Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
9/26/1920
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. A talent scout took notice, and she was soon signed to a Paramount Pictures contract. (Another source says t...
Known For
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Lucy Olcott
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
as Grace
The Fleet's In
as Eileen Wright
The Spoilers
as Helen Chester
Till We Meet Again
as Sister Clothilde aka Louise Dupree
The Raiders
as Elizabeth Ainsworth
The Return of Monte Cristo
as Angela Picard
Dragonfly Squadron
as Donna Cottrell
Loaded Pistols
as Mary Evans
The Great John L.
as Kathy Harkness
Reap the Wild Wind
as Charleston Lady #1
Louisiana Purchase
as Louisiana Belle
Ride the Man Down
as Lottie Priest
Bwana Devil
as Alice Hayward
Caroline?
as Hilary
Wake Island
as Sally Cameron (uncredited)
The Virginian
as Molly Wood
Young and Willing
as Marge Benson Dennison
Gunfighters
as Bess Banner
The Fabulous Suzanne
as Suzanne