27 Facts About Constance Towers

Constance Mary Towers was born on May 20,1933 and is an American film, stage, and television actress.

Constance Towers gained prominence for her appearances in several mainstream 1950s films before transitioning to theater, starring in numerous Broadway productions through the 1970s.

Constance Towers starred in four other Broadway productions throughout the 1970s, most notably as Anna in The King and I in 1977 and 1978.

Constance Towers's mother, originally from Nebraska, was of Irish descent, while her father was an Ireland native from Dublin, who immigrated to the United States through Philadelphia.

Constance Towers' family relocated throughout western Montana in her early childhood, living in Whitefish, Missoula, and Kalispell, as well as in Moscow, Idaho.

In 1940, when Constance Towers was in first grade, she was discovered by talent scouts visiting Montana in search of child actors for radio programs.

Constance Towers studied singing with well known voice teacher Beverley Peck Johnson.

Constance Towers made her film debut in a supporting part in the film Bring Your Smile Along, followed by a supporting part in the crime thriller Over-Exposed.

In 1963, Constance Towers was cast in a supporting role in Samuel Fuller's thriller Shock Corridor, which tells the story of a journalist who commits himself to a psychiatric hospital to solve a murder.

Constance Towers worked as a model for the Heart Fund Benefit at a fashion show held in Reno, Nevada.

Constance Towers appeared as Julie in a 1966 production of Show Boat at Lincoln Center.

Constance Towers starred in Carousel in 1966 and The Sound of Music in 1967, which she would reprise in 1970,1971 and 1980 at the Jones Beach Theater in Long Island, New York.

Constance Towers briefly played Anna Leonowens in 1968, and later she played opposite Yul Brynner in a long-running revival of The King and I on tour and then on Broadway.

Constance Towers starred in the 1974 television film Once in Her Life, which earned her an Emmy Award nomination for Best Actress in a Special Program.

Constance Towers appeared on television, playing Marian Hiller, the wife of Dr Sanford Hiller in Love is a Many Splendored Thing.

Constance Towers had a starring role as noble widow Clarissa McCandless in Capitol, playing rival to the scheming matriarch Myrna Clegg in trying to see her son succeed in politics and the long-term love of powerful Senator Mark Denning.

Constance Towers had a supporting part in the film The Next Karate Kid and appeared on television as John Abbott's former secretary, Audrey North, on The Young and the Restless.

Constance Towers later played Madame Julianna Deschanel on Sunset Beach.

In 1998, Constance Towers had supporting parts in the horror film The Relic, and the thriller A Perfect Murder, playing the mother of Gwyneth Paltrow's character.

Constance Towers began playing Helena in late 1997, until the character's death in 2015; Towers made additional onscreen guest appearances in 2016,2017,2019 and most recently February 2020.

In October 2020, Constance Towers briefly reprised the role of Helena in an offscreen cameo; Helena was heard via a phone call.

Constance Towers guest-starred in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "The Forsaken" in 1993.

Constance Towers appeared in Designing Women, Frasier, Baywatch, and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

In 2008, Constance Towers starred in the Los Angeles revival of Arthur Allan Seidelman's production of Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks; the play premiered at the Geffen Playhouse in 2001 with Uta Hagen and David Hyde Pierce in the two roles.

Constance Towers was first married to Eugene McGrath from 1959 until their divorce in 1966.

Constance Towers has two stepchildren from her marriage to Gavin.

Constance Towers serves as chairwoman of the board of directors of the Blue Ribbon of the Los Angeles Music Center.