---
name: "Barbara Rush"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/barbara-rush"
fi1m_id: "barbara-rush"
imdb_id: "nm0750640"
tmdb_id: 74542
wikidata_id: "Q441705"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 January 1927"
died: "31 March 2024"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T07:45:02.375109+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 Rush

## Identity

Barbara Rush

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/barbara-rush
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** barbara-rush
- **IMDb ID:** nm0750640
- **TMDB ID:** 74542
- **Wikidata ID:** Q441705
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Rush, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q441705, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0750640/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/74542

Actor. Born 4 January 1927 in Denver, Colorado, USA. Died 31 March 2024.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 January 1927, Denver, Colorado, USA
- **Died:** 31 March 2024
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Rush, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q441705, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0750640/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/74542

## Biography

Barbara Rush (4 January 1927 – 31 March 2024) was an American actress. She was born in Denver, Colorado, and graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1948 before training at the Pasadena Playhouse. She made her screen debut in the 1950 film *The Goldbergs* and received the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Female in 1954 for her role in *It Came from Outer Space* (1953).

Rush appeared in numerous films of the 1950s and 1960s, including *When Worlds Collide* (1951), *Bigger Than Life* (1956) as Lou Avery, *The Young Lions* (1958), *The Young Philadelphians* (1959), *Robin and the 7 Hoods* (1964) and *Hombre* (1967). She later worked extensively in television, with regular roles in *Peyton Place* and *7th Heaven*, and guest appearances in series such as *Knight Rider*, *Batman*, *Murder, She Wrote* and *Magnum, P.I.*.

Rush also maintained a stage career and received the Sarah Siddons Award in 1970 for her performance in *Forty Carats*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Bigger Than Life* (1956), Fi1m 85, as Lou Avery — [page](https://film.one/film/bigger-than-life.md)

