Dee Hartford

Dee Hartford (born Donna Higgins; April 21, 1928 - October 21, 2018) was an American television actress. She was married to Howard Hawks from 1953 to 1959. Her sister was actress Eden Hartford; her former brother-in-law was comedian Groucho Marx. Early years Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Hartford is the daughter of Edgar Higgins and Beatrice Higgins (née Thomas). She attended East High School in Salt Lake City and LDS Business College before becoming a model. Career Hartford initially achieved fame in the late 1940s as a model for Vogue. Her screen debut was in A Girl in Every Port (1952), directed by Chester Erskine. In 1964-65, she made three guest appearances on Perry Mason; as Leslie Ross in "The Case of the Accosted Accountant," as Lois Gray in "The Case of the Missing Button", and she played Rhonda Coleridge in "The Case of the Baffling Bug". In 1964, she also appeared in "The Bewitchin' Pool", (the last original episode of The Twilight Zone to be broadcast, but not the last one to be filmed).