Barbara Bates

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1925-08-06 (44 years old)

Deathday

1969-03-18

Place of Birth

Denver, Colorado, USA

Barbara Bates

Biography

Barbara Jane Bates (August 6, 1925 – March 18, 1969) was an American singer and actress, best known for her portrayal of Phoebe in the 1950 drama film All About Eve and as Katy Morgan on It's a Great Life (1954–1956). The eldest of three daughters, Bates was born in Denver, Colorado. While growing up in Denver, she studied ballet and worked as a teen fashion model. The shy teen was persuaded to enter a local beauty contest and won, receiving two round-trip train tickets to Hollywood, California. Two days before returning to Denver, Bates met Cecil Coan, a United Artists publicist, whom she would later marry. In September 1944, 19-year-old B...

Acting

1950

All About Eve

as Phoebe

1951

Let's Make It Legal

as Barbara Denham

1950

Quicksand

as Helen Calder

1952

1949

1951

The Secret of Convict Lake

as Barbara Purcell

1953

The Caddy

as Lisa Anthony

1952

Belles on Their Toes

as Ernestine Gilbreth

1953

All Ashore

as Jane Stanton

1957

Town on Trial

as Elizabeth Fenner

1948

June Bride

as Jeanne Brinker

1954

Rhapsody

as Effie Cahill

1956

House of Secrets

as Judy Anderson

1945

Strange Holiday

as Peggy Lee Stevenson

1958

Apache Territory

as Jennifer Fair

1949

One Last Fling

as June Payton

1950

Cheaper by the Dozen

as Ernestine Gilbreth

1948

Johnny Belinda

as Gracie Anderson (uncredited)

1948

April Showers

as Barnes' Secretary (uncredited)

1945

1946

A Scandal in Paris

as Girl by pool

1945

Lady on a Train

as Hat Check Girl

1947

Always Together

as Ticket Seller (uncredited)

1948

Romance on the High Seas

as Stewardess (uncredited)

1947

The Fabulous Joe

as Debbie Terkel

1946

Night in Paradise

as Palace Maiden

1948

Adventures of Don Juan

as Innkeeper's daughter (uncredited)

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