Born 1930 in Carnegie, Oklahoma, American actress and model Barbara Lawrence began her career as a child photographer’s model. She appeared in Billy Rose’s Diamond Horseshoe (1945), her first film, as a night-club patron. A year later, she made a strong impression in Margie, in which she played outgoing flapper Marybelle. She was featured in the swashbuckler Captain from Castile (1947) with Tyrone Power.
Upon moving to MGM, Lawrence appeared with Gig Young in the 3D movie Arena (1953) and in Her Twelve Men (with Greer Garson). She played the role of Gertie Cummings in the film version of Oklahoma!. She starred in Man with the Gun (1955) that year. In 1956, she appeared as Lola McQuilan in the western TV series Cheyenne in the episode titled “The Last Train West.”
From 1958 to 1962, Lawrence made four guest appearances on the CBS-TV series Perry Mason. In 1958, she played Ellen Waring in “The Half-Wakened Wife” and Gloria Barton in “The Case of the Jilted Jockey.” In 1961, she played Lori Stoner in “The Case of the Envious Editor”, and in 1962, she played Agnes Theilman in “The Case of the Shapely Shadow”.
Lawrence died of kidney failure in 2013, aged 83, in Los Angeles, California. She has a star at 1735 Vine Street in the television section of the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It was dedicated on February 8, 1960. Take a look at these fabulous photos to see portraits of young Barbara Lawrence in the 1940s and 1950s.
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