Barbara Murray

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Barbara Murray

Barbara Ann Murray (born September 27, 1929 in London , † May 20, 2014 in Spain ) was a British actress .

life and career

Barbara Ann Murray was born in London in 1929. Her parents were theater actors . As a child, Murray learned to dance before the Rank Organization signed and trained her as an actress in 1947. Since the late 1940s she was a busy actress in many British films such as Blockade in London (1949) and The Man in Black (1951) by Jeffrey Dell , or in the films of British director Ralph Thomas , including: Help , the doctor is coming! and in Dangerous Legacy from 1957.

Since the 1960s, engagements in television series increased , for example as Lady Pamela Wilder in the drama series The Plane Makers and the sequel, The Power Game .

Her other television appearances include Secret Order for John Drake , Simon Templar , Department S , Strange Report , The Pallisers , The MacKinnons , Doctor Who , Tales from the Crypt and The Bretts .

Barbara Murray's film career spanned over 70 international feature films, television films and television series. She was married to actor John Justin by 1964 . She had three daughters.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1949: Blockade in London (Passport to Pimlico)
  • 1951: The Man in Black (The Dark Man)
  • 1951: Another Man's Poison
  • 1953: At the street corner (Street Corner)
  • 1954: The Teckman Mystery
  • 1957: Help, the doctor is coming! (Doctor at Large)
  • 1957: Dangerous Legacy (Campbell's Kingdom)
  • 1959: Always trouble with the ladies (Operation Bullshine)
  • 1963: Doctor in Distress
  • 1968: Death Dance of a Killer (A Dandy in Aspic)
  • 1970: Some Will, Some Won't
  • 1971: Bring on the Roman slaves (Up Pompeii)

literature

Web links

Commons : Barbara Murray  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary for Barbara Murray in: The Stage
  2. ↑ Biographical data of Barbara Murray in: The Illustrated who's who of the cinema , by Ann Lloyd, Graham Fuller, Arnold Desser, Orbis, 1983, p. 316
personal data
SURNAME Murray, Barbara
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Murray, Barbara Ann (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actress
DATE OF BIRTH September 27, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH London , England, UK
DATE OF DEATH May 20, 2014
Place of death Spain