Barbara Britton (born Barbara Maurine Brantingham; September 26, 1919 – January 17, 1980) was an American film and television actress. She is best known for her Western film roles opposite Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, and Gene Autry and for her two-year tenure as inquisitive amateur sleuth Pam North on the television and radio series Mr. and Mrs. North. In 1941, while appearing in a Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, a photo of Britton was used on the front page of a local newspaper. A talent scout took notice, and she was soon signed to a Paramount Pictures contract. (Another source says that a talent scout spotted her as the lead in the production of The Old Maid at her college, and "three weeks later she was signed by Paramount Pictures as a stock player.") That same year, she appeared in her first two films: the William Boyd Western Secrets of the Wasteland and Louisiana Purchase starring Bob Hope. Her first major film appearance was in a small role in the John Wayne film Reap the Wild Wind (1942). During the 1940s Britton starred in three films for which she is most recognized today, two of which co-starred Randolph Scott. The first was the 1945 film Captain Kidd with Scott, followed by The Virginian in 1946 opposite Joel McCrea. The third was the 1947 Randolph Scott film Gunfighters. She teamed with Scott again in the 1948 Western Albuquerque, and that same year she starred opposite Gene Autry in Loaded Pistols. In total, she starred or appeared in 26 films during that decade. Britton starred in the 1950s television show Mr. and Mrs. North, a Thin Man-like mystery show, with Richard Denning and Francis De Sales. She was probably best known for being the spokesperson for Revlon products in the 1950s and 1960s, appearing in advertisements and commercials that included live spots on The $64,000 Question. She also portrayed Laura Petrie in Carl Reiner's Head of the Family, the 1959 pilot for the later Dick Van Dyke Show. One of Britton's last roles was on the daytime television soap opera One Life to Live in 1979.

Фільмографія

• 2015Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration — Laura Petrie / Pilot-Head of the Family (archive footage)
• 1990Caroline? — Hilary
• 1967Mounted Bandits — US diplomat daughter Teresa
• A Date With Life
• 1955Ain't Misbehavin' — Pat Beaton
• 1955Night Freight — Wanda
• The $64,000 Question — Assistant
• 1955The Spoilers — Helen Chester
• Climax! — Duana Clarke
• 1954Dragonfly Squadron — Donna Cottrell
• 1952Bwana Devil — Alice Hayward
• Mr. & Mrs. North — Pamela North
• 1952Ride the Man Down — Lottie Priest
• 1952The Raiders — Elizabeth Ainsworth
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars — Pamela
• 1950Champagne for Caesar — Gwenn Bottomley
• Lux Video Theatre — Hilda
• Robert Montgomery Presents — Liz
• 1950The Bandit Queen — Zarra Montalvo, alias Lola Belmont
• 1949Cover Up — Anita Weatherby
• 1949I Shot Jesse James — Cynthy Waters
• Lights Out
• 1948Albuquerque — Letty Tayler
• 1948Loaded Pistols — Mary Evans
• 1948Mr. Reckless — Betty Denton
• 1948The Untamed Breed — Cherry Lucas
• 1947Gunfighters — Bess Banner
• 1946The Fabulous Suzanne — Suzanne
• 1946The Return of Monte Cristo — Angela Picard
• 1946The Virginian — Molly Wood
• 1946They Made Me a Killer — June Reynolds
• 1945Captain Kidd — Lady Anne Dunstan
• 1945The Great John L. — Kathy Harkness
• 1944The Story of Dr. Wassell — Ruth
• 1944Till We Meet Again — Sister Clothilde aka Louise Dupree
• 1943Freedom Comes High
• 1943So Proudly We Hail — Lt. Rosemary Larson
• 1943The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith — Grace
• 1943Young and Willing — Marge Benson Dennison
• 1942Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch — Lucy Olcott
• 1942Reap the Wild Wind — Charleston Lady #1
• 1942The Fleet's In — Eileen Wright
• 1942Wake Island — Sally Cameron (uncredited)
• 1941Louisiana Purchase — Louisiana Belle
• 1941Secret of the Wastelands — Jennifer Kendall
• Showboat Serenade — Judy

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• The Big Party — Self, Self – Hostess
• The George Gobel Show — Self