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person_profile-Barbara Britton

Barbara Britton Died at age: 60

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Barbara Britton

Date of Birth:

Sep 26, 1919

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Jan 17, 1980

Biography of

Barbara Britton

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Barbara Britton (born Barbara Maurine Brantingham, September 26, 1919 – January 17, 1980) was an American film and television actress. She is best known for her Western film roles opposite Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, and Gene Autry and for her two-year tenure as inquisitive amateur sleuth Pam North on the television and radio series Mr. and Mrs. North.

    In 1941, while appearing in a Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, a photo of Britton was used on the front page of a local newspaper. A talent scout took notice, and she was soon signed to a Paramount Pictures contract. (Another source says that a talent scout spotted her as the lead in the production of The Old Maid at her college, and "three weeks later she was signed by Paramount Pictures as a stock player.")

    That same year, she appeared in her first two films: the William Boyd Western Secrets of the Wasteland and Louisiana Purchase starring Bob Hope. Her first major film appearance was in a small role in the John Wayne film Reap the Wild Wind (1942).

    During the 1940s Britton starred in three films for which she is most recognized today, two of which co-starred Randolph Scott. The first was the 1945 film Captain Kidd with Scott, followed by The Virginian in 1946 opposite Joel McCrea. The third was the 1947 Randolph Scott film Gunfighters. She teamed with Scott again in the 1948 Western Albuquerque, and that same year she starred opposite Gene Autry in Loaded Pistols. In total, she starred or appeared in 26 films during that decade.

    Britton starred in the 1950s television show Mr. and Mrs. North, a Thin Man-like mystery show, with Richard Denning and Francis De Sales. She was probably best known for being the spokesperson for Revlon products in the 1950s and 1960s, appearing in advertisements and commercials that included live spots on The $64,000 Question. She also portrayed Laura Petrie in Carl Reiner's Head of the Family, the 1959 pilot for the later Dick Van Dyke Show.

    One of Britton's last roles was on the daytime television soap opera One Life to Live in 1979.

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Barbara Britton

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Filmography of

Barbara Britton

Found 34 Movies in total

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration

Laura Petrie (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2015

Caroline?

Hilary ( Actor )

... 1990

The Spoilers

Helen Chester ( Actor )

... 1955

Night Freight

Wanda ( Actor )

... 1955

Ain't Misbehavin'

Pat Beaton ( Actor )

... 1955

Dragonfly Squadron

Donna Cottrell ( Actor )

... 1954

Ride the Man Down

Lottie Priest ( Actor )

... 1952

The Raiders

Elizabeth Ainsworth ( Actor )

... 1952

Bwana Devil

Alice Hayward ( Actor )

... 1952

The Bandit Queen

Zarra Montalvo, alias Lola Belmont ( Actor )

... 1950

Champagne for Caesar

Gwenn Bottomley ( Actor )

... 1950

I Shot Jesse James

Cynthy Waters ( Actor )

... 1949

Cover Up

Anita Weatherby ( Actor )

... 1949

Loaded Pistols

Mary Evans ( Actor )

... 1948

The Untamed Breed

Cherry Lucas ( Actor )

... 1948

Mr. Reckless

Betty Denton ( Actor )

... 1948

Albuquerque

Letty Tayler ( Actor )

... 1948

Gunfighters

Bess Banner ( Actor )

... 1947

The Return of Monte Cristo

Angela Picard ( Actor )

... 1946

The Fabulous Suzanne

Suzanne ( Actor )

... 1946

The Virginian

Molly Wood ( Actor )

... 1946

They Made Me a Killer

June Reynolds ( Actor )

... 1946

Captain Kidd

Lady Anne Dunstan ( Actor )

... 1945

The Great John L.

Kathy Harkness ( Actor )

... 1945

Till We Meet Again

Sister Clothilde aka Louise Dupree ( Actor )

... 1944

... 1944

So Proudly We Hail

Lt. Rosemary Larson ( Actor )

... 1943

Young and Willing

Marge Benson Dennison ( Actor )

... 1943

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

Lucy Olcott ( Actor )

... 1942

Wake Island

Sally Cameron (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

Reap the Wild Wind

Charleston Lady #1 ( Actor )

... 1942

The Fleet's In

Eileen Wright ( Actor )

... 1942

Louisiana Purchase

Louisiana Belle ( Actor )

... 1941

Secret of the Wastelands

Jennifer Kendall ( Actor )

... 1941