Barbara Lawrence

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Model • Actress • Real Estate Agent

Birth Date: February 24, 1928

Death Date: January 3, 2014

Birth Place: Carnegie, Oklahoma

Barbara Lawrence was an actress who had a successful Hollywood career. Lawrence's earliest roles were in film, including "Margie" (1946) with Jeanne Crain, "A Letter to Three Wives" (1948) and "Captain From Castile" (1948) with Tyrone Power. She also appeared in the Jeanne Crain musical "You Were Meant For Me" (1948), the Dan Dailey drama "Give My Regards to Broadway" (1948) and the Mark Stevens crime feature "The Street With No Name" (1948). Her passion for acting continued to her roles in projects like the comedy "Mother Is a Freshman" (1949) with Loretta Young, the Richard Conte drama "Thieves' Highway" (1949) and the comedy "Peggy" (1950) with Diana Lynn.

She also appeared in the musical "Two Tickets to Broadway" (1951) with Tony Martin. Film continued to be her passion as she played roles in the dramatic adaptation "Her Twelve Men" (1954) with Greer Garson, "Man Without a Gun" (1955) with Robert Mitchum and the Gordon MacRae adaptation "Oklahoma!" (1955). She also appeared in "Kronos" (1957) and "Man in the Shadow" (1957). Lawrence last acted in the Anjela Lauren Smith dramatic comedy "Babymother" (2000). Lawrence passed away in November 2013 at the age of 85.

Credits

The Tall Man

Guest Star
Sadie Wren
Series
1960

BonanzaStream

Guest Star
Della Thompson
Series
1959

Bat MastersonStream

Guest Star
Melanie Haywood
Series
1958

Trackdown

Guest Star
Grace Marsden
Show
1957

Alcoa Theatre

Actor
Ruth Evans
Show
1957

Perry MasonStream

Guest Star
Ellen Waring
Series
1957

Joe Dakota

Actor
Myrna Weaver
Movie
1957

Kronos

Actor
Vera Hunter
Movie
1957

Man in the Shadow

Actor
Helen Sadler
Movie
1957

CheyenneStream

Guest Star
Series
1955

Oklahoma!Stream

Actor
Gertie Cummings
Movie
1955
86%

Man With the GunStream

Actor
Ann Wakefield
Movie
1955

Jesse James vs. the Daltons

Actor
Kate Manning
Movie
1954

Her Twelve Men

Actor
Barbara Dunning
Movie
1954

Arena

Actor
Sylvia Lorgan
Movie
1953

Paris Model

Actor
Marta Jensen
Movie
1953

Here Come the Nelsons

Actor
Barbara Schutzendorf
Movie
1952

The Star

Actor
Barbara Lawrence
Movie
1952

Two Tickets to Broadway

Actor
S.F. Rogers
Movie
1951

Peggy

Actor
Susan Brookfield
Movie
1950

Mother Is a Freshman

Actor
Louise Sharpe
Movie
1949

A Letter to Three WivesStream

Actor
Georgiana `'Babe'` Finney
Movie
1949
100%

Thieves' Highway

Actor
Polly Faber
Movie
1949

You Were Meant for Me

Actor
Louise Crane
Movie
1948

Unfaithfully YoursStream

Actor
Barbara Henshler
Movie
1948
94%

Give My Regards to Broadway

Actor
June Norwick
Movie
1948

Margie

Actor
Marybelle Tenor
Movie
1946