Biography
Date of Birth
20 July 1938, San Francisco, California, USA
Date of Death
29 November 1981, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA (drowning)
Birth Name
Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko
Nickname Natalia Natasha
Height
5' (1.52 m)
Spouse
Robert Wagner (16 July 1972 - 29 November 1981) (remarried) (her death); 1 child
Richard Gregson (30 May 1969 - 1 April 1972) (divorced) 1 child
Robert Wagner (28 December 1957 - 27 April 1962) (divorced)
Facts:
-Her real name was Natasha Gurdin, and she was born in San Francisco on Wednesday, July 20th, 1938, to Russian émigrés Maria and Nicholas Zakharenko.
-Wood, then seven years old, got the part and played a German orphan opposite Orson Welles and Claudette Colbert in Tomorrow Is Forever. Welles later said that Wood was a born professional, "so good, she was terrifying." After Wood acted in another film directed by Pichel, her mother signed her up with 20th Century Fox studio for her first major role, the 1947 Christmas classic Miracle on 34th Street; the film made her one of the top child stars in Hollywood. Within a few months after the film's release, Wood was so popular that Macy's invited her to appear in the store's annual Thanksgiving Day parade.
-Because she was a minor, Wood's formal education took place on the studio lots wherever she was contracted. California law required that until age 18, actors had to spend at least three hours per day in the classroom, notes Harris. "She was a straight A student," and one of the few child actors to excel at arithmetic. Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who directed her in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), said that "In all my years in the business, I never met a smarter moppet." Wood remembered that period in her life:
I always felt guilty when I knew the crew was sitting around waiting for me to finish my three hours. As soon as the teacher let us go, I ran to the set as fast as I could.
-Wood successfully made the transition from child star to ingenue at age 16 when she co-starred with James Dean and Sal Mineo in Rebel Without a Cause, Nicholas Ray's film about teenage rebellion. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She followed this with a small but crucial role in John Ford's western The Searchers which starred John Wayne and also featured Wood's sister, Lana, who played a younger version of her character in the film's earlier scenes.
-Wood's characters in Rebel Without a Cause, The Searchers and Marjorie Morningstar began to show her range of acting style widening considerably, observes Tibbetts.[3] Her former "childlike sweetness" was now being combined with a noticeable "restlessness that was characteristic of the youth of the 1950s." After Wood appeared in the box office flop All the Fine Young Cannibals, her career was salvaged by her casting in director Elia Kazan's Splendor in the Grass (1961) opposite Warren Beatty, which earned Wood Best Actress Nominations at the Academy Awards, Golden Globes and BAFTA Awards.
-In 1961 Wood played Maria in the Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise musical West Side Story which was a major box office and critical success.
-Although many of Wood's films were commercially profitable, her acting was criticized at times. In 1966 she won the Harvard Lampoon Worst Actress of the Year Award. She was the first performer in the award's history to accept it in person and the Harvard Crimson wrote she was "quite a good sport." Conversely, director Sydney Pollack said, "When she was right for the part, there was no one better. She was a damn good actress." Other notable films she starred in were Inside Daisy Clover (1965) and This Property Is Condemned (1966), both of which co-starred Robert Redford and brought subsequent Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress. In both films, which were set during the Great Depression, Wood played small-town teens with big dreams. After the release of the films, Wood suffered emotionally and sought professional therapy.
-After becoming pregnant with her first child, Natasha Gregson, in 1970, Wood went into semi-retirement and acted in only four more theatrical films during the remainder of her life. She made a very brief cameo appearance as herself in The Candidate (1972), reuniting her for a third time with Robert Redford. She also reunited on the screen with Robert Wagner in the television movie of the week The Affair (1973) and with Sir Laurence Olivier and husband Wagner in an adaptation of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1976) broadcast as a special by NBC. She made cameo appearances on Wagner's prime-time detective series Switch in 1978 as "Bubble Bath Girl" and Hart to Hart in 1979 as "Movie Star." During the last two years of her life, Wood began to work more frequently as her daughters reached school age.
-At the time of her death, Wood was filming the science fiction film Brainstorm (1983), co-starring Christopher Walken and directed by Douglas Trumbull.She was also scheduled to star in a theatrical production of Anastasia with Wendy Hiller and in a film called Country of the Heart, playing a terminally ill writer who has an affair with a teenager, to be played by Timothy Hutton.[22] Due to her untimely death, both of the latter projects were canceled and the ending of Brainstorm had to be re-written. A stand-in and sound-alikes were used to replace Wood for some of her critical scenes. The film was released posthumously on September 30, 1983, and was dedicated to her in the closing credits.
