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Barbara Britton
Actor
Born September 26, 1919Died January 17, 1980 (60 years)
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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.
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.
Filmography
| 2017 | Take Me · as The Countess |
| 2015 | Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration · as Laura Petrie / Pilot-Head Of The Family (archive Footage) |
| 1990 | |
| 1968 | One Life to Live (TV Series) · as Fran Craig Gordon #1 |
| 1967 | Mounted Bandits · as Cast |
| 1955 | The Spoilers · as Helen Chester |
| 1955 | Ain't Misbehavin' · as Pat Beaton |
| 1955 | The $64, 000 Question (TV Series) · as Assistant |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Duana Clarke |
| 1953 | Dragonfly Squadron · as Donna Cottrell |
| 1952 | The Raiders · as Elizabeth Ainsworth |
| 1952 | Bwana Devil · as Alice Hayward |
| 1952 | Ride the Man Down · as Lottie Priest |
| 1952 | Mr. & Mrs. North (TV Series) |
| 1952 | Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre (TV Series) · as Alice |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Pamela |
| 1950 | Bandit Queen · as Zarra Montalvo, Alias Lola Belmont |
| 1950 | The Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Hilda |
| 1950 | Danger (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | The Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | Champagne for Caesar · as Gwenn Bottomley |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theatre (TV Series) · as Liz |
| 1949 | I Shot Jesse James · as Cynthy Waters |
| 1949 | |
| 1948 | Loaded Pistols · as Mary Evans |
| 1948 | The Untamed Breed · as Cherry Lucas |
| 1948 | Mr. Reckless · as Betty Denton |
| 1948 | Albuquerque · as Letty Tayler |
| 1947 | Gunfighters · as Bess Banner |
| 1946 | The Return of Monte Cristo · as Angela Picard |
| 1946 | Lights Out (TV Series) |
| 1946 | The Virginian · as Molly Wood |
| 1946 | They Made Me a Killer · as June Reynolds |
| 1945 | Captain Kidd · as Lady Anne Dunstan |
| 1945 | The Great John L. · as Kathy Harkness |
| 1944 | Till We Meet Again · as Sister Clothilde Aka Louise Dupree |
| 1944 | The Story of Dr. Wassell · as Ruth |
| 1943 | So Proudly We Hail! · as Lt. Rosemary Larson |
| 1943 | Young and Willing · as Marge Benson Dennison |
| 1942 | Beyond the Blue Horizon · as Pamela, Girl At Circus |
| 1942 | Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch · as Lucy Olcott |
| 1942 | Wake Island · as Sally Cameron (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Reap the Wild Wind · as Charleston Lady #1 |
| 1942 | The Fleet's In · as Eileen Wright |
| 1941 | Louisiana Purchase · as Louisiana Belle |
| 1941 | Secret of the Wastelands · as Jennifer Kendall |