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Barbara Pepper (1915–1969)

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Barbara Pepper's signature roles were as archetypal "dames" during the Hollywood's 1930s and 1940s Golden Era. Right there alongside other flashy broads such as Iris Adrian, Joan Blondell and Veda Ann Borg, Barbara patented her own unique, hard-boiled style and should have gone further than she did... See full bio »

Born:

Marion Pepper
in New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 54) in Panorama City, California, USA
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1969 Hook, Line and Sinker
Peter's Secretary (uncredited)
 
1969 Mayberry R.F.D. (TV series)
Emma
– The Church Bell (1969) … Emma
 
1969 The Doris Day Show (TV series)
Mrs. Wilkins
– Let Them Out of the Nest (1969) … Mrs. Wilkins
 
1965-1968 Green Acres (TV series)
Doris Ziffel
– The Spring Festival (1968) … Doris Ziffel
– My Mother, the Countess (1968) … Doris Ziffel
– Flight to Nowhere (1968) … Doris Ziffel
– Arnold, Boy Hero (1968) … Doris Ziffel
– How to Succeed in Television Without Really Trying (1968) … Doris Ziffel
See all 31 episodes »
 
1967 Laredo (TV series)
Emma
– Walk Softly (1967) … Emma
 
1966 Daniel Boone (TV series)
Mrs. Shanks
– Fifty Rifles (1966) … Mrs. Shanks
 
1966 My Three Sons (TV series)
Mrs. Brand
– Robbie, the College Man (1966) … Mrs. Brand
 
1965 Mister Ed (TV series)
Mrs. Schultz
– Don't Skin That Bear (1965) … Mrs. Schultz
 
1964 Kiss Me, Stupid
Big Bertha
 
1964 Petticoat Junction (TV series)
Doris Ziffel
– As Hooterville Goes (1964) … Doris Ziffel
– Race Against the Stork (1964) … Doris Ziffel
– The Genghis Keane Story (1964) … Doris Ziffel
 
1964 My Fair Lady
Doolittle's Dance Partner (uncredited)
 
1964 The Patsy
Bowler (uncredited)
 
1964 The Greatest Show on Earth (TV series)
Fat Lady
– You're All Right, Ivy (1964) … Fat Lady
 
1963 Who's Minding the Store?
Customer at Bargain Sale (uncredited)
 
1963 The Fugitive (TV series)
Matty
– Nightmare at Northoak (1963) … Matty
 
1963 It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (uncredited)
 
1963 Burke's Law (TV series)
Cleaning Woman
– Who Killed Julian Buck? (1963) … Cleaning Woman
 
1958-1963 Wagon Train (TV series)
Mrs. Maybelle Gifford / Polly
– The Tom O'Neal Story (1963) … Polly
– The Mary Ellen Thomas Story (1958) … Mrs. Maybelle Gifford
 
1963 The Wide Country (TV series)
The Waitress
– To Cindy, with Love (1963) … The Waitress
 
1957-1963 Perry Mason (TV series)
Martha Dale / Mrs. Diamond / Mrs. Dwyer - Fat Woman / …
– The Case of the Prankish Professor (1963) … Mrs. Williamson
– The Case of the Left-Handed Liar (1961) … Mrs. Dwyer - Fat Woman
– The Case of the Violent Vest (1961) … Mrs. Diamond
– The Case of the Vagabond Vixen (1957) … Martha Dale
 
1963 A Child Is Waiting
Miss Brown (uncredited)
 
1962 It's Only Money
Fisherwoman
 
1962 The Music Man
Feril Hawkes - Snapping Beans (uncredited)
 
1962 Poor Mr. Campbell (TV movie)
Mrs. Dumphy
 
1961-1962 The Untouchables (TV series)
Landlady / Mrs. Littlesmith
– The Ginnie Littlesmith Story (1962) … Mrs. Littlesmith
– Tunnel of Horrors (1961) … Landlady
 