-On Saturday, November 28, 1981, the Wagners' yacht, Splendour, was anchored in Isthmus Cove off Catalina Island with Wagner, Wood, and Wood's Brainstorm co-star, Christopher Walken, on board. Also on board was the boat's captain, Dennis Davern, who had worked a number of years for the Wagners before Wood's death.[31]
According to Wagner in his 2008 book, Pieces of My Heart, he had been jealous of Wood's friendship with Walken and there had been a fight between him, Walken, and Wood, during which Wagner smashed a wine bottle on a table. Also according to Wagner, it was at this time that Wood left for her stateroom and Walken retired to his, with Wagner behind Wood. According to Davern, the yacht's captain, it was at this time that he heard the couple fighting; he reports that he turned up his stereo to drown out the argument. Looking out the pilot house window, he saw both Wood and Wagner arguing at the aft deck of the yacht. Shortly after this, Davern claims, Wagner sought him out, saying he couldn't find Wood. Davern unsuccessfully searched the boat for her, also noticing that the yacht's dinghy was missing. According to Davern, Wagner seemed unconcerned about Wood's disappearance and poured drinks for both himself and Davern.
-At this point, Wagner's story as told in his book differs from Davern's: he claims when he went to their stateroom to talk to Wood, she wasn't there. Wagner further states that while he and Davern searched the boat for his wife he also noticed the dinghy to be missing. Wagner further wrote that he had assumed Wood had used the dinghy to go to shore as a result of the argument. Davern claims that Wagner not only seemed unconcerned, but that he told Davern not to alert anyone about Wood's absence. According to Davern, Wagner said, "We're not going to look too hard, we’re not going to turn on the search light, we’re not going to notify anybody right at the moment."
-Wagner's theory is that Wood tried either to leave the yacht or to secure a dinghy from banging against the hull when she accidentally slipped and fell overboard. When her body was found a mile from the dinghy on Sunday afternoon, she was wearing a down jacket, a nightgown, and socks. A woman on a nearby yacht reported she had heard a woman calling for help at around midnight. She further reported that the cries lasted for about 15 minutes and were answered by someone else who said, "Take it easy. We'll be over to get you." According to the witness, "It was laid back, there was no urgency or immediacy in their shouts."
-On November 17, 2011, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department office announced that it had officially reopened the case, based on new information from the yacht's skipper Dennis Davern. Sheriff's Office homicide bureau Detective Lieutenant John Corina stated at a press conference, "We recently received information that we deemed to be credible. We're going to follow up on the leads we have." Corina declined to divulge any specific information regarding the new leads but did state that Wood's husband, Robert Wagner, is not considered a suspect.
20 July 1938, San Francisco, California, USA
Date of Death
29 November 1981, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA (drowning)
Birth Name
Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko
Nickname Natalia Natasha
Height
5' (1.52 m)
Spouse
Robert Wagner (16 July 1972 - 29 November 1981) (remarried) (her death); 1 child
Richard Gregson (30 May 1969 - 1 April 1972) (divorced) 1 child
Robert Wagner (28 December 1957 - 27 April 1962) (divorced)
Facts:
-Her real name was Natasha Gurdin, and she was born in San Francisco on Wednesday, July 20th, 1938, to Russian émigrés Maria and Nicholas Zakharenko.
-Wood, then seven years old, got the part and played a German orphan opposite Orson Welles and Claudette Colbert in Tomorrow Is Forever. Welles later said that Wood was a born professional, "so good, she was terrifying." After Wood acted in another film directed by Pichel, her mother signed her up with 20th Century Fox studio for her first major role, the 1947 Christmas classic Miracle on 34th Street; the film made her one of the top child stars in Hollywood. Within a few months after the film's release, Wood was so popular that Macy's invited her to appear in the store's annual Thanksgiving Day parade.
-Because she was a minor, Wood's formal education took place on the studio lots wherever she was contracted. California law required that until age 18, actors had to spend at least three hours per day in the classroom, notes Harris. "She was a straight A student," and one of the few child actors to excel at arithmetic. Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who directed her in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), said that "In all my years in the business, I never met a smarter moppet." Wood remembered that period in her life:
I always felt guilty when I knew the crew was sitting around waiting for me to finish my three hours. As soon as the teacher let us go, I ran to the set as fast as I could.
-Wood successfully made the transition from child star to ingenue at age 16 when she co-starred with James Dean and Sal Mineo in Rebel Without a Cause, Nicholas Ray's film about teenage rebellion. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She followed this with a small but crucial role in John Ford's western The Searchers which starred John Wayne and also featured Wood's sister, Lana, who played a younger version of her character in the film's earlier scenes.
