Years active 1957–83 Siblings Dee Hartford Role Film actress | Name Eden Hartford | |
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Full Name Edna Marie Higgins Movies Invisible Invaders, When the Clock Strikes, The Gambler Wore a G, The Big Circus Similar People Groucho Marx, Dee Hartford, Kay Marvis, Melinda Marx, Miriam Marx | ||
Groucho talks about cigars & Chico & Eden Hartford
Eden Hartford (born Edna Marie Higgins, April 10, 1930 – December 15, 1983) was an American film actress from 1957–62.
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She was born to Edgar (1884-1975) and Beatrice Higgins (1894-?) in Utah as Edna Marie Higgins. Her elder sister is actress Dee Hartford. She was of the Mormon faith.
Death
She died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California in 1983, aged 53, from endometrial cancer. Before her death she had been living in Palm Springs, California. She was married to Groucho Marx from 1954 until their divorce in 1969, but had no children. Hartford's ashes are interred in a small niche at Westwood Memorial Cemetery, with her former married name of 'Marx' on her epitaph.
Filmography
Actress
1964
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) as
Vivian Morgan
- Time for Elizabeth (1964) - Vivian Morgan (as Eden Marx)
1962
The Jack Benny Program (TV Series) as
Eden
- The Story of Jack Referees Wrestling Match (1962) - Eden (as Mrs. Groucho Marx)
1961
Flight That Disappeared as
Miss Ford (uncredited)
1961
When the Clock Strikes as
Waitress
1961
The Gambler Wore a Gun as
Woman
1959
The Big Circus as
Circus Perfomer (uncredited)
1959
Invisible Invaders as
WAAF Secretary
1957
The Story of Mankind as
Laughing Water
1953
The Band Wagon as
Girl in 'Girl Hunt Ballet' Sequence (uncredited)
1952
We're Not Married! as
Girl in Hector's Daydream (uncredited)
1952
Down Among the Sheltering Palms as
Native Girl (uncredited)
Self
1964
The Celebrity Game (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 12 June 1964 (1964) - Self
Archive Footage
2022
American Masters (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Groucho & Cavett (2022) - Self
2003
Inside the Marx Brothers (Video documentary) as
Laughing Water (clip from The Story of Mankind (1957))
References
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