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Barbara Lawrence is a Actor American born on 24 february 1930 at Carnegie (USA)

Barbara Lawrence

Barbara Lawrence
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Birth name Barbara Jo Lawrence
Nationality USA
Birth 24 february 1930 at Carnegie (USA)
Death 13 november 2013 (at 83 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Barbara Jo Lawrence (February 24, 1930 – November 13, 2013) was an American model, actress, and real estate agent.

Biography

Barbara Lawrence mène une assez courte carrière à l'écran, participant pour le cinéma à seulement vingt-trois films américains, sortis entre 1945 et 1957. Mentionnons le film d'aventure Capitaine de Castille d'Henry King (1947, avec Tyrone Power et Jean Peters), la comédie dramatique Chaînes conjugales de Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1949, avec Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell et Ann Sothern), le film musical Oklahoma ! de Fred Zinnemann (1955, avec Gordon MacRae et Gloria Grahame), ou encore le thriller Le Salaire du diable de Jack Arnold (son avant-dernier film, 1957, avec Jeff Chandler et Orson Welles).

À la télévision, entre 1950 et 1962, Barbara Lawrence collabore à un téléfilm (1956) et vingt-et-une séries, dont la série-western Cheyenne (un épisode, 1956) et la première série policière Perry Mason (quatre épisodes, 1958-1962).

Pour cette contribution au petit écran, une étoile lui est dédiée sur le Walk of Fame d'Hollywood Boulevard.

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Barbara Lawrence (21 films)

