Eden Hartford (born Edna Marie Higgins; April 10, 1930 – December 15, 1983) was an American

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from 1957 to 1962. She is best known as the third wife of comedian Groucho Marx from 1954 until their divorce in 1969. She was born to Edgar Higgins (1884–1975) and Beatrice Higgins (née Thomas; 1894–1989) in

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as Edna Marie Higgins. She was a member of the

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. Her elder sister was actress Dee Hartford, who was married to film director Howard Hawks.

Death

She died at

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in 1983, aged 53, from endometrial cancer. Before her death she had been living in Palm Springs, California. Hartford's ashes are interred in a small niche at Westwood Memorial Cemetery, with her former married name of 'Marx' on her epitaph.

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