Harriet Nelson (formerly Hilliard; born Peggy Lou Snyder; July 18,
1909 â€" October 2, 1994) was an American singer and actress. Nelson
is best known for her role on the sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie and
Harriet.Nelson was born Peggy Lou Snyder in Des Moines, Iowa, the
daughter of Hazel Dell née McNutt (1888â€"1971) and Roy Hilliard
Snyder (1879â€"1953). She appeared on the vaudeville stage when she
was three years old and made her debut on Broadway in her teens.She
frequented the Cotton Club, began smoking at age thirteen, was briefly
married to an abusive comedian and lived what has been described as "a
high-flying life". She wed the comedian, Roy Sedley (1901-1989), in
1930. They separated a year later, and the marriage was annulled in
1933. She left high school before graduating and joined the Corps de
Ballet at the Capitol Theater, later dancing in the Harry Carroll
Revue and working as a straight woman for comedians Ken Murray and
Bert Lahr. By 1932, she was still performing in vaudeville when she
met the saxophone-playing bandleader Ozzie Nelson. Nelson hired her to
sing with the band, under the name Harriet Hilliard. They married
three years later.Hilliard had a respectable film career as a solo
performer, apart from the band. RKO Radio Pictures signed her to a
one-year contract in 1936, and she appeared in three feature films,
the most famous being the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers musical Follow
the Fleet. She was very much in demand during the World War II years
for leading roles in escapist musicals, comedies, and mysteries. Harriet Nelson Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter