Harriet Ford (later, Mrs. Forde Morgan; â€" December , ) was an
American actress and playwright who flourished during the latter part
of the th century. Her contemporaries included: Edith Ellis, Marion
Fairfax, Eleanor Gates, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Margaret Mayo,
Marguerite Merington, Martha Morton, Lottie Blair Parker, Josephine
Preston Peabody, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Madeleine Lucette Ryley, and
Rida Johnson Young.Harriet French Ford was born in Seymour,
Connecticut, in or , the daughter of Samuel and Isabel Stoddard Ford.
She was educated in the public schools of New Haven, Connecticut and
Boston, Massachusetts, before she became a pupil at the Boston School
of Oratory. After graduating from that institution, where her talent
for recitation and acting was thought remarkable, she entered the
American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, graduating in two
years. She also attended the Sargent Dramatic School, studying under
David Belasco who prophesied for her success as an interpreter of the
plays of others.Ford started her career as an actress. After six years
of varied work, beginning with the chorus of She, from which Charles
Frohman rescued her at rehearsal by assigning her a part in the same
play, and ending with three years as a leading actress for Sol Smith
Russell, convinced of her interest in the stage.
American actress and playwright who flourished during the latter part
of the th century. Her contemporaries included: Edith Ellis, Marion
Fairfax, Eleanor Gates, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Margaret Mayo,
Marguerite Merington, Martha Morton, Lottie Blair Parker, Josephine
Preston Peabody, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Madeleine Lucette Ryley, and
Rida Johnson Young.Harriet French Ford was born in Seymour,
Connecticut, in or , the daughter of Samuel and Isabel Stoddard Ford.
She was educated in the public schools of New Haven, Connecticut and
Boston, Massachusetts, before she became a pupil at the Boston School
of Oratory. After graduating from that institution, where her talent
for recitation and acting was thought remarkable, she entered the
American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, graduating in two
years. She also attended the Sargent Dramatic School, studying under
David Belasco who prophesied for her success as an interpreter of the
plays of others.Ford started her career as an actress. After six years
of varied work, beginning with the chorus of She, from which Charles
Frohman rescued her at rehearsal by assigning her a part in the same
play, and ending with three years as a leading actress for Sol Smith
Russell, convinced of her interest in the stage.
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