Harriet Ford was an American actress and playwright who flourished during the latter part of the 19th century.
12 Facts About Harriet Ford
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Harriet French Ford was born in Seymour, Connecticut, in 1868 or 1863, the daughter of Samuel and Isabel Stoddard Ford.
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Harriet Ford was educated in the public schools of New Haven, Connecticut and Boston, Massachusetts, before she became a pupil at the Boston School of Oratory.
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Harriet Ford attended the Sargent Dramatic School, studying under David Belasco who prophesied for her success as an interpreter of the plays of others.
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Harriet Ford began to write during her first year acting on the stage, while she was appearing in William Gillette's plays in London.
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Harriet Ford wrote The Argyle Case and The Fourth Estate with Harvey Jerrold O'Higgins and Joseph Medill Patterson.
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Harriet Ford stated that instead of the collaboration being a trial to the spirit, it was an absolute gain in the matter of time.
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Harriet Ford called on Sarah Cowell LeMoyne, then a popular reader, and asked permission to write a monologue for her.
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Harriet Ford wrote her first monologue for the reader Evelyne Hilliard.
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Harriet Ford married Dr Forde Morgan in 1930; he was a medical director of Sterling Products Company.
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Harriet Ford Morgan died December 12,1949, in New York City.
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Harriet Ford's papers are held at the New York Public Library.