Overview
- Harford’s passing was publicly shared by Wendy Mitchell, who said the actress died peacefully with family at her side.
- She was best known on television as Mrs. Nottingham on The Paper Chase and Hilda Gunnerson on Dynasty, returning for the 1991 reunion.
- Her six-decade career spanned radio, stage, film and TV, with film credits including The Wild and the Innocent, Spartacus, Inside Daisy Clover and The China Syndrome.
- A member of John Houseman’s UCLA Theatre Group, she collaborated repeatedly with filmmaker James Bridges, which helped lead to her Paper Chase casting.
- She is survived by her son, Chris, and her grandsons, and was previously married to sculptor Oliver Andrews and later to Hungarian actor Sándor Naszódy.