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Constance Towers (b. 20 May 1933 in Whitefish, Montana) is an American singer and actress mostly known for playing tough girls in movies at the end of Samuel Fuller's U.S. career, such as Shock Corridor or The Naked Kiss. She starred in two John Ford films, The Horse Soldiers and Sergeant Rutledge.

Towers also is noted for her roles in soap operas. Constance has appeared on Love is a Many Splendored Thing playing Marion Hiller, the wheelchair-bound wife of Dr. Sanford Hiller; Capitol (as one of the show's matriarchs, kindly Clarissa McCandless); and as the villainess Helena Cassadine on General Hospital.

Towers portrayed the title role in the short-lived 1965 musical Anya. She also played Anna opposite Yul Brynner in The King and I in his final tours with the musical before his death.

In 1993, Towers guest starred in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "The Forsaken". She also appeared in A Perfect Murder.

Towers is married to actor and former ambassador to Mexico, John Gavin.