| Constance Ford | |
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Constance Ford in a 1941 photo by Philippe Halsman used by Elizabeth Arden to advertise Victory Red lipstick |
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| Born | Connie Ford Halsman July 23, 1923 The Bronx, New York City, U.S. |
| Died | February 26, 1993 (aged 69) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Years active | 1938-1993 |
Constance Ford (July 1, 1923 – February 26, 1993) was an American actress and model. She is best known for her long-running role as Ada Hobson on the daytime soap opera Another World.
Born Connie Ford Halsman in The Bronx, Ford initially worked as a model, her 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. She had some success as an actress on Broadway from 1949.
She began her television career in 1950, performing in live television dramas on Studio One, Armstrong Circle Theatre, Goodyear Television Playhouse, and other acclaimed series. She also did turn as Sandra Dee's heartless mother in A Summer Place (1959).
In 1954 she made her soap opera debut on the short-lived Woman With A Past, which aired on CBS.
Ford's assertive style made her a favorite of TV casting directors, and she was often featured in episodes of The Kraft Television Theater, Appointment with Adventure, State Trooper, Bat Masterson, The Phil Silvers Show, Have Gun Will Travel, Rawhide, Wanted: Dead or Alive, Tombstone Territory (episode "Silver Killers"), Gunsmoke, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Target: The Corruptors!, and The Twilight Zone. She also appeared on the NBC interview program Here's Hollywood.
Ford appeared on Another World from 1967 to 1992, playing the strong-willed mother of Rachel (Robin Strasser; Victoria Wyndham). When she left the show in 1992 due to declining health, her character was said to be out of town visiting her other daughter Nancy. When Ford died in New York City the following year from cancer, aged 69, the character of Ada also died off-screen.
At the time Ford left the program, she was the longest-running performer on Another World.