Barbara Rush, the esteemed actress, has passed away at the age of 97. Claudia Cowan, her daughter and senior correspondent at Fox News Channel, confirmed the news of her mother’s demise to Fox News Digital. “My dear mother peacefully departed…,” Claudia Cowan revealed recently. “It’s poignant that she chose to leave on Easter, a holiday she cherished dearly. Now, Easter will hold an even deeper meaning for me and my family,” she further expressed.
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Golden Globe Winner Barbara Rush: From Sci-Fi Sensation to Hollywood Icon
Barbara Rush won a Golden Globe for the most promising newcomer in It Came From Outer Space and went on to appear in Peyton Place and many other movies and TV shows. Barbara Rush gained further prominence after starring in the critically acclaimed 1956 drama Bigger Than Life opposite James Mason. In 1956, Barbara Rush played socialite Margaret Freemantle, the love interest of American soldier Michael Whiteacre (Dean Martin) in the World War II drama The Young Lions, which also starred Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift.
The actress, who became known for playing high-society women, portrayed heiress Joan Dickenson opposite Paul Newman in the 1959 legal drama The Young Philadelphians. She and Newman starred together again in the 1967 Western movie Hombre. Barbara Rush played the mob boss’s vengeful daughter Marian in the 1964 musical Robin and the 7 Hoods, which also starred Martin, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. and Bing Crosby.
Barbara : Television Icon’s Lasting Legacy
She also made appearances on the television shows The Fugitive, Outer Limits, The New Dick Van Dyke Show, The Bionic Woman, Fantasy Island, The Love Boat, Flamingo Road, Knight Rider, Night Gallery, Magnum, P.I., Murder, She Wrote and Hearts Are Wild. Barbara Rush’s last regular television role was playing Granma Ruth Camden in the hit teen series 7th Heaven in 2007. Her final film performance was in the 2017 Bleeding Hearts: The Arteries of Glenda Bryant.
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