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Barbara Darrow
Actor
Born November 18, 1931Died August 26, 2018 (86 years)
Barbara Darrow (November 18, 1931 - August 26, 2018) was an American actress. She was born in Hollywood, California, to George H. Wittlinger, a motion picture landscape artist, and Alice Simpson Wittlinger, a former silent screen actress. She graduated from Hollywood High School.
Darrow's work as a model led to her receiving offers of film contracts. On August 31, 1950, a judge approved her seven-year contract with RKO Studios. She made mostly B-movie films in the 1950s, including The Monster That Challenged The World and Queen of Outer Space. She replaced Marla English opposite Spencer Tracy in The Mountain, after English had an adverse reaction to a smallpox vaccine. By 1955 she was one of only three actors under contract to RKO.
On television, Darrow portrayed Nurse Forester in the NBC medical drama Doctors' Hospital. She also made several appearances in one or two episodes of popular television shows in the 1950s. Some of these include The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, Bachelor Father, The Bob Cummings Show, M Squad, and Peter Gunn.
Darrow's work as a model led to her receiving offers of film contracts. On August 31, 1950, a judge approved her seven-year contract with RKO Studios. She made mostly B-movie films in the 1950s, including The Monster That Challenged The World and Queen of Outer Space. She replaced Marla English opposite Spencer Tracy in The Mountain, after English had an adverse reaction to a smallpox vaccine. By 1955 she was one of only three actors under contract to RKO.
On television, Darrow portrayed Nurse Forester in the NBC medical drama Doctors' Hospital. She also made several appearances in one or two episodes of popular television shows in the 1950s. Some of these include The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, Bachelor Father, The Bob Cummings Show, M Squad, and Peter Gunn.
Filmography
| 1975 | Switch (TV Series) · as Nurse |
| 1969 | Love, American Style (TV Series) · as Elizabeth |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible (TV Series) · as Proprietress |
| 1960 | Tall Story · as Frieda Jensen |
| 1959 | Tightrope (TV Series) · as Lois |
| 1959 | Markham (TV Series) · as Helen Dunhill |
| 1958 | Peter Gunn (TV Series) · as Virginia Pelgram |
| 1958 | Queen of Outer Space · as Kaeel |
| 1958 | Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1958) (TV Series) · as Sharon O'closky |
| 1957 | The Monster That Challenged the World · as Jody Simms |
| 1957 | Colt .45 (TV Series) · as Nita |
| 1957 | Alcoa Theatre (TV Series) · as Linda Hollander |
| 1957 | Goodyear Theatre (TV Series) · as Oma Jean |
| 1957 | M Squad (TV Series) · as Shelly Dana |
| 1957 | Bachelor Father (TV Series) · as Carol Spencer |
| 1956 | The Best Things in Life Are Free · as Brenda |
| 1956 | The Mountain · as Simone |
| 1956 | Diane · as Lady In Waiting (uncredited) |
| 1955 | The Bob Cummings Show (TV Series) · as Betty Jean |
| 1953 | The French Line · as Donna Adams |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Rita |
| 1951 | Grounds for Marriage · as Pretty Girl |
| 1950 | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (TV Series) · as Barbara Parker |
| 1950 | A Life of Her Own · as Cast |