Betty Harford Age, Death, Husband, Children, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Profession	Actress
Physical Stats
Eye Colour	Blue
Hair Colour	Light Brown
Career
Debut	Film: Gaby (1956) as English Girl TV: Fireside Theatre (1951)
Last TV Series	Dynasty: The Reunion (1991)
Personal Life
Date of Birth	28 January 1927 (Friday)
Birthplace	New York City, U.S.
Date of Death	2 November 2025
Place of Death	Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Age (at the time of death)	98 Years
Death Cause	Age Related Illness
Zodiac sign	Aquarius
Nationality	American
Hometown	New York City, U.S.
Food Habit	Non-Vegetarian
Relationships & More
Marital Status (at the time of death)	Widow
Family
Husband/Spouse(s)	First Marriage: Oliver Andrews (sculptor) (div. 1970, died in 1978) Second Marriage: Alex de Naszody (Hungarian actor) (died at age 81 in 1996)
Children	Son- Chris (born on 29 September 1952) (from first marriage)

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.

  

  The poster of the film September 30, 1955

• 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 (left) in a still from the television show ‘Dynasty’ Season 7

• 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.
  

  (From Left) Virginia Hawkins, Jessica Player, Betty Harford, and James Sampley on in a still from the television show ‘Dynasty’

• 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.