Barbara Britton

Personal Info

Birthday

September 26, 1920

Day of Death

1980-01-17

(59 years old)

Place of Birth

Long Beach, California, USA

Also Known As

Barbara Maurine Brantingham

Barbara Britton

Biography

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.

Known For

Robert Montgomery Presents

Climax!

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith

Lux Video Theatre

The Spoilers

Dragonfly Squadron

Loaded Pistols

Filmography

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