## Complete filmography (98)

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

- *Relativity* (1996), series, as Helen Lukens
- *7th Heaven* (1996), series, as Ruth Camden
- *Widow's Kiss* (1996), as Edith Fitzpatrick
- *Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey* (1995), as Helen Fields (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *The Outer Limits* (1995), series, as Barbara Matheson
- *Burke's Law* (1994), series, as Marion Darrow
- *Web of Deceit* (1990), as Judith Hale
- *Paradise* (1988), series, as Patricia Forrester
- *Scene of the Crime* (1985), series, as Bettina Reynolds
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Eva Taylor
- *Finder of Lost Loves* (1984), series, as Marion Owens Norris
- *Masquerade* (1983), series, Actor
- *Knight Rider* (1982), series, as Elizabeth Knight
- *Matt Houston* (1982), series, as Lady Celeste Abercrombie
- *Hotel* (1982), series, as Nell Korsak
- *Summer Lovers* (1982), as Jean Featherstone
- *Flamingo Road* (1981), series, as Eudora Flowers
- *Magnum, P.I.* (1980), series, as Ann Carrington, Phoebe Sullivan
- *The Night the Bridge Fell Down* (1980), as Elaine Howard
- *Can't Stop the Music* (1980), as Norma White
- *Flamingo Road* (1980), as Eudora Weldon
- *Death Car on the Freeway* (1979), as Rosemary
- *The Seekers* (1979), series, as Peggy Kent
- *The Eddie Capra Mysteries* (1978), series, Actor
- *Fantasy Island* (1978), series, as Professor Smith-Myles
- *Portrait of Grandpa Doc* (1977), as Bruce's Mother
- *The Love Boat* (1977), series, as Eleanor Gardiner, Eleanor Gardner
- *The Bionic Woman* (1976), series, Actor
- *Ellery Queen* (1975), series, as Claire Mallory, Emma Zelman
- *The Last Day* (1975), as Betty Spence
- *Superdad* (1973), as Sue McCready
- *Peege* (1973), Actor
- *Police Story* (1973), series, Actor
- *Crime Club* (1973), as Denise London
- *Moon of the Wolf* (1972), as Louise Rodanthe
- *The Streets of San Francisco* (1972), series, as Anna Slovatzka Marshall
- *Maude* (1972), series, Actor
- *The Man* (1972), as Kay Eaton
- *The Eyes of Charles Sand* (1972), as Katharine Winslow
- *Cutter* (1972), as Linda
- *Suddenly Single* (1971), as Evelyn Baxter
- *The New Dick Van Dyke Show* (1971), series, as Margot Brighton
- *Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law* (1971), series, as Louise Carpenter
- *Cannon* (1971), series, Actor
- *Night Gallery* (1970), series, as Agatha Howard
- *McCloud* (1970), series, Actor
- *Love, American Style* (1969), series, as Carol
- *Medical Center* (1969), series, as Claire, Pauline, Nora Caldwell
- *Marcus Welby, M.D.* (1969), series, as Nadine Cabot, Dorothy Carpenter
- *Strategy of Terror* (1969), as Karen Lownes
- *The Mod Squad* (1968), series, as Mrs. Hamilton
- *Mannix* (1967), series, as Celia Bell, Rebekah Bigelow
- *Custer* (1967), series, Actor
- *Ironside* (1967), series, as Mme. Jabez, Lorraine Simms
- *Hombre* (1967), as Audra Favor
- *Batman* (1966), series, as Nora Clavicle
- *Convoy* (1965), series, as Alice Bell
- *Laredo* (1965), series, Actor
- *Peyton Place* (1964), series, as Marsha Russell
- *Robin and the 7 Hoods* (1964), as Marian
- *The Unknown* (1964), as Leonora Edmond
- *Kraft Suspense Theatre* (1963), series, as Karen Lownes
- *The Fugitive* (1963), series, as Marie Lindsey Gerard — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)
- *The Outer Limits* (1963), series, as Leonora Edmond
- *Come Blow Your Horn* (1963), as Connie
- *The Eleventh Hour* (1962), series, as Linda Kincaid
- *Saints and Sinners* (1962), series, as Lizzie Hogan
- *Ben Casey* (1961), series, as Eileen Pryor
- *Dr. Kildare* (1961), series, as Madge Bannion
- *Strangers When We Meet* (1960), as Eve Coe
- *The Bramble Bush* (1960), as Margaret 'Mar' McFie
- *What Makes Sammy Run?* (1959), as Kit Sargent
- *The Young Philadelphians* (1959), as Joan Dickinson
- *Harry Black and the Tiger* (1958), as Christian Tanner
- *The Young Lions* (1958), as Margaret Freemantle
- *The Troublemakers* (1957), as Clara Gerrity
- *No Down Payment* (1957), as Betty Kreitzer
- *Suspicion* (1957), series, as Eleanor Thomason
- *Oh, Men! Oh, Women!* (1957), as Myra Hagerman
- *Bigger Than Life* (1956), as Lou Avery — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/bigger-than-life.md)
- *Flight to Hong Kong* (1956), as Pamela Vincent
- *Playhouse 90* (1956), series, as Liz
- *World in My Corner* (1956), as Dorothy Mallison
- *Kiss of Fire* (1955), as Princess Lucia
- *Captain Lightfoot* (1955), as Aga Doherty
- *The Black Shield of Falworth* (1954), as Meg Falworth
- *Magnificent Obsession* (1954), as Joyce Phillips
- *Taza, Son of Cochise* (1954), as Oona
- *It Came from Outer Space* (1953), as Ellen Fields
- *Prince of Pirates* (1953), as Countess Nita Orde
- *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Alice Lockman
- *Flaming Feather* (1952), as Nora Logan
- *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, Actor
- *When Worlds Collide* (1951), as Joyce Hendron
- *The First Legion* (1951), as Terry Gilmartin
- *Quebec* (1951), as Madelon
- *The Goldbergs* (1950), as Debby Sherman
- *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Joyce Gavin, Cathy, Ruth, Charlotte

## Gallery

- ![Barbara Rush](https://film.one/media/person/3874660/gallery-af59f8910a4c.jpg) Barbara Rush — ABC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Barbara_Rush.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photo of actress Barbara Rush from an appearance on the television program Maude. (1972)](https://film.one/media/person/3874660/gallery-97139bd78149.jpg) Photo of actress Barbara Rush from an appearance on the television program Maude. (1972) — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Barbara_Rush_1972.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![This image is a screenshot from a public domain trailer for the 1954 film, en:Taza, Son of Cochise. Trailers for movies released before 1964 are in the Public D](https://film.one/media/person/3874660/gallery-d238acd2f6fa.jpg) This image is a screenshot from a public domain trailer for the 1954 film, en:Taza, Son of Cochise. Trailers for movies released before 1964 are in the Public D — Screenshot by Wayne77, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Taza%2C_Son_of_Cochise_4.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Barbara Rush](https://film.one/media/person/3874660/gallery-bcfe1d5c8f92.jpg) Barbara Rush — Image via TMDB
- ![Barbara Rush](https://film.one/media/person/3874660/gallery-0914fde83ee6.jpg) Barbara Rush — Image via TMDB
- ![Barbara Rush](https://film.one/media/person/3874660/gallery-831bc31f735f.jpg) Barbara Rush — Image via TMDB
- ![Barbara Rush](https://film.one/media/person/3874660/gallery-88702623b935.jpg) Barbara Rush — Image via TMDB
- ![Barbara Rush](https://film.one/media/person/3874660/gallery-0bb0745c0f8b.jpg) Barbara Rush — Image via TMDB

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