Barbara Brown


Biography

Barbara Brown was an actress who had a successful Hollywood career. Brown started her acting career landing roles in such films as the Joan Bennett comedy "The Wife Takes a Flyer" (1942), the Fred Astaire musical "You Were Never Lovelier" (1942) and "The Falcon and the Co-eds" (1943). She also appeared in the comedy "Reveille With Beverly" (1943) with Ann Miller, "The Doughgirls" (1...

Biography

Barbara Brown was an actress who had a successful Hollywood career. Brown started her acting career landing roles in such films as the Joan Bennett comedy "The Wife Takes a Flyer" (1942), the Fred Astaire musical "You Were Never Lovelier" (1942) and "The Falcon and the Co-eds" (1943). She also appeared in the comedy "Reveille With Beverly" (1943) with Ann Miller, "The Doughgirls" (1944) and the dramatic biopic "The Sullivans" (1944) with Anne Baxter. She continued to act in productions like "The Beast With Five Fingers" (1947), "That Way With Women" (1947) and "High Barbaree" (1947) with Van Johnson. She also appeared in the Raymond Walburn comedy "Henry, the Rainmaker" (1949). In the latter half of her career, she tackled roles in the drama "An Annapolis Story" (1955) with John Derek, the comedy adaptation "My Sister Eileen" (1955) with Janet Leigh and the Liberace dramatic adaptation "Sincerely Yours" (1955). She also appeared in "The Lollipop Girls in Hard Candy" (1976). Brown was most recently credited in "Scream Queens" (Fox, 2015-). Brown passed away in July 1975 at the age of 74.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

American Splendor (2003)
Nurse
The Lollipop Girls in Hard Candy (1976)
The Red, White and Black (1970)
The Dog and the Diamonds (1962)
Helen
The Terror of the Tongs (1961)
Helena Jackson
Two Grooms for a Bride (1957)
Ra Longstreet
My Sister Eileen (1955)
Helen's mother
An Annapolis Story (1955)
Mrs. Scott
Sincerely Yours (1955)
Mrs. Cosgrove
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1953)
Elizabeth Parker
The Brigand (1952)
Baroness Isabella
Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)
Jack's mother
You For Me (1952)
Edna McDermad
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (1951)
Elizabeth Parker
The Lady and the Bandit (1951)
Lady Greene
Home Town Story (1951)
Mrs. Washburn
Father Takes the Air (1951)
Mrs. Latham
Born Yesterday (1950)
Mrs. Hedges
Father's Wild Game (1950)
Mrs.[Edna] Latham
Father Makes Good (1950)
Mrs. [Edna] Latham
Leave It to Henry (1949)
Edna Latham
Henry, the Rainmaker (1949)
Mrs. Edna Latham
Miss Mink of 1949 (1949)
Mrs. Marshall
Yes Sir, That's My Baby (1949)
Professor [Sophia] Boland
Arthur Takes Over (1948)
Flora Bixby
Wallflower (1948)
Mrs. Linnett
That Hagen Girl (1947)
Lorna Gateley
The Man I Love (1947)
Maggie
The Beast with Five Fingers (1947)
Mrs. Miller
High Barbaree (1947)
Della Parkson
That Way with Women (1947)
Minerva Alden
Love and Learn (1947)
Victoria Wyngate
Janie Gets Married (1946)
Thelma Van Brunt
White Tie and Tails (1946)
Mrs. Latimer
Personality Kid (1946)
Mrs. Roberts
Roughly Speaking (1945)
Relief worker
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Mrs. Forrester
Pillow to Post (1945)
Mrs. Kate Otley
The Sullivans (1944)
Nurse
Three Men in White (1944)
Mrs. Brown
Hollywood Canteen (1944)
Joan Leslie's mother
The Doughgirls (1944)
Elizabeth Brush Cartwright
Hey, Rookie (1944)
Mrs. Clark
Janie (1944)
Mrs. Thelma Lawrence
The Ghost That Walks Alone (1944)
Milly Westover
She Has What It Takes (1943)
Mrs. Walters
Reveille with Beverly (1943)
Mrs. Ross
Top Man (1943)
Mrs. Martha Fairchild
What a Woman! (1943)
Receptionist
Good Luck, Mr. Yates (1943)
Lucille Cosgrove
Mission to Moscow (1943)
My Kingdom for a Cook (1943)
Mrs. Brandon
Moonlight in Vermont (1943)
Miss Anderson
The Falcon and the Co-eds (1943)
Miss Keyes
How's About It? (1943)
Witness
Never a Dull Moment (1943)
Mrs. Van Drake
There's One Born Every Minute (1942)
Hello Annapolis (1942)
Mrs. Nolan
Meet the Stewarts (1942)
Parachute Nurse (1942)
Mrs. Jordan
What's Cookin'? (1942)
Mother
The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942)
Maria Woverman
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
Mrs. Delfina Acuna
Laugh Your Blues Away (1942)
Mrs. Hargrave
Bachelor Daddy (1941)
Mrs. C. J. Chase
Melody Lane (1941)
Mrs. Stuart
You Belong to Me (1941)
Three Girls About Town (1941)
Club woman
Our Wife (1941)
Passenger

Cast (Short)

Frontier Days (1945)
Law of the Badlands (1945)

Life Events

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