1. Constance Ford portrayed Ada Lucas Hobson on the long-running daytime soap opera Another World, from 1967 until shortly before her death in 1993.
18 Facts About Constance Ford
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Constance Ford appeared in nearly two dozen movies from 1956 to 1974, with her most noteworthy role being the matriarch Helen Jorgenson in A Summer Place.
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Constance Ford was born Cornelia M Ford on July 1,1923, in The Bronx, to parents Cornelia R and Edwin J Ford.
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Constance Ford studied acting at HB Studio in New York City.
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Constance Ford initially worked as a model for the Montgomery Ward catalog when she was 15 years old.
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Constance Ford's 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.
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Constance Ford acted on Broadway from 1949, appearing in such productions as the musical Say Darling and Nobody Loves an Albatross.
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Constance Ford played the prostitute in the original Broadway production of Death of a Salesman.
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Constance Ford began her television career in 1950, with performances on live television dramas such as Studio One, Armstrong Circle Theatre, Goodyear Television Playhouse, and other acclaimed series.
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Constance Ford played the tough-as-nails nurse alongside Joan Crawford in The Caretakers.
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Constance Ford had a walk-on playing a flirtatious but bored society matron who makes a play for Warren Beatty in All Fall Down.
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Constance Ford appeared on the NBC interview program Here's Hollywood.
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On Search for Tomorrow, Constance Ford was Rose Peterson, an employee of the mob, who was hired to discredit leading character Joanne Tate.
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Constance Ford left the show in 1992 due to declining health, and Ada was said to be out of town visiting Nancy.
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When Constance Ford died, the character of Ada died, and the show paid tribute to character and actress both.
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Constance Ford never publicly dated, married, or had children, which fueled rumors that she was a lesbian.
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Constance Ford was romantically linked to children's author Louise Fitzhugh in a biography of the latter, published in 2020.
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Constance Ford died in New York Hospital in Manhattan on February 26,1993, from cancer, aged 69.