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Actress

Man in the Shadow, 1h20
Directed by Jack Arnold
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Western
Actors Jeff Chandler, Orson Welles, Ben Alexander, Colleen Miller, Barbara Lawrence, John Larch
Roles Helen Sadler
Rating67% 3.394733.394733.394733.394733.39473
The cow town of Spurline is effectively ruled by Virgil Renchler (Welles), owner of the Golden Empire ranch.
Kronos
Kronos (1957)
, 1h18
Directed by Kurt Neumann
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction
Themes Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Giant monster films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Robot films, Disaster films
Actors Jeff Morrow, Barbara Lawrence, John Emery, George O'Hanlon, Morris Ankrum, Richard Harrison
Roles Vera Hunter
Rating57% 2.8516052.8516052.8516052.8516052.851605
A huge, blinking flying saucer that's approaching the Earth emits a glowing object. This object races ahead of it to intercept a man who's driving down a lonely road. It takes over the man's body and directs him to Central Labs, a U.S. research facility that's been tracking the saucer (supposing it to be an asteroid).
Oklahoma!
Oklahoma! (1955)
, 2h25
Directed by Fred Zinnemann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Musical, Romance, Western
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Children's films
Actors Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson, Charlotte Greenwood, Shirley Jones, Rod Steiger
Roles Gertie
Rating69% 3.497313.497313.497313.497313.49731
À la fin du XIX siècle, le territoire indien de l'Oklahoma est ouvert à la colonisation. C'est dans ce contexte que se déroule le récit qui concerne les problèmes de cœur que rencontrent les cow-boys Curly et Will avec deux demoiselles, Laurey et Annie.
Man with the Gun, 1h23
Directed by Richard Wilson
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Western
Actors Robert Mitchum, Jan Sterling, Florenz Ames, Henry Hull, Karen Sharpe, Emile Meyer
Roles Ann Wakefield
Rating66% 3.3430453.3430453.3430453.3430453.343045
Clint Tollinger arrives in town, and is recognized as the "man in grey", a gun for hire who had a reputation for cleaning up other towns. After 14 killings in a year are followed by a night shooting and the burning of a house under construction, and the town marshal tells the town council he's not sure what can be done, the council hires Tollinger as their new "town tamer". The marshal deputizes Tollinger, then tells him he is on his own. Tollinger begins by warning two known gunmen to leave town. He then begins to disarm everyone in the town. Then in an unseen confrontation he kills the two gunmen he'd previously warned to leave town.
Her Twelve Men, 1h31
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Greer Garson, Robert Ryan, Barry Sullivan, Richard Haydn, James Arness, Barbara Lawrence
Roles Barbara Dunning
Rating62% 3.1468053.1468053.1468053.1468053.146805
Although she has no teaching experience, widow Jan Stewart is hired by headmaster Dr. Barrett to be the first woman to teach at The Oaks boarding school.
Jesse James vs. the Daltons, 1h5
Directed by William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Brett King, Barbara Lawrence, James Griffith, William Phipps, Rory Mallinson, William Tannen
Roles Kate Manning
Rating49% 2.4975852.4975852.4975852.4975852.497585
Joe Branch (Brett King) rumored to be the son of outlaw Jesse James, sets out to contact the infamous Dalton Gang and to learn the truth about his legendary father.
Arena
Arena (1953)
, 1h23
Directed by Richard Fleischer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Western
Themes Sports films
Actors Gig Young, Jean Hagen, Polly Bergen, Harry Morgan, Barbara Lawrence, Robert Horton
Roles Sylvia Lorgan
Rating53% 2.6637952.6637952.6637952.6637952.663795
Hob Danvers comes to a Tucson, Arizona rodeo with Sylvia Lorgan in tow. Hob has been separated from wife Ruth for two years, and doesn't realize she intends to be at the rodeo.
The Star
The Star (1952)
, 1h29
Directed by Stuart Heisler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about films, Films about television
Actors Bette Davis, Sterling Hayden, Natalie Wood, Warner Anderson, Minor Watson, June Travis
Roles Barbara Lawrence
Rating69% 3.4986153.4986153.4986153.4986153.498615
Oscar Award winning star Margaret "Maggie" Elliot (Bette Davis) is a bankrupt actress unwilling to accept her new non-wealthy reality. She is in denial, and confident she can build herself up again and somehow fix her career. After she gets another big deception striving to get that last one good role, she gets drunk, is arrested for DUI, and spends a night in jail. She is bailed out by Jim Johannsen (Sterling Hayden), a young former actor whom she helped in the past. Jim loves her and, helped by Margaret’s daughter Gretchen (Natalie Wood), tries to make Margaret see that her big screen days as a famous actress are already over. She manages to get a screen test for a role in a film she’d always wanted to play. She is offered a screen test for a supporting role which she accepts, trusting that if she plays that character as a sexy young woman she might be able to get the best part, but it does not work out.
Two Tickets to Broadway, 1h46
Directed by James V. Kern, Fred Fleck
Origin USA
Genres Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Tony Martin, Janet Leigh, Gloria DeHaven, Eddie Bracken, Ann Miller, Barbara Lawrence
Roles S.F. (Foxy) Rogers
Rating55% 2.752032.752032.752032.752032.75203
Frustrated singers Hannah Holbrook, Joyce Campbell and S. F. "Foxy" Rogers return dejectedly to New York on a bus, their out-of-town engagement in Vermont, arranged by small-time promoter Lew Conway, having been a huge flop.
A Letter to Three Wives, 1h38
Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Kirk Douglas, Hobart Cavanaugh, Paul Douglas
Roles Georgiana 'Babe' Finney
Rating76% 3.845073.845073.845073.845073.84507
Just as they are about to take a group of underprivileged children on a riverboat ride and picnic, Deborah Bishop (Jeanne Crain), Rita Phipps (Ann Sothern), and Lora Mae Hollingsway (Linda Darnell) receive a message from Addie Ross informing them that she has run off with one of their husbands. She, however, leaves them in suspense as to which one. All three marriages are shown in flashback to be strained.
Mother Is a Freshman, 1h21
Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Loretta Young, Van Johnson, Debra Paget, Rudy Vallée, Barbara Lawrence, Robert Arthur
Roles Louise Sharpe
Rating61% 3.0985453.0985453.0985453.0985453.098545
Abby Abbot (Loretta Young) lives in New York City together with her teenage daughter Susan (Betty Lynn). They support themselves with money from a trust fund started by her late husband. An attorney by the name John Heaslip (v) handles the placement of the money, and he sees to it that payment is made every three years. He is also romantically interested in Abby, but she has rejected hs proposals to marry her consistently. Since Abby has already spent all her money from the current lump sum, John informs her that she will have to wait another year for the next payment.
Thieves' Highway, 1h34
Directed by Jules Dassin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Trucker films, Road movies, Children's films
Actors Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese, Lee J. Cobb, Barbara Lawrence, Jack Oakie, Millard Mitchell
Roles Polly Faber
Rating74% 3.7461853.7461853.7461853.7461853.746185
A war-veteran-turned-truck driver Nico "Nick" Garcos (Richard Conte) arrives at home to find that his foreign-born father, a fruit farmer, has lost his legs and was forced to sell his truck. He learns that his father was crippled at the hands of an unscrupulous produce dealer in San Francisco, Mike Figlia (Lee J. Cobb). Garcos vows revenge.