Barbara Stuart

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Barbara Ann Stuart (* 3. January 1930 in Paris , Illinois as Barbara Ann McNeese ; † 15. May 2011 in St. George , Utah ) was an American actress .

Life

Barbara Stuart, originally Barbara Ann McNeese , was born in Edgar County , in the eastern US state of Illinois. She grew up with her brother Richard McNeese in Hume , near her birthplace Paris. After graduating from high school , she took acting classes at the Shoemaker-Martin School of Drama in Cincinnati , Ohio ; this drama school had been founded by an aunt of the actor Tyrone Power . Stuart then went to New York City for further training , where she received acting lessons from Stella Adler and Uta Hagen . To pay for acting lessons, she worked as a model on the side .

In 1954 she received her first television role in the in the time of the Cold War settled espionage series I Led Three Lives , where she appeared in the episode Atomic Antidote played the role of Comrade Martine Felton. She then went on a theater tour through the United States with the play Lunatics and Lovers together with Zero Mostel . In 1955 she took on the recurring role of Secretary Bessie in the US television series The Great Gildersleeve .

Since then, Stuart has been a permanent television actress. She was seen in series roles and episode roles in a total of over 80 television series. Most of the time, she only had one or two episode or guest roles in it. She starred in crime, comedy and western series, including the American television classics The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1958), Perry Mason (1961), Twilight Zone (1960), A Thousand Miles of Dust (1963) and The Dick Van Dyke Show (1964). She had recurring series roles, alongside Rory Calhoun , as Poker Alice in the western series The Texaner (1960), as Alice (the best friend of the main female character Gladys) in the comedy series Pete and Gladys (1960–1961) and as Bunny Wilson, longtime friend of Sergeant Carter, on sitcom Gomer Pyle, USMC (1964–1969).

In the 1970s and 1980s she had episode roles on the series Kung Fu , Cannon , Alias ​​Smith and Jones , Starsky & Hutch , Trapper John, MD , Taxi , Quincy , Jack of Hearts with Two Ladies , Hotel , An Angel on Earth and Simon and Simon . In 1985 she played the role of Marianne Danzig in the American crime and family drama and the subsequent multi-part television series Verfeindet bis zum Blut ; she embodied in it at the side of Eli Wallach , the wife of an American "godfather". In the 1990s she was in episode roles in the series LA Law - Star Lawyers, Tricks, Trials and Nash Bridges, among others. She ended her television career with the role of Alice in the television series Huff - Reif für die Couch , in which she played one of the bridge partners of the series character Isabelle "Izzy" Huffstodt, played by Blythe Danner , from 2004 to 2006 .

Stuart has also appeared in a number of motion pictures , but television has been the main focus of her career throughout her career. Stuart played among other things, directed by Raoul Walsh , in the war drama Devils in the Far East (1961) the girlfriend of a US soldier. In 1968 she took on the role of Irene Foster in the action drama The Intrepid . In the comedy The Incredible Journey in a Crazy Plane (1980), she played the role of Mrs. Kramer, the wife of the pilot Rex Kramer, played by Robert Stack . In the comedy film Bachelor Party (1984) she was in the role of Mrs. Thompson, the future mother-in-law of the character Rick Gassko played by Tom Hanks .

Private

Stuart married the actor, writer and artist Dick Gautier in 1967 ; the marriage was later divorced. Gautier had brought three children into the marriage. Stuart lived at her property in Toluca Lake , near Los Angeles, for over 35 years . Most recently she lived in St. George, Utah, near her brother Richard; he lives in Santa Clara .

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personal data
SURNAME Stuart, Barbara
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McNeese, Barbara Ann (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH May 15, 2011
Place of death St. George , Utah