Actress and Model Dee Hartford Has Died
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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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