Constance Ford began her career in television in the 1950s performing in live television dramas on Studio One in Hollywood 1948Armstrong Circle Theatre 1950 Goodyear Playhouse 1951 and other acclaimed series and playing recurring characters in four afternoon serials Rose Peabody in Search for Tomorrow 1951 Lynn Sherwood in Woman with a Past 1954 Eve Morris in The Edge of Night1956 and Ada Davis Downs Hobson in Another World 1964 Fords assertive style made her a favorite of TV casting directors and she was often featured in episodes of Ponds Theater 1953 Bat Masterson 1958 Rawhide 1959 Gunsmoke 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955 Twilight Zone 1959 and other series as tough but sensible career women