Harriet Nelson

Personal Info

Birthday

July 18, 1909

Day of Death

1994-10-02

(85 years old)

Place of Birth

Des Moines, Iowa, USA

Also Known 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.

Known For

The Love Boat

Love, American Style

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

Fantasy Island

Night Gallery

Once an Eagle

Follow the Fleet

The Campus Mystery

Filmography

1984
High School U.S.A.
as Mrs. Crosley
1983
The Kid with the 200 I.Q.
as Prof. Conklin
1982
The First Time
as Charlotte
1979
A Christmas for Boomer
as Grandmother Sinclair
Death Car on the Freeway
as Mrs. Sheel
1976
Smash-Up on Interstate 5
as June Pearson
1968
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
1959
Disneyland '59
as Self
1952
Here Come the Nelsons
as Harriet Nelson
1944
Take It Big
as Jerry Clinton
Hi, Good Lookin'!
as Kelly Clark
Swingtime Johnny
as Linda
1943
Honeymoon Lodge
as Lorraine Logan aka Jenny Hockadayl
Gals, Incorporated
as Gwen Phillips (as Harriet Hilliard)
The Falcon Strikes Back
as Gwynne Gregory (as Harriet Hilliard)
Hi, Buddy
as Gloria Bradley
1942
Juke Box Jenny
as Genevieve Horton
Canal Zone
as Susan Merrill
1941
Confessions of Boston Blackie
as Diane Parrish
Sweetheart of the Campus
as Harriet Hale
1938
Cocoanut Grove
as Linda Rogers
1937
The Life of the Party
as Mitzi Martos
New Faces of 1937
as Patricia
1936
Follow the Fleet
as Connie Martin
1932
The Campus Mystery
as Wanda Perry