1954-1962 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
Barbara / Emily / Jewelry Saleswoman / …
– Jack Is Violin Teacher (1962) … Maggie
– Christmas Shopping Show (1957) … Saleswoman (uncredited)
– Mary Has May Co. Reunion (1957) … Barbara
– George Gobel/Red Skelton Show (1956)
– Shopping Show (1954) … Jewelry Saleswoman
See all 7 episodes »
 
1962 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)
Della - Saloon Madam
– One, Two, Three (1962) … Della - Saloon Madam
 
1962 Make Room for Daddy (TV series)
Fat Lady
– The P.T.A. Bash (1962) … Fat Lady (uncredited)
 
1961 The Detectives (TV series)
– The Short Way Home (1961)
 
1958-1960 Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV series)
Mistress Becket
– The Reluctant Dragon (1960) … Mistress Becket (uncredited)
– The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1958)
 
1960 Surfside 6 (TV series)
Waitress
– Local Girl (1960) … Waitress
 
1960 The Bramble Bush
Polly Welk (uncredited)
 
1960 This Man Dawson (TV series)
Barbara Fallon
– Human Predator (1960) … Barbara Fallon
 
1959 Bonanza (TV series)
Lil McSween
– The Hanging Posse (1959) … Lil McSween
 
1958-1959 Richard Diamond, Private Detective (TV series)
Clara Chase / Mrs. Brody
– The Counselor (1959) … Clara Chase
– The Payoff (1958) … Mrs. Brody
 
1959 The Texan (TV series)
Mary Devlin
– The Telegraph Story (1959) … Mary Devlin
 
1958 Auntie Mame
Mrs. Krantz (uncredited)
 
1958 Tales of Wells Fargo (TV series)
Boxcar Annie
– Butch Cassidy (1958) … Boxcar Annie
 
1958 Rock-a-Bye Baby
Mrs. Oberholt (uncredited)
 
1958 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Ellie
– The Edge of Truth (1958) … Ellie
 
1956-1957 The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (TV series)
Chubby Girl / Woman Who Wishes She Were 20 Years Younger / Woman with Santa
– Christmas Tree Lot (1957) … Woman with Santa
– Ricky, the Drummer (1957) … Woman Who Wishes She Were 20 Years Younger (uncredited)
– The Balloons (1956) … Chubby Girl
 
1957 The Walter Winchell File (TV series)
Pearl
– Where Is Louise Milk? (1957) … Pearl
 
1957 M Squad (TV series)
Landlady
– Face of Evil (1957) … Landlady
 
1957 Date with the Angels (TV series)
Martha
– The Blue Tie (1957) … Martha
 
1957 The D.I.
Woman Customer
 
1957 The People's Choice (TV series)
Carol Filcher
– Sock Goes for the Dough (1957) … Carol Filcher
 
1957 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
Miss Buell
– The Life You Save (1957) … Miss Buell
 
1956 It's a Great Life (TV series)
Housewife
– The Charity Drive (1956) … Housewife
 
1956 Father Knows Best (TV series)
Shopper
– Betty Earns a Formal (1956) … Shopper (uncredited)
 
1956 Four Star Playhouse (TV series)
Clara
– Dark Meeting (1956) … Clara
 
1952-1955 I Love Lucy (TV series)
Party Guest / 'Friends of the Friendless' lady / Chorus Girl / …
– The Homecoming (1955) … Neighbor
– The Tour (1955) … Woman on Bus
– Sentimental Anniversary (1954) … Party Guest
– The Girls Go Into Business (1953) … Customer in dress shop
– Lucy's Last Birthday (1953) … 'Friends of the Friendless' lady
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1955 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Mrs. Mekels
– The Lady Gambles (1955) … Mrs. Mekels
 
1955 Studio 57 (TV series)
Herman's Mother
– Sam (1955) … Herman's Mother
 
1955 The Millionaire (TV series)
Fat Woman
– The Amy Moore Story (1955) … Fat Woman
 
1952-1955 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (TV series)
Molly Pearson / Violet McGonagall / Woman at Airport
– George and the Glendale Eagle Publicity Stunt (1955) … Woman at Airport (uncredited)
– No Fan Mail for George (1954) … Violet McGonagall
– Skating Pearsons Come to Visit (1952) … Molly Pearson
 
