Barbara Stuart
American actress (1930-2011)
Barbara Stuart (born Barbara Ann McNeese; January 3, 1930 , May 15, 2011) was an American actress.
She had a recurring role of Sgt. Carter's girlfriend Bunny on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
01Early years
Born in Paris, Illinois, Stuart was raised in Hume, Illinois. Following her high school graduation, she studied acting at the Schuster-Martin School of Drama in Cincinnati before moving to New York City, where she studied under Uta Hagen and Stella Adler.
02Career
On stage, Stuart performed in the national touring company of Sidney Kingsley's Lunatics and Lovers. In the early 1960s, she was a showgirl in Las Vegas. She also appeared in the films Marines, Let's Go (1961), Hellfighters (1968), Airplane! (1980), Bachelor Party (1984), and Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills (1997).
Television
| Program | Role |
|---|---|
| The Texan | Poker Alice, episode "The Taming of Rio Nada," 1957 |
| The Lawless Years | as Marie Walters in "The Marie Walters Story" (S01E09 -1959) as Stella Gorman in "The Maxie Gorman Story" (S01E10-1959) as Kiki Melody in "The Billy Boy 'Rockabye' Creel Story" (S02E04-1959) as Ginny in "Ginny" (S03E10 -1961) |
| The George Burns Show | Lily |
| Peter Gunn | as Shirley Blaze, S1 E4, "The Blind Pianist" (1958) as Lavinia, S2, E12, "The Briefcase" (1959) as Candy Lane, S3, E24, "Come Dance with Me and Die" (1961) |
| Perry Mason | as Maizie Freitag, in "The Case of the Brazen Bequest" (S5E12-1961) as Violet Ryder, S4, E28, "The Case of the Guilty Clients" (1961) |
| The Cara Williams Show | Miss Hartley, episode "Get the Lead Out," 1964 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | Pat Blake, episode "TV or Not TV," 1965 |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | Maureen Core AKA 'Marine Corps' |
| Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. | Bunny |
| The Great Gildersleeve | Bessie |
| The McLean Stevenson Show | Peggy Ferguson |
| The Twilight Zone | Edith Rogers, "A Thing About Machines" (S2E4-1960) |
| Pete and Gladys | Alice |
| The Queen & I | Wilma Winslow |
| Batman | Rocket (year two, episodes 31 and 32) |
| The Rookies | "Warden" Season 4 Episode 5 |
| Banacek | Sailor (bar tender), episode "The Greatest Collection of Them All" (1973) |
| Three's Company | Mrs. Medford, episode "Chrissy's Cousin" (S5E7-1980) Martha, episode "Jack's Double Date (S7E17-1983) |
| The Untouchables | Thelma Devores (The George 'Bugs' Moran Story) 1959 |
In the early 1990s, Stuart performed in dinner theaters.
03Personal life and death
Stuart married actor Dick Gautier in 1967. Their honeymoon was canceled by her hospitalization for a blood clot in her leg. She was in the hospital for eight months as the clot moved to her lung and she developed pneumonia.
On May 15, 2011, she died at a nursing home in St. George, Utah, aged 81.
Sources and credits
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Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- Barbara Stuart 1968.jpg by CBS Television, Public domain
- Barbara Stuart, Ayn Ruymen, and McLean Stevenson (1977).jpg by NBC Television, Public domain
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