Wolk
1961
Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV Series) as
Sarah Lawton
- The Last Retreat (1961) - Sarah Lawton
1961
Surfside 6 (TV Series) as
Sybil Lord
- Little Star Lost (1961) - Sybil Lord
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) as
Shasta Cooney / Ellen Grant
- Outlaw in Town (1960) - Shasta Cooney
- The Creeper (1956) - Ellen Grant
1960
Thriller (TV Series) as
Connie Walworth / Louise Jenkins
- Worse Than Murder (1960) - Connie Walworth
- The Twisted Image (1960) - Louise Jenkins
1959
Bat Masterson (TV Series) as
Ivy Dickson / Gwen Parsons
- Stage to Nowhere (1960) - Ivy Dickson
- Lottery of Death (1959) - Gwen Parsons
1960
Law of the Plainsman (TV Series) as
Jessie Lawrence
- Rabbit's Fang (1960) - Jessie Lawrence
1960
Home from the Hill as
Opal Bixby
1960
Tombstone Territory (TV Series) as
Lily Murdock
- Silver Killers (1960) - Lily Murdock
1959
A Summer Place as
Helen Jorgenson
1959
State Trooper (TV Series) as
Wendy 'Baby' Davis / Sally Stoddard
- And Baby Makes Two (1959) - Wendy 'Baby' Davis / Sally Stoddard
1959
Father Knows Best (TV Series) as
Dr. Brown
- An Extraordinary Woman (1959) - Dr. Brown
1958
Have Gun - Will Travel (TV Series) as
Gloria Prince
- The Bostonian (1958) - Gloria Prince
1957
The Big Story (TV Series) as
Winchell's Secretary, Marge
- The Cat (1957) - Winchell's Secretary, Marge
1955
The Phil Silvers Show (TV Series) as
Bonnie Morgan / WAC Lieutenant Virginia Rogers / Joy Landers
- Bilko and the Flying Saucers (1957) - Bonnie Morgan
- Bilko the Marriage Broker (1957) - WAC Lieutenant Virginia Rogers
- Mardi Gras (1955) - Joy Landers
1956
Climax! (TV Series) as
Harriet Adams / Helen / Ellen MacKenzie
- Murder Has a Deadline (1957) - Harriet Adams
- The Chinese Game (1956) - Helen
- Sit Down with Death (1956) - Ellen MacKenzie
1957
Trackdown (TV Series) as
Polly Webster
- Self-Defense (1957) - Polly Webster
1955
Modern Romances (TV Series)
- The Misguided Man: part 5 (1957)
- The Misguided Man: part 4 (1957)
- The Misguided Man: part 3 (1957)
- The Misguided Man: part 2 (1957)
- The Misguided Man: part 1 (1957)
- The House Guests: part 5 (1955)
- The House Guests: part 4 (1955)
- The House Guests: part 3 (1955)
- The House Guests: part 2 (1955)
- The House Guests: part 1 (1955)
- About Alan Bolton: Part 1 (1955)
1957
Bailout at 43,000 as
Mrs. Frances Nolan
1957
The Iron Sheriff as
Claire
1953
Studio One (TV Series) as
Blanche Gallagher / Adrian Falcon
- Eight Feet to Midnight (1957) - Blanche Gallagher
- The Tall Dark Stranger (1955) - Adrian Falcon
- Experiment Perilous (1954)
- The King in Yellow (1953)
1957
The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV Series) as
Lily
- Man of the Law (1957) - Lily
1957
Playhouse 90 (TV Series) as
Connie
- The Comedian (1957) - Connie
1957
Studio 57 (TV Series) as
Alice
- The Big Leap (1957) - Alice
1955
Search for Tomorrow (TV Series) as
Rose Peterson #3 (1955-1956) / Rose Peabody
- Episode #1.1391 (1956) - Rose Peterson #3 (1955-1956)
- January 2, 1956 (1956) - Rose Peabody
- Episode #1.1131 (1955) - Rose Peterson #3 (1955-1956)
- Episode dated 9 June 1955 (1955) - Rose Peterson #3 (1955-1956)
- Episode #1.881 (1955) - Rose Peterson #3 (1955-1956)
1956
Matinee Theatre (TV Series)
- Therese (1956)
- The Alumni Reunion (1956)
- To Whom It May Concern (1956)
- The Century Plant (1956)
1956
Zane Grey Theatre (TV Series) as
Laura Lovett
- Lariat (1956) - Laura Lovett
1956
The Millionaire (TV Series) as
Anna Hartley
- The Anna Hartley Story (1956) - Anna Hartley
1956
Schlitz Playhouse (TV Series)
- Strange Defense (1956)
1955
Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) as
Edie / Marty
- No One to Cry With (1956) - Edie
- Last Year's Snow (1955) - Marty
1951
Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV Series) as
Mrs. Muir
- A Baby Named X (1956) - Mrs. Muir
