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Barbara Brown

Highest Rated: 100% You Were Never Lovelier (1942)

Lowest Rated: 43% Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)

Birthday: Oct 18, 1901

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA

Barbara Brown was an actress who had a successful Hollywood career. Brown started her acting career landing roles in such films as the Joan Bennett comedy "The Wife Takes a Flyer" (1942), the Fred Astaire musical "You Were Never Lovelier" (1942) and "The Falcon and the Co-eds" (1943). She also appeared in the comedy "Reveille With Beverly" (1943) with Ann Miller, "The Doughgirls" (1944) and the dramatic biopic "The Sullivans" (1944) with Anne Baxter. She continued to act in productions like "The Beast With Five Fingers" (1947), "That Way With Women" (1947) and "High Barbaree" (1947) with Van Johnson. She also appeared in the Raymond Walburn comedy "Henry, the Rainmaker" (1949). In the latter half of her career, she tackled roles in the drama "An Annapolis Story" (1955) with John Derek, the comedy adaptation "My Sister Eileen" (1955) with Janet Leigh and the Liberace dramatic adaptation "Sincerely Yours" (1955). She also appeared in "The Lollipop Girls in Hard Candy" (1976). Brown was most recently credited in "Scream Queens" (Fox, 2015-). Brown passed away in July 1975 at the age of 74.

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 75% You Were Never Lovelier
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100% 88% The Fighting Sullivans
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97% 85% Born Yesterday
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94% 60% The Beast With Five Fingers
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83% 62% My Sister Eileen
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83% 60% The Man I Love
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43% 39% Jack and the Beanstalk
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That Way With Women
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50% Yes Sir, That's My Baby
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Lady and the Bandit
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Filmography

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Terror of the Tongs 19% 1961 Helena Sale Actor My Sister Eileen 83% 62% 1955 Helen's Mother Actor An Annapolis Story 1955 Mrs. Scott Actor Jack and the Beanstalk 43% 39% 1952 Mrs. Strong Actor You for Me 1952 Edna McDermad Actor Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm 65% 1951 Elizabeth Parker Actor Lady and the Bandit 1951 Lady Greene Actor Father Takes the Air 1951 Mrs. Latham Actor Born Yesterday 97% 85% 1950 Mrs. Hedges Actor Father Makes Good 1950 Mrs. Latham Actor Yes Sir, That's My Baby 50% 1949 Professor Sophia Boland Actor Henry, the Rainmaker 1949 Mrs. Latham Actor Arthur Takes Over 1948 Flora Bixby Actor Wallflower 1948 Mrs. Jessie Linnett Actor High Barbaree 1947 Della Parkson Actor That Hagen Girl 57% 1947 Lorna Gateley Actor That Way With Women 1947 Minerva Alden Actor Love and Learn 1947 Victoria Wyngate Actor The Beast With Five Fingers 94% 60% 1946 Mrs. Miller Actor Personality Kid 1946 Mrs. Roberts Actor The Man I Love 83% 60% 1946 Barbara (uncredited) Actor Pillow to Post 1945 Kate Otley Actor The Doughgirls 67% 1944 Elizabeth Brush Cartwright Actor The Fighting Sullivans 100% 88% 1944 Maternity Nurse Actor Janie 33% 1944 Thelma Lawrence Actor
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