Actor
Barbara Darrow
Born November 18, 1931 in Hollywood, California, USA
Died August 26, 20187 films
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.
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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.
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First watchThe Mountain19566.9as SimoneSelfish Chris Teller pressures his older brother, a retired climber, to accompany him on a treacherous Alpine climb to loot the bodies of plane crash victims.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
7 films as actor- 1960Tall StoryFrieda Jensen
- 1959The Silent KillLinda Hollander
- 1958Queen of Outer SpaceKaeel
- 1957The Monster That Challenged the WorldJody Simms
- 1956The MountainSimone
- 1956DianeLady in Waiting (uncredited)
- 1954The French LineDonna Adams