---
name: "Barbara Brown"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/barbara-brown-91654"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 October 1901"
died: "7 July 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T02:04:39.992732+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Barbara Brown

Actor. Born 18 October 1901 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Died 7 July 1975.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 October 1901, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Died:** 7 July 1975
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 83 (1), 1950s 76 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Brown_(actress), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20810547, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0113072/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/91654

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Born Yesterday*](https://film.one/film/born-yesterday.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Barbara Brown (18 October 1901 – 7 July 1975) was an American actress. Born in Los Angeles, California, she appeared in supporting roles in numerous Hollywood films of the 1940s and 1950s, often portraying matriarchs or society women.

Her credits include *You Were Never Lovelier* (1942) as Delfina Acuña, an uncredited role in *Mildred Pierce* (1945), *The Beast with Five Fingers* (1947) as Mrs. Miller, *Born Yesterday* (1950) as Mrs. Hedges, and *Jack and the Beanstalk* (1952) as Mrs. Strong. She also featured in several *Ma and Pa Kettle* comedies.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *Born Yesterday* (1950), Fi1m 76, as Mrs. Hedges — [page](https://film.one/film/born-yesterday.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Mildred Pierce* (1945), Fi1m 83, as Mrs. Forrester (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/mildred-pierce-1945.md)

## Complete filmography (59)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Red, White, and Black* (1970), as Officer's Wife
- *Sincerely Yours* (1955), as Mrs. Cosgrove (uncredited)
- *My Sister Eileen* (1955), as Helen's Mother
- *An Annapolis Story* (1955), as Mrs. Scott
- *Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation* (1952), as Elizabeth Parker
- *You for Me* (1952), as Edna McDermad
- *The Brigand* (1952), as Baroness Isabella
- *Jack and the Beanstalk* (1952), as Mrs. Strong
- *The Lady and the Bandit* (1951), as Lady Greene
- *Father Takes the Air* (1951), as Mrs. Edna Latham
- *Home Town Story* (1951), as Mrs. Washburn
- *Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm* (1951), as Elizabeth Parker
- *Born Yesterday* (1950), as Mrs. Hedges — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/born-yesterday.md)
- *Father's Wild Game* (1950), as Mrs. Edna Latham
- *Father Makes Good* (1950), as Edna Latham
- *Yes Sir, That's My Baby* (1949), as Professor Boland
- *Leave It to Henry* (1949), as Mrs. Latham
- *Henry, the Rainmaker* (1949), as Mrs. Latham
- *Miss Mink of 1949* (1949), as Mrs. Marshall
- *Wallflower* (1948), as Mrs. Linnett
- *Arthur Takes Over* (1948), as Fiora Bixby
- *That Hagen Girl* (1947), as Lorna Gateley
- *Love and Learn* (1947), as Victoria Wyngate
- *High Barbaree* (1947), as Della Parkson
- *That Way with Women* (1947), as Minerva Alden
- *The Beast with Five Fingers* (1947), as Mrs. Miller
- *The Man I Love* (1946), as Barbara (uncredited)
- *White Tie and Tails* (1946), as Mrs. Latimer
- *Personality Kid* (1946), as Mrs. Roberts
- *Janie Gets Married* (1946), as Thelma Van Brunt
- *Frontier Days* (1945), as Mrs. Stone (uncredited)
- *Too Young to Know* (1945), as Mrs. Wellman
- *Mildred Pierce* (1945), as Mrs. Forrester (uncredited) — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/mildred-pierce-1945.md)
- *Pillow to Post* (1945), as Mrs. Kate Otley
- *Law of the Badlands* (1945), Actor
- *Hollywood Canteen* (1944), as Mrs. Brodel (uncredited)
- *The Doughgirls* (1944), as Elizabeth Brush Cartwright
- *Janie* (1944), as Thelma Lawrence
- *Hey, Rookie* (1944), as Mrs. Clark
- *The Ghost That Walks Alone* (1944), as Milly Westover
- *Wedtime Stories* (1943), as Mrs. Leon Errol Sr.
- *The Falcon and the Co-Eds* (1943), as Miss Keyes
- *Top Man* (1943), as Mrs. Martha Fairchild
- *Good Luck, Mr. Yates* (1943), as Lucille Cosgrove
- *Mission to Moscow* (1943), as Well-Wisher at Train (uncredited)
- *She Has What It Takes* (1943), as Mrs. Walters
- *No Place for a Lady* (1943), as Miss Foster, tire warehouse clerk
- *Reveille with Beverly* (1943), as Mrs. Beverly Ross (uncredited)
- *You Were Never Lovelier* (1942), as Delfina Acuña
- *Laugh Your Blues Away* (1942), as Mrs. Hargrave
- *Parachute Nurse* (1942), as Mrs. Jordan
- *There's One Born Every Minute* (1942), as Club Woman
- *Meet the Stewarts* (1942), as Frantic Tenant (uncredited)
- *The Wife Takes a Flyer* (1942), as Maria Woverman
- *Hello, Annapolis* (1942), as Mrs. Nolan
- *Melody Lane* (1941), as Mrs. Stuart
- *Three Girls About Town* (1941), as Clubwoman
- *Our Wife* (1941), as Shipboard Passenger (uncredited)
- *The Cheat* (1931), as (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![Barbara Brown](https://film.one/media/person/1235164/gallery-e7e1ae849058.jpg) Barbara Brown — University of Washington, Digital Collections (J. Willis Sayre), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Barbara_Brown_%281922%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Fred Astaire & Barbara Brown in You Were Never Lovelier - trailer (cropped screenshot) (1942)](https://film.one/media/person/1235164/gallery-275dfe3d44ad.jpg) Fred Astaire & Barbara Brown in You Were Never Lovelier - trailer (cropped screenshot) (1942) — Film trailer screenshot (Columbia Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Fred_Astaire-Barbara_Brown_in_You_Were_Never_Lovelier.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Fay Roope & Barbara Brown in the TV series Mr. and Mrs. Brown, episode House Behind the Wall (cropped screenshot) (1953)](https://film.one/media/person/1235164/gallery-b6811ec689c5.jpg) Fay Roope & Barbara Brown in the TV series Mr. and Mrs. Brown, episode House Behind the Wall (cropped screenshot) (1953) — TV episode screenshot (CBS), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Fay_Roope-Barbara_Brown_in_Mr._and_Mrs._North.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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