- Fog Station (1951)
1955
Appointment with Adventure (TV Series) as
Woman
- A Thief There Was (1956) - Woman
- Notorious Woman (1955)
1956
The Last Hunt as
Peg
1955
The Way of the World (TV Series) as
Cass
- Episode dated 7 October 1955 (1955) - Cass
1951
Goodyear Playhouse (TV Series) as
Magda Owens / Laura
- Beloved Stranger (1955) - Magda Owens
- A Case of Pure Fiction (1955)
- The Big Man on Campus (1954) - Laura
- The Dusty Drawer (1952) - (as Connie Ford)
- Three Letters (1952)
- I Was Stalin's Prisoner (1951)
1955
Cavalcade of America (TV Series) as
Mrs. Bannon
- Man on the Beat (1955) - Mrs. Bannon
1953
Kraft Theatre (TV Series)
- The Night Watcher (1955)
- Burlesque (1954)
- A Cup of Kindness (1953)
- Her Father's Butler (1953)
- The Blues for Joey Menotti (1953)
- Hoodlums with a Halo (1953)
1954
Ponds Theater (TV Series)
- Anna Christie (1955)
- Burlesque (1954)
1955
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (TV Series)
- The House on Judas Street (1955)
1954
General Electric Theater (TV Series) as
Betty
- The Dark, Dark Hours (1954) - Betty
1954
The Man Behind the Badge (TV Series) as
Mary Rourke
- The Case of the Gambling Lady (1954) - Mary Rourke
1954
Inner Sanctum (TV Series) as
Susan / Wilma
- Ghost Mail (1954) - Susan
- The Yellow Parakeet (1954) - Wilma
1954
Woman with a Past (TV Series) as
Lynn Sherwood
- Episode #1.1 (1954) - Lynn Sherwood
1953
Danger (TV Series)
- Night of Reckoning (1954)
- Surface Tension (1953)
- Jam Session (1953)
- Last Stop Before Albany (1953)
1953
The Philip Morris Playhouse (TV Series)
- Journey to Nowhere (1953)
1953
The Plymouth Playhouse (TV Series)
- Colonel Humphrey J. Flack (1953)
1953
The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series)
- The Recluse (1953)
- Elegy (1953)
1953
Treasury Men in Action (TV Series)
- The Case of the Grand Slam (1953)
1953
The Web (TV Series)
- The Patsy (1953)
1953
Span of Time (TV Movie)
1952
Suspense (TV Series)
- The Man in the Mirror (1952)
1952
Lights Out (TV Series)
- Twist of Fate (1952)
1950
Once Too Often (Short) as
Norma - Bar Girl (uncredited)
1950
The Two Kingdoms (TV Movie) as
Erika Koerner
1950
Masterpiece Playhouse (TV Series)
- The Rivals (1950)
Self
1964
Get the Message (TV Series) as
Self
- Constance Ford/Dorothy Kilgallen/Tom Ewell (1964) - Self
- Constance Ford/Marjorie Lord (1964) - Self
- Martin Gabel & Roddy McDowall Vs. Constance Ford & Peggy Cass - day 5 (1964) - Self
- Martin Gabel & Roddy McDowall Vs. Constance Ford & Peggy Cass - day 4 (1964) - Self
- Martin Gabel & Roddy McDowall Vs. Constance Ford & Peggy Cass - day 3 (1964) - Self
- Martin Gabel & Roddy McDowall Vs. Constance Ford & Peggy Cass - day 2 (1964) - Self
- Martin Gabel & Roddy McDowall Vs. Constance Ford & Peggy Cass - day 1 (1964) - Self
1964
Missing Links (TV Series) as
Self
- Phil Foster/Tom Poston/Constance Ford (1964) - Self
1961
Here's Hollywood (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.133 (1961) - Self
1959
The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) as
Self - Ann Knutsen - Scene from The Golden Fleecing
- Tom Poston, Suzanne Pleshette, Mickey Deems, Robert Carraway, Robert Elston, Constance Ford, Richard Kendrick, Georgia Gibbs, Earl Grant, Blossom Seeley, Sam Levenson (1959) - Self - Ann Knutsen - Scene from The Golden Fleecing
1956
Hollywood Preview (TV Series) as
Self - Actress
- Episode #1.23 (1956) - Self - Actress
Archive Footage
2003
The Another World Reunion (TV Special) as
Ada Lucas Davis Downs McGowan Hobson
2000
The 16th Annual Soap Opera Awards (TV Special) as
Ada Lucas Davis Downs McGowan Hobson
1999
Another World (TV Series) as
Ada Hobson
- Episode #1.8891 (1999) - Ada Hobson
1958
Frontier Justice (TV Series) as
Laura Lovett
- Lariat (1961) - Laura Lovett
- Lariat (1958) - Laura Lovett

References

Constance Ford Wikipedia