Barbara Britton

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1919-09-26 (61 years old)

Deathday

1980-01-17

Place of Birth

Long Beach, California, USA

Barbara Britton

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 talen...

Acting

1949

I Shot Jesse James

as Cynthy Waters

1948

Albuquerque

as Letty Tayler

1946

They Made Me a Killer

as June Reynolds

1945

Captain Kidd

as Lady Anne Dunstan

1949

Cover Up

as Anita Weatherby

1952

Bwana Devil

as Alice Hayward

1942

Reap the Wild Wind

as Charleston Lady #1

1942

The Fleet's In

as Eileen Wright

1941

Secret of the Wastelands

as Jennifer Kendall

1947

Gunfighters

as Bess Banner

1942

Wake Island

as Sally Cameron (uncredited)

1946

The Virginian

as Molly Wood

1943

Young and Willing

as Marge Benson Dennison

1943

So Proudly We Hail

as Lt. Rosemary Larson

1944

Till We Meet Again

as Sister Clothilde aka Louise Dupree

1954

Dragonfly Squadron

as Donna Cottrell

1950

The Bandit Queen

as Zarra Montalvo, alias Lola Belmont

1948

Mr. Reckless

as Betty Denton

1990

Caroline?

as Hilary

1955

Ain't Misbehavin'

as Pat Beaton

1955

The Spoilers

as Helen Chester

1952

Ride the Man Down

as Lottie Priest

1952

The Raiders

as Elizabeth Ainsworth

1950

Champagne for Caesar

as Gwenn Bottomley

1955

1945

The Great John L.

as Kathy Harkness

1948

The Untamed Breed

as Cherry Lucas

1946

2015

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration

as Laura Petrie / Pilot-Head of the Family (archive footage)

1948

Loaded Pistols

as Mary Evans

1946

1941

Louisiana Purchase

as Louisiana Belle

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