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- Blue-eyed, red-haired American character actress, often seen as resolute, strong-willed women. Though born in Kansas, Barbara Babcock spent much of her early childhood in Japan, where her father, U.S. Army Major General Conrad Stanton Babcock Jr., was posted (he was also a noted equestrian, who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics). Her mother was Chilean-born Jadwiga Florence Noskowiak (1903-2000), a former stage actress and singer.
Babcock attended universities in Lausanne and Milan and later graduated from Wellesley College in Massachusetts. She initially interviewed for a job with the State Department, aiming at a diplomatic career. When this fell through, she turned to acting, debuting on screen in 1956. From the early 60s, Babcock made guest appearances in numerous television series. She ultimately became best known for her Emmy Award-winning performance as the over-amorous Grace Gardner in NBC's Hill Street Blues (1981) and as pioneer newspaper editor Dorothy Jennings in Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993) (a regular role, lasting from 1993 to 1998).
Babcock featured several times on Star Trek (1966), though it was more often her voice that was utilized for assorted alien background characters. She also played a member of the 'underground' in episodes of Hogan's Heroes (1965) and Pam Ewing's fashion boss in Dallas (1978). Babcock was one of the leads in Alan Alda's sitcom The Four Seasons (1984), about four middle-aged couples who vacation together four times annually, once per season. In this, she played the orthopedist wife of Allan Arbus (of M*A*S*H (1972) fame). Babcock subsequently starred in her own right as a demure attorney, counterpoint to Jerry Orbach's vociferous, seedy 'old school' gumshoe, in the short-lived CBS mystery drama The Law and Harry McGraw (1987). One might also remember her as one of the (ill-fated) residents of Salem's Lot (1979) and as a repeat guest star on Mannix (1967) and (alternating between murder victim and villainess of the week) in Murder, She Wrote (1984).
Her occasional forays to the big screen tended to be in smaller supporting roles, first up as an Apache kidnap victim in the Glenn Ford western Day of the Evil Gun (1968). More recently in maternal roles, she portrayed an Irish immigrant, the mother of Nicole Kidman's character, in Ron Howard's big budget western Far and Away (1992). Her last motion picture appearance was as the wife of test pilot and would-be-astronaut Frank Corvin (Clint Eastwood) in Space Cowboys (2000).
Barbara Babcock retired from acting in 2004, the year she was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. In her private life, she has had a lifelong interest in travel and exploration and has dabbled in writing. She is known as an avid crusader for animal rights. - Rockne Tarkington was born on 15 July 1931 in Junction City, Kansas, USA. He was an actor, known for The Ice Pirates (1984), Wyatt Earp (1994) and The Banana Splits Adventure Hour (1968). He was married to Iva Anita Poree and Joan Blackman. He died on 5 April 2015 in the USA.
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Ada Brown was born on 1 May 1890 in Junction City, Kansas, USA. She was an actress, known for Stormy Weather (1943), Stars in Stripes (1938) and International Rhythms (1938). She died on 31 March 1950 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.- Walter Ehlers was born on 7 May 1921 in Junction City, Kansas, USA. He was an actor, known for The Long Gray Line (1955), Patton 360 (2009) and The War (2007). He was married to Dorothy Decker. He died on 20 February 2014 in Long Beach, California, USA.
- Samson Biggz was born on 18 April 1981 in Junction City, Kansas, USA.
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Chuck DeBus was born in Junction City, Kansas, USA. He is known for Fish Don't Blink (2002), Drive In (2000) and Personal Best (1982).- Bob Horner was born on 6 August 1957 in Junction City, Kansas, USA.
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Jean Kilbourne was born on 4 January 1943 in Junction City, Kansas, USA. She is a writer, known for Killing Us Softly 3 (1999), Miss Representation (2011) and Killing Us Softly 4: Advertising's Image of Women (2010). She was previously married to Thomas Lux.- Mark Dennis was born on 15 April 1965 in Junction City, Kansas, USA.
- Klondike Kate was born on 4 October 1876 in Junction City, Kansas, USA. She was married to William L. Van Duren, John Matson and Floyd J. Warner. She died on 21 February 1957 in Sweet Home, Oregon, USA.