Sunday, October 21, 2018

Dee Hartford obit

Actress and Model Dee Hartford Has Died

She was not on the list.


Model, Actress. She was best known for achieving instant fame in the late 1940's as a model for Vogue magazine and later for her performance as the android 'Verda' in the 1966 'Lost in Space' episodes "The Android Machine" and its sequel, "Revolt of the Androids," which then lead to many television appearances as a popular guest. Born as Donna Lee Higgins to Edgar Higgins and Beatrice Thomas, her early modeling career fame attracted many studio offers, one of which, she signed untested with RKO radio. Soon to follow, she had a big screen debut with Groucho Marx, Gene Lockhart and Don Defore in the RKO film 'A Girl in Every Port'(1952). Her many televison appearances included Gunsmoke, Perry Mason, Burke's Law, The Outer Limits episode 'The Invisibles'(1963), and The Twilight Zone episode 'Bewitchin' Pool'(1964); and most notably with later appearances in 'Batman'(1966) as Miss Iceland opposite Otto Preminger's Mr. Freeze, 'The Time Tunnel'(1966) as Helen of Troy, Land of the Giants(1968) and Lost in Space(1966-69). Her last screen role was in Michael Campus' 1976 thriller 'Survival.'

Hartford was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, the middle daughter of three daughters born to Edgar and Beatrice (née Thomas) Higgins. She attended East High School in Salt Lake City and LDS Business College, and then became a model.

She was married to Howard Hawks from 1953 to 1959. Her younger sister was actress Eden Hartford; her former brother-in-law was comedian Groucho Marx.

Hartford guest starred in episodes of Gunsmoke, Burke's Law, The Outer Limits, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The Cara Williams Show, Batman (two episodes), Time Tunnel, Land of the Giants, and Lost in Space (three episodes). She appeared as the android Verda in the 1966 Lost in Space episode "The Android Machine" and in a sequel, "Revolt of the Androids". She also appeared in a third episode of Lost in Space as Nancy Pi Squared in the “Space Beauty” episode about an intergalactic beauty pageant.

 

Actress

Survival

6.0

Dee

1976

 

Stefan Arngrim, Gary Conway, Kurt Kasznar, Deanna Lund, Don Marshall, Don Matheson, and Heather Young in Land of the Giants (1968)

Land of the Giants

7.1

TV Series

Altha Franzen

1969

1 episode

 

My Friend Tony (1969)

My Friend Tony

7.5

TV Series

1969

1 episode

 

June Lockhart, Angela Cartwright, Mark Goddard, Jonathan Harris, Marta Kristen, Bill Mumy, and Guy Williams in Lost in Space (1965)

Lost in Space

7.2

TV Series

Nancy Pi Squared

Verda

1966–1968

3 episodes

 

Adam West and Burt Ward in Batman (1966)

Batman

7.5

TV Series

Miss Iceland

1966

2 episodes

 

The Time Tunnel (1966)

The Time Tunnel

7.5

TV Series

Helen of Troy

1966

1 episode

 

Noel Harrison and Stefanie Powers in The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966)

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

6.6

TV Series

Chu-Chu

1966

1 episode

 

Raymond Burr in Perry Mason (1957)

Perry Mason

8.3

TV Series

Rhonda Coleridge

Lois Gray

Leslie Ross

1964–1965

3 episodes

 

Red Line 7000 (1965)

Red Line 7000

5.6

Dinah (uncredited)

1965

 

Frank Aletter and Cara Williams in The Cara Williams Show (1964)

The Cara Williams Show

7.3

TV Series

Diane Morgan

1965

1 episode

 

Tuesday Weld in Mr. Broadway (1964)

Mr. Broadway

7.9

TV Series

Dora

1964

1 episode

 

Fanfare for a Death Scene (1964)

Fanfare for a Death Scene

5.7

TV Movie

Jessica

1964

 

Rod Serling in The Twilight Zone (1959)

The Twilight Zone

9.1

TV Series

Gloria Sharewood

1964

1 episode

 

Burke's Law (1963)

Burke's Law

7.3

TV Series

Cecelia

1964

1 episode

 

The Outer Limits (1963)

The Outer Limits

8.2

TV Series

Mrs. Clarke

1964

1 episode

 

Zina Bethune and Shirl Conway in The Doctors and the Nurses (1962)

The Doctors and the Nurses

7.5

TV Series

Angie Stern

1963

1 episode

 

I'm Dickens, He's Fenster (1962)

I'm Dickens, He's Fenster

7.7

TV Series

1963

1 episode

 

James Arness, Amanda Blake, Milburn Stone, and Dennis Weaver in Gunsmoke (1955)

Gunsmoke

8.1

TV Series

Tillie

1963

1 episode

 

Alfred Hitchcock in The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

8.5

TV Series

Felicity Sampson

1962

1 episode

 

Robert Reed and E.G. Marshall in The Defenders (1961)

The Defenders

8.0

TV Series

Audrey Gunther

1962

1 episode

 

Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse in The Band Wagon (1953)

The Band Wagon

7.4

2nd Model in 'Girl Hunt Ballet' (uncredited)

1953

 

Groucho Marx, William Bendix, and Marie Wilson in A Girl in Every Port (1952)

A Girl in Every Port

5.2

Millicent Temple

1952

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