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Barbara Stuart

Barbara Stuart
Barbara Stuart 1968.jpg
Stuart in 1968.
Born Barbara Ann McNeese
(1930-01-03)January 3, 1930
Paris, Illinois, U.S.
Died May 15, 2011(2011-05-15) (aged 81)
St. George, Utah, U.S.
Alma mater Schuster-Martin School of Drama
Occupation Actress
Years active 1954–2006
Spouse(s) Richard Gautier (m. 1967-1979; divorced)

Barbara Ann Stuart (née McNeese; January 3, 1930 – May 15, 2011) was an American actress.

Stuart was born Barbara Ann McNeese in Paris, the seat of Edgar County in eastern Illinois. She attended the Schuster-Martin School of Drama in Cincinnati, Ohio, which was founded by an aunt of the actor Tyrone Power. Thereafter she studied in New York City under Stella Adler, having modeled to pay for her acting lessons. She was invited to join the national tour of Zero Mostel's Lunatics and Lovers. Her first television role was as Bessie, the secretary, on the 1955 syndicated series The Great Gildersleeve, starring Willard Waterman and based on the Fibber McGee and Molly radio program.

She guest starred in numerous television series, including two Rod Cameron syndicated crime dramas, State Trooper and COronado 9. She appeared in three episodes of the television crime drama Peter Gunn. She appeared as Mrs. Bugsy McKenna in the episode "Bugsy" of the CBS crime drama Mr. Lucky, with John Vivyan, who had also appeared on The Lawless Years.

Stuart portrayed "Miss Bunny", the girlfriend of Sergeant Vincent Carter, played by Frank Sutton, on three seasons of CBS's Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.


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