Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 4, 1927
Place of Birth:
Denver, Colorado, USA
Barbara Rush (January 4, 1927 - March 31, 2024) was an American Golden Globe Award-winning movie and television actress. In 1954, Rush won the Golden Globe Award as most promising female newcomer for her role in the 1953 American black-and-white science fiction film, It Came From Outer Space. Later in her career, Rush became a regular performer in the television series Peyton Place, and appeared in TV movies, miniseries, and a variety of other programs, including the soap opera All My Children, as well as starring in films including Bigger Than Life, The Young Philadelphians, The Young Lions, Robin and the 7 Hoods and Hombre.
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Dean Martin: King of Cool | Self |
| 2014 | Private Screenings: Robert Osborne | Self |
| 1996 | Widow's Kiss | Edith Fitzpatrick |
| 1995 | Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey | Helen Fields (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1990 | Web of Deceit | Judith Hale |
| 1982 | Summer Lovers | Jean Featherstone |
| 1980 | Can't Stop the Music | Norma White |
| 1980 | The Night the Bridge Fell Down | Elaine Howard |
| 1980 | Flamingo Road | Eudora Weldon |
| 1980 | Magic Night | Self |
| 1979 | Death Car on the Freeway | Rosemary |
| 1979 | The Seekers | Peggy Kent |
| 1977 | Portrait of Grandpa Doc | Bruce's Mother |
| 1975 | The Last Day | Betty Spence |
| 1973 | Superdad | Sue McCready |
| 1973 | Peege | |
| 1973 | Crime Club | Denise London |
| 1972 | Moon of the Wolf | Louise Rodanthe |
| 1972 | The Man | Kay Eaton |
| 1972 | The Eyes of Charles Sand | Katharine Winslow |
| 1972 | Cutter | Linda |
| 1971 | Suddenly Single | Evelyn Baxter |
| 1969 | Strategy of Terror | Karen Lownes |
| 1967 | Hombre | Audra Favor |
| 1964 | Robin and the 7 Hoods | Marian Stevens |
| 1964 | The Unknown | Leonora Edmond |
| 1963 | Come Blow Your Horn | Connie |
| 1960 | Strangers When We Meet | Eve Coe |
| 1960 | The Bramble Bush | Margaret 'Mar' McFie |
| 1959 | The Young Philadelphians | Joan Dickinson |
| 1959 | What Makes Sammy Run? | Kit Sargent |
| 1958 | The Young Lions | Margaret Freemantle |
| 1958 | Harry Black and the Tiger | Christian Tanner |
| 1957 | Oh, Men! Oh, Women! | Myra Hagerman |
| 1957 | No Down Payment | Betty Kreitzer |
| 1956 | Bigger Than Life | Lou Avery |
| 1956 | Flight to Hong Kong | Pamela Vincent |
| 1956 | World in My Corner | Dorothy Mallison |
| 1955 | Captain Lightfoot | Aga Doherty |
| 1955 | Kiss of Fire | Princess Lucia |
| 1954 | The Black Shield of Falworth | Meg Falworth |
| 1954 | Magnificent Obsession | Joyce Phillips |
| 1954 | Taza, Son of Cochise | Oona |
| 1953 | It Came from Outer Space | Ellen Fields |
| 1953 | Prince of Pirates | Countess Nita Orde |
| 1952 | Flaming Feather | Nora Logan |
| 1951 | When Worlds Collide | Joyce Hendron |
| 1951 | Quebec | Madelon |
| 1951 | The First Legion | Terry Gilmartin |
| 1950 | The Goldbergs | Debby Sherman |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 7th Heaven | Ruth Camden |
| 1996 | Relativity | Helen Lukens |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Barbara Matheson |
| 1994 | Burke's Law | Marion Darrow |
| 1988 | Paradise | Patricia Forrester |
| 1985 | Scene of the Crime | Bettina Reynolds |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Eva Taylor |
| 1984 | Finder of Lost Loves | Marion Owens Norris |
| 1983 | Masquerade | |
| 1982 | Knight Rider | Elizabeth Knight |
| 1982 | Hotel | |
| 1982 | Matt Houston | Lady Celeste Abercrombie |
| 1981 | Flamingo Road | Eudora Flowers |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. | Ann Carrington |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. | Phoebe Sullivan |
| 1978 | The Eddie Capra Mysteries | |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Eleanor Gardiner |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Eleanor Gardner |
| 1976 | The Bionic Woman | |
| 1975 | Ellery Queen | Claire Mallory |
| 1975 | Ellery Queen | Emma Zelman |
| 1974 | Dinah! | Self |
| 1973 | Police Story | |
| 1972 | Maude | |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | Anna Slovatzka Marshall |
| 1971 | Cannon | |
| 1971 | The New Dick Van Dyke Show | Margot Brighton |
| 1971 | Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | Louise Carpenter |
| 1970 | Night Gallery | Agatha Howard |
| 1970 | McCloud | |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Nadine Cabot |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | Carol |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Dorothy Carpenter |
| 1969 | Medical Center | Claire |
| 1969 | Medical Center | Pauline |
| 1969 | Medical Center | Nora Caldwell |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad | Mrs. Hamilton |
| 1967 | Custer | |
| 1967 | Ironside | Mme. Jabez |
| 1967 | Ironside | Lorraine Simms |
| 1967 | Mannix | Celia Bell |
| 1967 | Mannix | Rebekah Bigelow |
| 1966 | Batman | Nora Clavicle |
| 1965 | Laredo | |
| 1964 | Peyton Place | Marsha Russell |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Karen Lownes |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Marie Lindsey Gerard |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Ganoulian |
| 1963 | The Outer Limits | Leonora Edmond |
| 1963 | The Danny Kaye Show | Self |
| 1962 | Saints and Sinners | Lizzie Hogan |
| 1962 | The Eleventh Hour | Linda Kincaid |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
| 1961 | Password | |
| 1961 | Ben Casey | |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Madge Bannion |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Co-Host |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self |
| 1957 | Suspicion | Eleanor Thomason |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 | Liz |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Alice Lockman |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Joyce Gavin |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Cathy |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Ruth |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Charlotte |