Person
Barbara Rush
Acting · 1927–2024 · Denver, Colorado, USA
Biography
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.
Known for
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
Murder, She Wrote
Eva Taylor
The Love Boat
Eleanor Gardiner
Mannix
Celia Bell
The Fugitive
Marie Lindsey Gerard
Ironside
Mme. Jabez
Knight Rider
Elizabeth Knight
Magnum, P.I.
Ann Carrington
Batman
Nora Clavicle
Filmography
- 2021Dean Martin: King of CoolSelf
- 2014Private Screenings: Robert OsborneSelf
- 1996RelativityHelen Lukens
- 19967th HeavenRuth Camden
- 1996Widow's KissEdith Fitzpatrick
- 1995Theremin: An Electronic OdysseyHelen Fields (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1995The Outer LimitsBarbara Matheson
- 1994Burke's LawMarion Darrow
- 1990Web of DeceitJudith Hale
- 1988ParadisePatricia Forrester
- 1985Scene of the CrimeBettina Reynolds
- 1984Murder, She WroteEva Taylor
- 1984Finder of Lost LovesMarion Owens Norris
- 1983Masquerade
- 1982Knight RiderElizabeth Knight
- 1982Matt HoustonLady Celeste Abercrombie
- 1982Hotel
- 1982Summer LoversJean Featherstone
- 1981Flamingo RoadEudora Flowers
- 1980Magnum, P.I.Ann Carrington
- 1980The Night the Bridge Fell DownElaine Howard
- 1980Can't Stop the MusicNorma White
- 1980Flamingo RoadEudora Weldon
- 1980Magic NightSelf
- 1979Death Car on the FreewayRosemary
- 1979The SeekersPeggy Kent
- 1978The Eddie Capra Mysteries
- 1978Fantasy IslandProfessor Smith-Myles
- 1977Portrait of Grandpa DocBruce's Mother
- 1977The Love BoatEleanor Gardiner
- 1976The Bionic Woman
- 1975Ellery QueenClaire Mallory
- 1975The Last DayBetty Spence
- 1974Dinah!Self
- 1973SuperdadSue McCready
- 1973Peege
- 1973Police Story
- 1973Crime ClubDenise London
- 1972Moon of the WolfLouise Rodanthe
- 1972The Streets of San FranciscoAnna Slovatzka Marshall
- 1972Maude
- 1972The ManKay Eaton
- 1972The Eyes of Charles SandKatharine Winslow
- 1972CutterLinda
- 1971Suddenly SingleEvelyn Baxter
- 1971The New Dick Van Dyke ShowMargot Brighton
- 1971Owen Marshall: Counselor at LawLouise Carpenter
- 1971Cannon
- 1970Night GalleryAgatha Howard
- 1970McCloud
- 1969Love, American StyleCarol
- 1969Medical CenterClaire
- 1969Marcus Welby, M.D.Nadine Cabot
- 1969Strategy of TerrorKaren Lownes
- 1968The Mod SquadMrs. Hamilton
- 1967MannixCelia Bell
- 1967Custer
- 1967IronsideMme. Jabez
- 1967HombreAudra Favor
- 1966BatmanNora Clavicle
- 1965Laredo
- 1964Peyton PlaceMarsha Russell
- 1964Robin and the 7 HoodsMarian Stevens
- 1964The UnknownLeonora Edmond
- 1963Kraft Suspense TheatreKaren Lownes
- 1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreGanoulian
- 1963The Danny Kaye ShowSelf
- 1963The FugitiveMarie Lindsey Gerard
- 1963The Outer LimitsLeonora Edmond
- 1963Come Blow Your HornConnie
- 1962The Eleventh HourLinda Kincaid
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
- 1962Saints and SinnersLizzie Hogan
- 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf - Co-Host
- 1961Password
- 1961Ben CaseyEileen Pryor
- 1961Dr. KildareMadge Bannion
- 1960Strangers When We MeetEve Coe
- 1960The Bramble BushMargaret 'Mar' McFie
- 1959What Makes Sammy Run?Kit Sargent
- 1959The Young PhiladelphiansJoan Dickinson
- 1958Harry Black and the TigerChristian Tanner
- 1958The Young LionsMargaret Freemantle
- 1957No Down PaymentBetty Kreitzer
- 1957SuspicionEleanor Thomason
- 1957Oh, Men! Oh, Women!Myra Hagerman
- 1956Bigger Than LifeLou Avery
- 1956Flight to Hong KongPamela Vincent
- 1956Playhouse 90Liz
- 1956World in My CornerDorothy Mallison
- 1955Kiss of FirePrincess Lucia
- 1955Captain LightfootAga Doherty
- 1954The Black Shield of FalworthMeg Falworth
- 1954Magnificent ObsessionJoyce Phillips
- 1954Taza, Son of CochiseOona
- 1953It Came from Outer SpaceEllen Fields
- 1953The OscarsSelf
- 1953Prince of PiratesCountess Nita Orde
- 1953General Electric TheaterAlice Lockman
- 1952Flaming FeatherNora Logan
- 1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
- 1951When Worlds CollideJoyce Hendron
- 1951The First LegionTerry Gilmartin
- 1951QuebecMadelon
- 1950The GoldbergsDebby Sherman
- 1950Lux Video TheatreJoyce Gavin
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