Barbara Pepper
Actor/Actriz
93
Filmes
24
Séries
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Barbara Pepper (born Marion B. Pepper; May 31, 1915 – July 18, 1969) was an American stage, television, radio, and film actress. She is best known as the first "Doris Ziffel" on the sitcom Green Acres. Pepper was born in New York City, the daughter of actor David Mitchell "Dave" Pepper, and his wife, Harrietta S. Pepper. At age 16 she started life in show business with Goldwyn Girls, a musical stock company where she met lifelong friend Lucille Ball.
Pepper began making movies. Among her later film parts were small roles in My Fair Lady and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. She also performed radio parts. In 1943, she married actor Craig Reynolds (né Harold Hugh Enfield), and the couple later had two sons. After Reynolds died in 1949 in a California motorcycle accident, Pepper was left to raise their children alone. She never remarried.
After gaining weight, her roles were mostly confined to small character parts on television, including several appearances on I Love Lucy, The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, Petticoat Junction, and The Jack Benny Program. She made four appearances on Perry Mason, including the role of Martha Dale, mother of the title character, in the 1957 episode "The Case of the Vagabond Vixen".
A long-time friend of Lucille Ball, Barbara was considered for the role of Ethel Mertz on "I Love Lucy," but was passed over due to the fact that she was reportedly a drinker. William Frawley ("Fred Mertz") was, likewise, reportedly, a drinker and was already cast. It was felt that having two drinkers in the cast might eventually cause difficulties so they auditioned and found Vivian Vance to play Ethel instead.
She may be best remembered as the first Doris Ziffel on Petticoat Junction in 1964, although her character's name on the "Genghis Keane" episode of Petticoat Junction was Ruth Ziffel. Her role as Doris Ziffel continued on Green Acres from 1965 to 1968, until heart ailments finally forced her to leave that weekly series. Veteran actress Fran Ryan replaced her on Green Acres, which would continue to run for another three years. Her final performance was in the 1969 film Hook, Line & Sinker, in which she played Jerry Lewis's secretary.
Como Ator/Atriz
Perry Mason
Martha Dale
El fugitivo
Matty
Wagon Train
Mrs. Maybelle Gifford
Have Gun, Will Travel
Petticoat Junction
Ruth Ziffel
The Untouchables
Mrs. Littlesmith
My Three Sons
Studio One
Ellie
Yo Amo a Lucy
Nurse
Green Acres
Doris Ziffel
Daniel Boone
Mrs. Shanks
Burke's Law
Cleaning Woman
Father Knows Best
Shopper
Tales of Wells Fargo
Boxcar Annie
The Millionaire
Fat Woman
Mister Ed
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Mrs. Brody
The Texan
Laredo
M Squad
Landlady
Shirley Temple's Storybook
First Choir Lady
Mayberry R.F.D.
Emma
The Walter Winchell File
Foreign Correspondent
Dorine
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Miss Buell
The Women
Tough Girl (uncredited)
Nace una estrella
Esther's Neighbor (uncredited)
Bachelor Mother
Dance-Hall Hostess (uncredited)
Lady Eve
Lady Wrestler Type on Ship (uncredited)
The Music Man
Mrs. Hawkes