Barbara Rush

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1927-01-04 (97 years old)

Deathday

2024-03-31

Place of Birth

Denver, Colorado, USA

Barbara Rush

Biography

Barbara Rush (January 4, 1927 - March 31, 2024) was an American Golden Globe Award-winning movie and television actress. In 1954, Rush won the Golden Globe Award as most promising female newcomer for her role in the 1953 American black-and-white science fiction film, It Came From Outer Space. Later in her career, Rush became a regular performer in the television series Peyton Place, and appeared in TV movies, miniseries, and a variety of other programs, including the soap opera All My Children, as well as starring in films including Bigger Than Life, The Young Philadelphians, The Young Lions, Robin and the 7 Hoods and Hombre.

Acting

1954

1956

Bigger Than Life

as Lou Avery

1963

1954

Magnificent Obsession

as Joyce Phillips

1967

Hombre

as Audra Favor

1958

The Young Lions

as Margaret Freemantle

1980

Can't Stop the Music

as Norma White

1959

The Young Philadelphians

as Joan Dickinson

1951

When Worlds Collide

as Joyce Hendron

1973

Superdad

as Sue McCready

1964

Robin and the 7 Hoods

as Marian Stevens

1972

Moon of the Wolf

as Louise Rodanthe

1982

Summer Lovers

as Jean Featherstone

1953

1957

Oh, Men! Oh, Women!

as Myra Hagerman

1955

Captain Lightfoot

as Aga Doherty

1958

Harry Black and the Tiger

as Christian Tanner

1960

The Bramble Bush

as Margaret 'Mar' McFie

1955

Kiss of Fire

as Princess Lucia

1973

1995

Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey

as Helen Fields (archive footage) (uncredited)

1951

Quebec

as Madelon

1956

Flight to Hong Kong

as Pamela Vincent

1972

The Man

as Kay Eaton

1972

The Eyes of Charles Sand

as Katharine Winslow

1953

Prince of Pirates

as Countess Nita Orde

1971

Suddenly Single

as Evelyn Baxter

1980

1951

The First Legion

as Terry Gilmartin

1975

The Last Day

as Betty Spence

1969

Strategy of Terror

as Karen Lownes

1964

The Unknown

as Leonora Edmond

1957

No Down Payment

as Betty Kreitzer

1950

The Goldbergs

as Debby Sherman

1996

Widow's Kiss

as Edith Fitzpatrick

1952

Flaming Feather

as Nora Logan

1990

Web of Deceit

as Judith Hale

1972

Cutter

as Linda

1980

Flamingo Road

as Eudora Weldon

1977

Portrait of Grandpa Doc

as Bruce's Mother

1956

World in My Corner

as Dorothy Mallison

1959

What Makes Sammy Run?

as Kit Sargent

1973

Crime Club

as Denise London

1979

The Seekers

as Peggy Kent

1980

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