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CONSTANCE FORD AMERICAN ACTRESS BORN 1923 JULY 1 -1993 FEBRUARY 26

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  CONSTANCE FORD  AMERICAN ACTRESS  BORN 1923 JULY 1 -1993 FEBRUARY 2 6 Constance Ford  (born  Cornelia M. Ford ; July 1, 1923 – February 26, 1993) [1]  was an American actress and  model . She is best known for her long-running role as Ada Lucas Hobson on the daytime soap opera  Another World , which she played from 1967 until shortly before her death in 1993. She is also well-known for appearing in nearly two dozen movies from 1956 to 1974, with her most noteworthy role being the matriarch Helen Jorgenson in  A Summer Place  (1959). Early years [ edit ] Constance Ford was born Cornelia M. Ford on July 1, 1923 in  The Bronx , to parents Cornelia R. (née Smith) and Edwin J. Ford. Her siblings were Arthur, John, and Evelyn. [2] [3]  Ford was a graduate of St. Barnabas Grammar and High School, and she attended Hunter College. [4]  She studied acting at  HB Studio [5]  in New York City. Career [ edit ] Ford initiall...

CONSTANCE BENNETT , AMERICAN ACTRESS BORN OCTOBER 22, 1904

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CONSTANCE BENNETT , AMERICAN ACTRESS  BORN OCTOBER 22, 1904 Born October 22, 1904 in New York City, New York, USA Died July 24, 1965 in Fort Dix, New Jersey, USA  (cerebral hemorrhage) Birth Name Constance Campbell Bennett Height 5' 4" (1.63 m) Mini Bio (2) Independent, outspoken Constance Bennett, the first of the Bennett sisters to enter films, appeared in New York-produced silents before a chance meeting with Samuel Goldwyn led to her Hollywood debut in Cytherea (1924). She abandoned a burgeoning career in silents for marriage to Philip Plant in 1925; after they divorced, she achieved stardom in talkies from 1929.  The hit Common Clay (1930) launched her in a series of loose lady and unwed mother roles, but she really excelled in such sophisticated comedies as The Affairs of Cellini (1934), Ladies in Love (1936), Topper (1937) and Merrily We Live (1938). Her classy blonde looks, husky voice and unerring fashion sense gave her a distinctive ...