Little known to the general public, the American actress Barbara Rush died this Sunday, March 31, 2024, announced her daughter Claudia Cowan, journalist at Fox News: “My wonderful mother died peacefully at 5:28 p.m. She decided to go on Easter, which was one of her favorite holidays,” she said, according to West France.
Born in 1927, this Colorado native had a long and rich film career, beginning in the 1950s. She made herself known in B-series sci-fi films, such as Clash of the Worlds (1951) and The Meteor of the Night (It Came from Outer Space1953), for which she won the Golden Globe for female revelation in 1954.
Barbara Rush had also filmed extensively under the direction of Douglas Sirk, one of the most emblematic directors of Hollywood’s golden age. She had rubbed shoulders with big stars, such as Paul Newman, Rock Hudson and Marlon Brando, and was even said to have become friends with Marilyn Monroe.
Iconic series
Subsequently, the actress appeared in numerous TV films and also appeared on stage. But it was above all in television series that she then flourished, playing in emblematic series of the 1970s and 1980s such as Iron Man, Mannix, Super Jaimie, Fun Cruise, K2000, Fantasy Island, Matt Houston, Magnum, Arabesque etc.
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After a break of a few years, we saw her again in the series The force of destiny And 7 at homebefore making his last appearance in front of the camera in the short film Bleeding Hearts: The Arteries of Glenda Bryantfilmed in 2017.