Barbara Rush

Barbara Rush
Rush as part of the Peyton Place cast, 1968–1969
Born(1927-01-04)January 4, 1927
DiedMarch 31, 2024(2024-03-31) (aged 97)
EducationUniversity of California, Santa Barbara (1948)
OccupationActress
Years active1950–2007, 2017
Spouses
(m. 1950; div. 1955)
(m. 1959; div. 1969)
Jim Gruzalski
(m. 1970; div. 1973)
Children2, including Claudia Cowan
RelativesCarolyn Hennesy (niece)
Awards1954 Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Female
1970 Sarah Siddons Award

Barbara Rush (January 4, 1927 – March 31, 2024) was an American actress of stage, screen, and television. In 1954, she won the Golden Globe Award for 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 the family drama 7th Heaven, as well as starring in films such as The Young Philadelphians, The Young Lions, Robin and the 7 Hoods, and Hombre.

  1. ^ Warren 1982, pp. 151–63.