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person_profile-Judith Barrett

Judith Barrett Died at age: 91

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Judith Barrett

Date of Birth:

Feb 02, 1909

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Mar 10, 2000

Biography of

Judith Barrett

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Judith Barrett (born Lucille Kelley, February 2, 1909 – March 10, 2000), also known as Nancy Dover, was an American film actress of the late 1920s and through the 1930s, up until 1940. At sixteen, she got on a train to Hollywood. Her first big chance came when she started in a lavish commercial film in 1928, The Sock Exchange opposite Bobby Vernon. In 1929 she starred in five films, and made a successful transition to "talking films". From 1928 to 1933 she was billed as "Nancy Dover", and from 1930 to 1933 she appeared in nine films, all credited.

    In 1933, she appeared in only one film, Marriage Humor opposite Harry Langdon and Vernon Dent, while doing stage work. She would not have another role until 1936, when she starred in the crime drama Yellowstone opposite Henry Hunter, and alongside Ralph Morgan and Alan Hale. It was the first film that she was billed as "Judith Barrett". She appeared in two films that year, and five in 1937, one of which was her first uncredited role.

    From 1938 to 1940, Barrett appeared in ten films, all credited, including Road to Singapore, the first "road" picture by the team of Bing Crosby and Bob Hope. Barrett retired from film acting following her appearance in the 1940 comedy Those Were the Days!, starring William Holden and Bonita Granville.

    Noted for her beauty, the October 16, 1939 edition of the Baltimore Sun said of her: "Judith Barrett, pretty and blonde actress, is the first Telegenic Girl to go on record. In other words, she is the perfect type of beauty for television. ... She is slated for the first television motion picture." The Salt Lake Tribune noted that Barrett was "selected after months of exhaustive tests by television experts, sound engineers, photographers and make-up specialists." Paramount Pictures followed up on the selection by featuring her in its film, Television Spy (1939).

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Judith Barrett

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Filmography of

Judith Barrett

Found 20 Movies in total

Those Were the Days!

Mirabel Allstairs ( Actor )

... 1940

Road to Singapore

Gloria Wycott ( Actor )

... 1940

Women Without Names

Peggy Athens ( Actor )

... 1940

The Great Victor Herbert

Marie Clark ( Actor )

... 1939

Disputed Passage

Winifred Bane ( Actor )

... 1939

Television Spy

Gwen Lawson ( Actor )

... 1939

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

Dixie Del Marr ( Actor )

... 1939

Persons in Hiding

Blase Blonde ( Actor )

... 1939

Illegal Traffic

Marie Arden ( Actor )

... 1938

Behind the Mike

Jane Arledge ( Actor )

... 1937

Vogues of 1938

Model ( Actor )

... 1937

Armored Car

Ella Logan ( Actor )

... 1937

Let Them Live

Rita Johnson ( Actor )

... 1937

The Good Old Soak

Ina Heath ( Actor )

... 1937

Flying Hostess

Helen Brooks ( Actor )

... 1936

Yellowstone

Ruth Foster ( Actor )

... 1936

Big Business Girl

Sarah Ellen ( Actor )

... 1931

Cimarron

Donna Cravat (as Nancy Dover) ( Actor )

... 1931

The Thoroughbred

Colleen Riley ( Actor )

... 1930

Dynamite

Good Mixer ( Actor )

... 1929