1954 Young at Heart
Wife (uncredited)
 
1954 A Star Is Born
Esther's Neighbor (uncredited)
 
1953 The Eddie Cantor Story
Patron (uncredited)
 
1953 Inferno
Waitress (uncredited)
 
1953 So This Is Love
Fat Girl with Sailor in Nightclub (uncredited)
 
1952 Thunderbirds
Mrs. Louise Braggart
 
1952 Ghost Buster (short)
Mrs. Nolan, Nurse
 
1950 My Blue Heaven
Susan, Waitress (uncredited)
 
1950 The Fuller Brush Girl
Wife Watching TV (uncredited)
 
1950 No Way Out
Woman (uncredited)
 
1950 Unmasked
Mrs. Schmidt
 
1949 The Inspector General
Buxom Villager (uncredited)
 
1949 The Crooked Way
Shooting Gallery Proprietress (uncredited)
 
1948 The Snake Pit
Patient (uncredited)
 
1947 The Millerson Case
Eadie Rookstool (uncredited)
 
1946 Terror Trail
Karen Kemp, the Louisville Lady
 
1946 The Hoodlum Saint
Dance Contestant #1 (uncredited)
 
1945 Prison Ship
Winnie De Voe (uncredited)
 
1945 The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
Annie (uncredited)
 
1945 Murder, He Says
Bonnie Fleagle
 
1945 The Naughty Nineties
Gilded Cage Hostess (uncredited)
 
1945 Trouble Chasers
Goldie
 
1945 Brewster's Millions
Cab Driver (uncredited)
 
1944 Can't Help Singing
Townswoman (uncredited)
 
1944 An American Romance
Streetwalker (uncredited)
 
1944 I Love a Soldier
Blonde (uncredited)
 
1944 Since You Went Away
Bowling Alley Pin Girl (uncredited)
 
1944 Once Upon a Time
Taxi Girl (uncredited)
 
1944 Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
Wild Rose (uncredited)
 
