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Barbara Billingsley
BornBarbara Lillian Combes
December 22, 1915 (1915-12-22) (age 92)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationFilm, television, voice actress
Spouse(s)William Mortensen (1959- 1981) (his death)
Roy Kellino (1953-1956) (his death)
Glenn Billingsley (1941-1947) (divorced) 2 children

Barbara Billingsley (born December 22, 1915) is an American film, television and character actress, who in her five decades of television came to prominence in the 1950s as an everyday mother, June Cleaver, on Leave it to Beaver, and its sequel, The New Leave It to Beaver, two decades later. Events 1790 - The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Events 1790 - The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. June Evelyn Bronson Cleaver is a Fictional character in the American Television sitcom Leave It to Beaver. Leave It to Beaver is a 1950s and 1960s family-oriented American Television Situation comedy about an inquisitive The New Leave It to Beaver (also known as Still the Beaver) is a 1985 American sitcom Sequel to the 1950s and '60s series It was during that time she provided the voice of the unseen Nanny on Jim Henson's Muppet Babies. Jim Henson's Muppet Babies was a popular American animated television series that aired from September 15, 1984 to December 29

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Biography

Career

With a year at Los Angeles Junior College behind her, Billingsley traveled to Broadway when Straw Hat, a revue in which she was appearing, attracted enough attention to send it to New York. Los Angeles City College, known as LACC is a public Community college in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles California. When, after five days, the show closed, she took an apartment on 57th Street and went to work as a $60-a-week fashion model. A model is a person who is posed or displayed for the purpose of Art, Fashion, or other products and Advertising.

As an actress on the silver screen, she had usually uncredited roles in major motion picture productions in the 1940s. The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be These roles continued into the first half of the 1950s with The Bad and the Beautiful as well as the sci-fi story Invaders from Mars (1953). The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive The Bad and the Beautiful ( 1952) is a MGM Melodramatic film which tells the story of a film producer who alienates all around him Her film experience led to roles on the sitcoms Professional Father and The Brothers and an appearance with David Niven on his anthology series Four Star Playhouse. The Brothers is an American television Sitcom broadcast by CBS during its 1956-57 season. James David Graham Niven (1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983 was an English Academy Award -winning Actor probably best known for his role as the punctuality-obsessed Four Star Playhouse is a television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956

Billingsley became best known for her role in the 1950s and 1960s television series Leave It to Beaver as June Cleaver, wife of Ward Cleaver (Hugh Beaumont) and the mother of Wally (Tony Dow) and Beaver Cleaver (Jerry Mathers). Leave It to Beaver is a 1950s and 1960s family-oriented American Television Situation comedy about an inquisitive June Evelyn Bronson Cleaver is a Fictional character in the American Television sitcom Leave It to Beaver. Ward Cleaver is a Fictional character in the American Television sitcom Leave It to Beaver. Eugene Hugh Beaumont ( February 16, 1909 — May 14, 1982) was an American Actor and Television director Wallace "Wally" Cleaver is a Fictional character in the Iconic American Television sitcom Leave It to Beaver WikipediaPersondata --> Anthony "Tony" Lee Dow (born April 13, 1945 in Hollywood, California) is Theodore " Beaver " Cleaver is the Fictional Title character in the American Television series Leave WikipediaPersondata --> Jerry Mathers (born June 2, 1948 in Sioux City Iowa) is an American television film The Cleaver household became iconic in its representation of an archetypal suburban lifestyle associated with 1950s America. An icon (from Greek εἰκών eikōn, "image" is a religious work of art most commonly a painting from Eastern Christianity. In the show, Billingsley often could be seen doing household chores wearing pearls and earrings. The pearls were her idea. The actress had an unsightly surgical scar on her neck and thought that wearing a strand of pearls could cover it up for the cameras. [1] The sitcom show ran from 1957 to 1963 and proved to be very lucrative for Billingsley. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

When production of the show ended in 1963, Billingsley became typecast as saccharine sweet and had trouble obtaining acting jobs for years. For other meanings see Typecasting. Typecasting is the process by which a film TV or stage Actor is strongly identified with a specific She traveled extensively abroad until the late 1970s. After an absence of 17 years from the public eye (other than appearing in two episodes of The F.B.I. in 1971), Billingsley spoofed her wholesome image with a brief appearance in the comedy Airplane! (1980), as a passenger who could "speak jive. The FBI is an American Television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974 Airplane! is a 1980 American Comedy film directed and written by David Zucker Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) African American Vernacular English ( AAVE) – also called African American English; less precisely Black English, Black Vernacular, "

She became the voice of "Nanny" and "The Little Train" on Muppet Babies from 1984 to 1991. Jim Henson's Muppet Babies was a popular American animated television series that aired from September 15, 1984 to December 29 Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar.

Billingsley appeared in a Leave It to Beaver reunion television movie entitled Still the Beaver in 1983, a year after her on-screen husband during the six-year original run of the series, Hugh Beaumont, died of a heart attack. The New Leave It to Beaver (also known as Still the Beaver) is a 1985 American sitcom Sequel to the 1950s and '60s series Ward Cleaver is a Fictional character in the American Television sitcom Leave It to Beaver. Eugene Hugh Beaumont ( February 16, 1909 — May 14, 1982) was an American Actor and Television director She also appeared in the subsequent revival television series, The New Leave It to Beaver (1985-1989). The New Leave It to Beaver (also known as Still the Beaver) is a 1985 American sitcom Sequel to the 1950s and '60s series In the 1997 film version of Leave It to Beaver, Billingsley played the character "Aunt Martha". The year 1997 in film involved some significant events Events Summer - Production begins on Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace Leave It to Beaver is a 1997 film that is a remake of the classic TV series of the same name.

Now in her 90s, Billingsley recently completed a role on NBC's sitcom My Name Is Earl. My Name Is Earl is an American sitcom created by Greg Garcia.

Personal life

Billingsley was born Barbara Lillian Combes in Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West She and her first husband, Glenn Billingsley, a successful restaurateur, had two sons, Drew and Glenn, Jr. Since 1974, Drew and Glenn have owned and operated Billingsley's Restaurant in West Los Angeles, in the tradition of their father, and their great uncle, Sherman Billingsley, founder of New York City's very fashionable 1940s-era nightclub, The Stork Club. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. West Los Angeles Los Angeles California, a neighborhood of Los Angeles The Westside, a region of Los Angeles County, incorporating The City of New York Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A nightclub (or "night club" or "club" is a drinking, dancing, and entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark The Stork Club was a famous Nightclub in New York City from 1929 to 1965 Billingsley divorced Glenn Billingsley, but kept his surname professionally, and later married Roy Kellino, a director. After Kellino's death, she married Dr. William Mortenson, who died in 1981.

Billingsley is related by marriage to actor/producer Peter Billingsley, known for his starring role as Ralphie in the seasonal classic A Christmas Story. Peter Billingsley (born April 16 1971) also known as Peter Michaelsen and Peter Billingsley-Michaelsen, is an American Actor, For other uses see A Christmas Story (disambiguation A Christmas Story is a 1983 film based on the Short stories First husband Glenn's cousin is Peter's mother, Gail Billingsley.

Film roles (credited)

Television shows

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Mathers, Jerry. . . . And Jerry Mathers a "The Beaver". Berkley Boulevard Books, 1998.

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Persondata
NAMEBillingsley, Barbara
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTIONactress
DATE OF BIRTHDecember 22, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTHLos Angeles, California, U.S.
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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