Constance Ford

 Constance Ford (July 1, 1923 – February 26, 1993)

She was best known for her long-running role as Ada Hobson on the daytime soap opera Another World. She began her television career in 1950, performing in live television dramas on Studio One, Armstrong Circle Theater, Goodyear Television Playhouse, and other acclaimed series. As a Warner Brothers contract player, she had her most famous role as Sandra Dee's heartless mother in A Summer Place (1959) . In 1954 she made her soap opera debut on the short-lived Woman With A Past, which aired on CBS. Her on-screen daughter Felice Camargo is coincidentally the sister of Ford's long-time daughter on Another World, Victoria Wyndham. On Search for Tomorrow, Ford was Rose Peterson, an employee of the mob who was hired to discredit leading lady Joanne Tate. Ford's assertive style made her a favorite of TV casting directors. From 1967 to 1992, she played the role of Ada Davis, the strong-willed mother of Rachel (Robin Strasser; Victoria Wyndham, on Another World. While her mother character was a total contrast to her role of Helen in "A Summer Place", she was brutally tough and honest, yet supportive and loving and became a mentor to many of Bay City's young characters who were no relation to her. When she left the show in 1992 due to declining health, her character was said to be out of town visiting Nancy. When Ford died in Manhattan the following year from cancer, aged 69, the character of Ada also died off-screen and the show had a tribute to her that featured many vintage flashbacks.