Eloise Hardt
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{{short description|American film and television actress}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Eloise Hardt
|image = Eloise Hardt resize.jpg
|birth_name = Florence Eloise Hardt
|birth_date = {{birth date|1917|09|17}}
|birth_place = Lawton, Oklahoma, U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|2017|06|25|1917|09|17}}
|death_place = Palos Verdes Estates, California, U.S.
|occupation = Film and television actress
|years_active = 1941–1987
| spouse = {{plainlist|
- {{marriage|Hans Habe|1948|1959|end=divorced}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/43777791/|title=Dog Being Walked Leads To Body of Slain Girl|work=Simpson's Leader Times|location=Kittanning, Pennsylvania|date=January 2, 1969|access-date=April 10, 2022|page=2|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}
- {{marriage|Paul McNamara|1972}}
}}
|children = Marina Habe
}}
Florence Eloise Hardt (September 17, 1917 – June 25, 2017) was an American film and television actress.
Life and career
Hardt was born in Lawton, Oklahoma, the daughter of a Cherokee mother and German father.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ddIUfzD67NcC&pg=PA116|title=John Huston: Courage and Art|pages=116–118|first=Jeffrey|last=Meyers|publisher=Crown/Archetype|date=September 27, 2011|isbn=9780307590695|via=Google Books}} When she was 13, her family settled in California, where she later worked as a model. She was photographed by Tom Kelley which led to her meeting John Huston. He helped Hardt garner a contract at the Columbia Pictures. She began her career in 1941, first appearing in the film You Belong to Me.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/733586536/|title=Who Really Discovered Moviedom's New Eloise Hardt?|work=The News Tribune|location=Tacoma, Washington|date=November 23, 1941|access-date=April 10, 2022|page=39|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}
She played uncredited roles in numerous films and made a guest-starring appearance in the anthology television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents. In 1959, she starred in the new CBS sitcom television series The Dennis O'Keefe Show playing Karen Hadley.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YX_daEhlnbsC|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 Through 2010, 2d Ed.|first=Vincent|last=Terrace|page=252|publisher=McFarland|date=January 10, 2014|isbn=9780786486410|via=Google Books}}
Hardt guest-starred in television programs including Charlie's Angels, Dr. Kildare, The Donna Reed Show, Dynasty, Death Valley Days, Lawman, Perry Mason, Columbo, and Hotel (her final credit). She played Rita Beacon in the daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WwI5PzDiIKcC|title=Days of Our Lives: A Complete History of the Long-Running Soap Opera|page=190|first=Maureen|last=Russell|publisher=McFarland|date=June 8, 2015|isbn=9780786486519|via=Google Books}}
Family
She and husband Hans Habe had one child, a daughter, Marina Elizabeth Habe (February 23, 1951 – December 30, 1968), who was brutally murdered at age 17.{{cite web|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedailymirror/2009/01/january-2-1969.html|title=Body of writer's daughter found off Mulholland; bidding war for Alcindor|date=January 2, 2009|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=March 22, 2018}}
Death
Eloise Hardt died in June 2017, at the age of 99, in Palos Verdes Estates, California, U.S.{{Cite web|url=http://digital.copcomm.com/i/904648-fall-winter-2017/99?|title=SAG-AFTRA - Fall/Winter 2017|work=SAG-AFTRA|access-date=April 10, 2022}}
Selected filmography
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956) (Season 2 Episode 13: "Mr. Blanchard's Secret") as Maid
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0362496}}
- {{TCMDb name|81066%7C47040}}
- [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/eloise-hardt/ Rotten Tomatoes profile]
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Category:Actresses from Oklahoma
Category:American people who self-identify as being of Cherokee descent
Category:American people of German descent
Category:American film actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:American soap opera actresses
Category:20th-century American actresses