Betty Harford has died at the age of 98.
The actress died on Sunday, Nov. 2 in Santa Barbara, California, according to her friend Wendy Mitchell who spoke to The Hollywood Reporter.
The actress’s film and television career spanned decades and included notable roles such as Mrs. Nottingham on The Paper Chase and as Gloria — the sister of Natalie Wood‘s character — in Inside Daisy Clover.
She was most known, however, for her role as Hilda Gummerson on the ABC soap opera Dynasty, which ran from 1981-1989. There, she played a family cook working for Blake Carrington (John Forsythe) for 34 episodes of the series during its first eight seasons before coming back for the 1991 reunion miniseries.
Harford was born in New York City on Jan. 28, 1927. Her first acting credits include radio, TV anthology shows, and voice acting before she ventured into more mainstream roles.
Some of her other notable credits include classic television shows like Gunsmoke, The Twilight Zone, and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as well as small parts in films like Spartacus, Signpost to Murder, and Win, Place or Steal.
Harford was married to sculptor Oliver Andrews, who died at age 53 in 1978 in a scuba diving accident. She lived with Hungarian actor Sándor Naszódy until his death in 1996 at the age of 81.
She is survived by her son Chris and her grandsons.
Her cause of death is unknown.
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