Betty Harford

Some Lesser Known Facts About Betty Harford

• Betty Harford acted in many plays directed by John Houseman. She also performed in the High Valley Theatre, which was connected to Iris Tree.

• In the 1960s, she performed with John Houseman’s theatre group at UCLA.

• In 1977, Betty Harford appeared as a nurse in the film September 30, 1955, which was directed by James Bridges. The film starred Richard Thomas and was about the day actor James Dean died in a car accident.

  

• In 1955, she appeared in the television series Lux Video Theatre as Mrs Gilbert.

• Betty Harford then went on to appear in many television series such as The Gumby Show (1956), Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957), Adventures in Paradise (1960), The Twilight Zone (1962), Dr Kildare (1963), Inside Daisy Clover (1965), The Big Valley (1966), and Mrs Columbo (1979).

• In 1959, she appeared as Ms Forbes in the film The Wild and the Innocent. She played a caretaker for Sandra Dee’s character.

• In the 1965 film Inside Daisy Clover, Betty Harford played the role of Gloria, the sister of the lead character, Natalie Wood.

• From 1981 to 1987, she played the role of a cook, ‘Hilda Gunnerson,’ for the Carrington family in the television series Dynasty.

  

• Betty Harford appeared in more than 30 episodes of the series. The show had nine seasons. She played an employee of Blake Carrington and his wife, Krystle.

• She then reprised her role in the 1991 television show Dynasty: The Reunion.

  

• Betty Harford became known for her role in the television series The Paper Chase. The show was based on a 1971 novel by John Jay Osborn Jr.

• She appeared in all four seasons of the series, which aired on CBS for one season from 1978 to 1979 and then was telecast on Showtime for three seasons from 1983 to 1986.

• Betty Harford played the role of Mrs Nottingham, the secretary of John Houseman’s character, Charles W. Kingsfield, a law school professor.

• Her husband, Oliver Andrews, was a sculptor. In 1978, he died at the age of 53 while scuba diving on the coast of California.

• In 1994, she lent her voice to the character Gumba in the Fun with Gumby Video.

• On 2 November 2025, she passed away at the age of 98. The news of her death was confirmed by her friend Wendy Mitchell on social media.