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