1944 Cover Girl
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
 
1943 Who's Hugh? (short)
Tony's Wife
 
1943 He Was Only Feudin' (short)
 
1943 So This Is Washington
Betty - Taxi Driver (uncredited)
 
1943 Let's Face It
Daisy (uncredited)
 
1943 Girls in Chains
Ruth
 
1943 Blonde and Groom (short)
Rex's Fiancée
 
1943 Aerial Gunner
Blonde at Shooting Gallery (uncredited)
 
1943 A Maid Made Mad (short)
Blonde
 
1942 Star Spangled Rhythm
Blonde Who Bruises Too Easy (uncredited)
 
1942 Sappy Pappy (short)
 
1942 Carry Harry (short)
Edith, Harry's Girl Friend
 
1942 Three Smart Saps (short)
Woman on Dance Floor (uncredited)
 
1942 One Thrilling Night
Lettie
 
1942 My Favorite Spy
Speedy (uncredited)
 
1941 Birth of the Blues
Maizie
 
1941 South of Tahiti
Julie (uncredited)
 
1941 Man at Large
Myrtle, Hotel Guest
 
1941 We Go Fast
Woman with Traffic Fine (uncredited)
 
1941 Manpower
Polly
 
1941 Three Sons o' Guns
Frances 'Francie' LaRue
 
1941 Out of the Fog
Cuban Room Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
 
1941 The Cowboy and the Blonde
Chorine in Dressing Room (uncredited)
 
1941 The Lady Eve
Lady Wrestler Type on Boat (uncredited)
 
1941 Ride, Kelly, Ride
Trudy (uncredited)
 
1941 The Dog in the Orchard (short)
Emmie
 
1940 Foreign Correspondent
Dorine
 
1940 The Return of Frank James
Nellie Blane
 
1940 Sailor's Lady
Maude
 
1940 Women in War
Millie, Irish Nurse
 
1940 Forgotten Girls
Eve Abbott
 
1940 Framed
Goldie Green
 
1940 Castle on the Hudson
Goldie
 
1939 Of Mice and Men
Second Girl (uncredited)
 
1939 The Amazing Mr. Williams
Muriel - Wedding Guest (uncredited)
 
1939 Scandal Sheet
Rena
 
1939 Three Sons
Viola
 
1939 The Women
Tough Girl (uncredited)
 
1939 Flight at Midnight
Mildred
 
1939 Colorado Sunset
Ginger Bixby
 
1939 The Magnificent Fraud
June
 
1939 Bachelor Mother
Dance-Hall Hostess (uncredited)
 
1939 They Made Me a Criminal
Budgie
 
1939 Off the Record
Flossie - Telephone Operator (uncredited)
 
1938 The Girl Downstairs
Woman at the Bar (uncredited)
 
1938 Sweethearts
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
 
1938 Strange Case of Dr. Meade
Mattie
 
1938 Army Girl
Riki Thomas
 
1938 The Chaser
Mabel the Drunken Girl (uncredited)
 
1938 The Lady in the Morgue
Kay Renshaw
 
1938 Wide Open Faces
Belle
 
1938 Hollywood Stadium Mystery
Althea Ames
 
1937 Portia on Trial
Evelyn
 
1937 The Westland Case
Agatha Hogan
 
1937 Many Unhappy Returns (short)
Cigar-Store Counter Girl
 
1937 Music for Madame
Blonde on Bus (uncredited)
 
1937 Forty Naughty Girls
Alice
 
1937 The Big Shot
Mamie
 
1937 You Can't Beat Love
May 'Bubbles' Smith
 
1937 Wrong Romance (short)
 
1937 You Can't Buy Luck
Store Clerk
 
1937 The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Blonde Saloon Lady
 
1937 Too Many Wives
Angela Brown
 
1937 Sea Devils
Spanked Blonde (uncredited)
 
1936 What Becomes of the Children?
Elsie Ford
 
1936 Winterset
Girl
 
1936 Wanted: Jane Turner
Marge Sanders - Posing as Jane Turner
 
1936 The Big Game
Lois, the Drunk's Girl (uncredited)
 
1936 Mummy's Boys
Mary Browning
 
1936 M'Liss
Clytie Morpher
 
1936 The Rogues' Tavern
Marjorie Burns
 
1936 Show Boat
New Year's Eve Cutie (uncredited)
 
1936 Taming the Wild
Hazel White
 
1936 Dog Blight (short)
Alice Morgan
 
1935 The Singing Vagabond
Honey
 
1935 The Fighting Coward
Marie's Friend (uncredited)
 
1935 Frisco Waterfront
The Blonde Stranger
 
1935 Forced Landing
Nancy 'Dusty' Rhodes
 
1935 Sagebrush Troubadour
Joan Martin
 
1935 Waterfront Lady
Gloria Vance
 
1935 Home Work (short)
 
1935 Anna Karenina
Party Girl (uncredited)
 
1935 Dante's Inferno
Drunk at Ship's Cafe (uncredited)
 
1935 Double Crossed (short)
 
1935 Let 'em Have It
Milly
 
1934 Kid Millions
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
 
1934 Our Daily Bread
Sally
 
1934 Strictly Dynamite (uncredited)
 
1934 Bottoms Up
Chorine (uncredited)
 
1934 Moulin Rouge
Show Girl (uncredited)
 
1933 Roman Scandals
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
 
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1935 The Singing Vagabond (performer: "Honeymoon Trail" 1935 - uncredited)
 
1935 Waterfront Lady (performer: "Deep Dark River", "What I Wouldn't Do")
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
1953 I Love Lucy
Party Guest
 

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Pepper and Lucille Ball met early in their careers when they were both "Goldwyn Girls" and remained lifelong friends. See more »

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