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Barbara Rush | |
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![]() Rush as part of the Peyton Place cast, 1968–1969 | |
Born | Denver, Colorado, U.S. | January 4, 1927
Died | March 31, 2024 | (aged 97)
Education | University of California, Santa Barbara (1948) |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1950–2007, 2017 |
Spouses | Jim Gruzalski
(m. 1970; div. 1973) |
Children | 2, including Claudia Cowan |
Relatives | Carolyn Hennesy (niece) |
Awards | 1954 Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Female 1970 Sarah Siddons Award |
Barbara Rush (January 4, 1927 – March 31, 2024) was an American actress. In 1954, Rush won the Golden Globe Award as the most promising female newcomer for her role in the 1953 American science-fiction film It Came from Outer Space.[1] Later in her career, Rush became a regular performer in the television series Peyton Place, and appeared in TV movies, miniseries, and a variety of other programs, including the soap opera All My Children and family drama 7th Heaven, as well as starring in films, including The Young Philadelphians, The Young Lions, Robin and the 7 Hoods, and Hombre.