Eileen Letchworth

Eileen Letchworth (July 19, 1922 – February 15, 2003) and her grandfather, G. E. Letchworth, was a Methodist minister. She had a sister, Doris.

Career

Stage Letchworth's debut on Broadway came when she portrayed Frances in I Gotta Get Out (1947).

Letchworth returned to Broadway to portray June in Say, Darling (1958) and Mrs. Durant in Cactus Flower (1965). She was also an understudy for A Desert Incident (1959), The Warm Peninsula (1959), Absence of a Cello (1964), and A Very Rich Woman (1965). Her other roles on stage included "a slickly sophisticted suburbanite" in Spofford at the Parker Playhouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 1969. She played Amanda in The Glass Menagerie at the Rodale Theater in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in 1980, and she portrayed Flora Van Huysen in an off-Broadway production of The Matchmaker (1991).

TV and film In 1974, Letchworth received attention for having the results of her own facelift shown on network television as part of the ABC soap opera All My Children. After learning of Letchworth's desire for time off to have the cosmetic surgery, the show's creator, Agnes Nixon, suggested writing a facelift for Letchworth's character into the script. The actress agreed. In August 1974, she had the surgery; on August 12, her doctor removed her bandages, and on August 13, her character, Margo Flax, had her bandages removed on the program. Letchworth used no makeup on the program for about a month, allowing the cameras to show the healing of her face from its post-surgery puffiness and black eyes.

In addition to All My Children, Letchworth was on several other daytime soap operas, including the role of Anne Mason on Another World, Sharon Feress on Love of Life and appearances on One Life to Live. She was also featured on other TV programs, including The Phil Silvers Show and talk shows hosted by Phil Donahue and Polly Bergen.

Personal life and death On February 28, 1945, Letchworth married William C. Larson. After they divorced, She died on February 15, 2003, in New York City, aged 80.