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An attractive leading lady often cast in well-bred roles, Barbara Rush entered films at the tail end of the... (Learn more)

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Barbara Rush’s Milestones
Appeared as soap opera actress Margot Brighton on the revamped CBS sitcom "The New Dick Van Dyke Show"
Cast as Marsha Russell on ABC's "Peyton Place"
Played matriarch Eudora Weldon on the NBC primetime soap "Flamingo Road"
Won an acting award while in college for her performance as Birdie in a staging of Lillian Hellman's play, "The Little Foxes"
1937 At age 10, made first stage appearance at the Loberto Theater in Santa Barbara, CA, in the fantasy play, "Golden Ball" (date approximate)
1950 Feature film debut in a small supporting role in "Molly"
1951 Played first leading lady roles in "The First Legion" and "Flaming Feather"
1962 - 1963 First TV series, "Saints and Sinners"
1971 TV-movie debut, "Suddenly Single" (ABC)
1973 Last feature film for seven years, "Superdad"
1980 Returned to features to play a supporting role in "Can't Stop the Music"
1996 Co-starred in "Widow's Kiss" (HBO)
1997 - 0 Had recurring role as Stephen Collins' mother on "7th Heaven" (The WB)

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Born

January, 04 1927 in Denver, Colorado, USA

Education

  • Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena, California: won a scholarship to the Playhouse's Theatre Arts College
  • University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California:

Professions

actor