Barbara Rush

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Barbara Rush
Rush as part of the Peyton Place cast, 1968–1969
Born	(1927-01-04)January 4, 1927 Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Died	March 31, 2024(2024-03-31) (aged 97) Westlake Village, California, U.S.
Education	University of California, Santa Barbara (1948)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1950–2007, 2017
Spouses	Jeffrey Hunter ​ ​ (m. 1950; div. 1955)​ Warren Cowan ​ ​ (m. 1959; div. 1969)​ 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.