Barbara Darrow

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Barbara Darrow
Hollywood, California, U.S.
DiedAugust 26, 2018(2018-08-26) (aged 86)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting placeForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California
OccupationActress
Years active1950–1977
Spouse
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(m. 1956; died 2001)​
Children3
RelativesJohn Darrow (uncle)

Barbara Darrow (November 18, 1931 - August 26, 2018)[

actress
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Early years

Darrow was born in

Hollywood, California, to George H. Wittlinger,[1] a motion-picture landscape artist,[2] and Alice Simpson Wittlinger,[3] a former silent-screen actress.[2] She graduated from Hollywood High School.[4]

Career

Darrow's work as a model led to her receiving offers of film contracts. On August 31, 1950, a judge approved her seven-year contract with

B-movies in the 1950s, including The Monster That Challenged The World and Queen of Outer Space. She replaced Marla English opposite Spencer Tracy in The Mountain, after English had an adverse reaction to a smallpox vaccine.[5] By 1955, she was one of only three actors under contract to RKO.[citation needed
]

On television, Darrow portrayed Nurse Forester in the NBC medical drama

Bachelor Father, The Bob Cummings Show, M Squad, and Peter Gunn
.

Personal life

On September 28, 1956, Darrow married

Viacom.[7]
They had three children.

Her youngest daughter Audrey married Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee's only child, Dodd Darin.[8] Her son Eric Tannenbaum became president of Columbia TriStar Television at age 33;[9] he later executive produced Two and a Half Men.

Darrow's uncle is John Darrow, a silent-film star turned successful agent, from whom she borrowed her stage name. Her older sister Madelyn Darrow became a model,[2] and married tennis player Pancho Gonzales.

Death

Darrow died on August 26, 2018, in Los Angeles, California. She is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California.[citation needed]

Filmography

Movies

Television

References

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  2. ^ a b c d Barbara Darrow at Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen, retrieved January 28, 2012
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  7. ^ Kowalski, Eileen (December 4, 2001). "Tom Tannenbaum".
  8. ^ Cerio, Gregory (November 14, 1994). "This Boys' Life". People. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  9. ^ HOFMEISTER, SALLIE; LOWRY, BRIAN (October 7, 1996). "TV's Rising Moguls: Young and Restless" – via LA Times.
  10. ^ a b c d e Barbara Darrow at TVguide, retrieved January 28, 2012
  11. ^ Susan Slept Here at TCM Movie Database

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