Harriet Nelson
Birthday
1909/07/18
Day of death
1994/10/02 (85 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Also know as
Peggy Lou Snyder, Harriet Hilliard Nelson, Harriet Nelson
Biography
Harriet Nelson will always have a secure place alongside Barbara Billingsley and Jane Wyatt in the "TV's Golden Age Mom Hall of Fame." For fourteen years, she, husband Ozzie Nelson, and their two boys, David Nelson and Ricky Nelson, were the quintessential role models of the '50s ideal nuclear family. Harriet, the daughter of actors, was practically born in a trunk. She made her debut amid the footlights at age 6 weeks with her parents. The Iowa beauty attended St. Agnes Academy in her early...Read more
Acting
(1968) The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
(1936) Follow the Fleet
as Connie Martin
(1943) The Falcon Strikes Back
as Gwynne Gregory (as Harriet Hilliard)
(1941) Confessions of Boston Blackie
as Diane Parrish
(1932) Harem Scarem
as ---
(1979) A Christmas for Boomer
as Grandmother Sinclair
(1937) The Life of the Party
as Mitzi Martos
(1952) Here Come the Nelsons
as Harriet Nelson
(1937) New Faces of 1937
as Patricia
(1938) Cocoanut Grove
as Linda Rogers
(1979) Death Car on the Freeway
as Mrs. Sheel
(1982) The First Time
as Charlotte
(1941) Sweetheart of the Campus
as Harriet Hale
(1944) Hi, Good Lookin'!
as Kelly Clark
(1983) The Kid with the 200 I.Q.
as Prof. Conklin
(1943) Hi, Buddy
as Gloria Bradley
(1943) Honeymoon Lodge
as Lorraine Logan aka Jenny Hockadayl
(1944) Swingtime Johnny
as Linda
(1944) Take It Big
as Jerry Clinton
(1942) Canal Zone
as Susan Merrill
(1942) Juke Box Jenny
as Genevieve Horton
(1943) Gals, Incorporated
as Gwen Phillips (as Harriet Hilliard)
(1976) Smash-Up on Interstate 5
as June Pearson
(1943) Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra
as ---
(1984) High School U.S.A.
as Mrs. Crosley
(1959) Disneyland '59
as Self
(1989) Father Dowling Mysteries
as ---
(1973) Ozzie's Girls
as ---
(1977) The Love Boat
as Henrietta McDonald
(1974) Happy Days
as ---
(1962) The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
(1952) This Is Your Life
as Self
(1981) Aloha Paradise
as ---
(1969) The Barbara McNair Show
as Self
(1970) Night Gallery
as Helena Millikan (segment "You Can Come Up Now, Mrs. Millikan")
(1952) The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
as Harriet
(1974) Dinah!
as Self
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1969) Love, American Style
as Mrs. Garber
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
(1976) Once an Eagle
as Harriet Nelson
(1969) Love, American Style
as Martha Pickard
(1969) Love, American Style
as ---
(1978) Fantasy Island
as Winnie McLaine