-Wood's characters in Rebel Without a Cause, The Searchers and Marjorie Morningstar began to show her range of acting style widening considerably, observes Tibbetts.[3] Her former "childlike sweetness" was now being combined with a noticeable "restlessness that was characteristic of the youth of the 1950s." After Wood appeared in the box office flop All the Fine Young Cannibals, her career was salvaged by her casting in director Elia Kazan's Splendor in the Grass (1961) opposite Warren Beatty, which earned Wood Best Actress Nominations at the Academy Awards, Golden Globes and BAFTA Awards.
-In 1961 Wood played Maria in the Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise musical West Side Story which was a major box office and critical success.
-Although many of Wood's films were commercially profitable, her acting was criticized at times. In 1966 she won the Harvard Lampoon Worst Actress of the Year Award. She was the first performer in the award's history to accept it in person and the Harvard Crimson wrote she was "quite a good sport." Conversely, director Sydney Pollack said, "When she was right for the part, there was no one better. She was a damn good actress." Other notable films she starred in were Inside Daisy Clover (1965) and This Property Is Condemned (1966), both of which co-starred Robert Redford and brought subsequent Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress. In both films, which were set during the Great Depression, Wood played small-town teens with big dreams. After the release of the films, Wood suffered emotionally and sought professional therapy.
-After becoming pregnant with her first child, Natasha Gregson, in 1970, Wood went into semi-retirement and acted in only four more theatrical films during the remainder of her life. She made a very brief cameo appearance as herself in The Candidate (1972), reuniting her for a third time with Robert Redford. She also reunited on the screen with Robert Wagner in the television movie of the week The Affair (1973) and with Sir Laurence Olivier and husband Wagner in an adaptation of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1976) broadcast as a special by NBC. She made cameo appearances on Wagner's prime-time detective series Switch in 1978 as "Bubble Bath Girl" and Hart to Hart in 1979 as "Movie Star." During the last two years of her life, Wood began to work more frequently as her daughters reached school age.
-At the time of her death, Wood was filming the science fiction film Brainstorm (1983), co-starring Christopher Walken and directed by Douglas Trumbull.She was also scheduled to star in a theatrical production of Anastasia with Wendy Hiller and in a film called Country of the Heart, playing a terminally ill writer who has an affair with a teenager, to be played by Timothy Hutton.[22] Due to her untimely death, both of the latter projects were canceled and the ending of Brainstorm had to be re-written. A stand-in and sound-alikes were used to replace Wood for some of her critical scenes. The film was released posthumously on September 30, 1983, and was dedicated to her in the closing credits.
-On Saturday, November 28, 1981, the Wagners' yacht, Splendour, was anchored in Isthmus Cove off Catalina Island with Wagner, Wood, and Wood's Brainstorm co-star, Christopher Walken, on board. Also on board was the boat's captain, Dennis Davern, who had worked a number of years for the Wagners before Wood's death.[31]
According to Wagner in his 2008 book, Pieces of My Heart, he had been jealous of Wood's friendship with Walken and there had been a fight between him, Walken, and Wood, during which Wagner smashed a wine bottle on a table. Also according to Wagner, it was at this time that Wood left for her stateroom and Walken retired to his, with Wagner behind Wood. According to Davern, the yacht's captain, it was at this time that he heard the couple fighting; he reports that he turned up his stereo to drown out the argument. Looking out the pilot house window, he saw both Wood and Wagner arguing at the aft deck of the yacht. Shortly after this, Davern claims, Wagner sought him out, saying he couldn't find Wood. Davern unsuccessfully searched the boat for her, also noticing that the yacht's dinghy was missing. According to Davern, Wagner seemed unconcerned about Wood's disappearance and poured drinks for both himself and Davern.
-At this point, Wagner's story as told in his book differs from Davern's: he claims when he went to their stateroom to talk to Wood, she wasn't there. Wagner further states that while he and Davern searched the boat for his wife he also noticed the dinghy to be missing. Wagner further wrote that he had assumed Wood had used the dinghy to go to shore as a result of the argument. Davern claims that Wagner not only seemed unconcerned, but that he told Davern not to alert anyone about Wood's absence. According to Davern, Wagner said, "We're not going to look too hard, we’re not going to turn on the search light, we’re not going to notify anybody right at the moment."
-Wagner's theory is that Wood tried either to leave the yacht or to secure a dinghy from banging against the hull when she accidentally slipped and fell overboard. When her body was found a mile from the dinghy on Sunday afternoon, she was wearing a down jacket, a nightgown, and socks. A woman on a nearby yacht reported she had heard a woman calling for help at around midnight. She further reported that the cries lasted for about 15 minutes and were answered by someone else who said, "Take it easy. We'll be over to get you." According to the witness, "It was laid back, there was no urgency or immediacy in their shouts."
-On November 17, 2011, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department office announced that it had officially reopened the case, based on new information from the yacht's skipper Dennis Davern. Sheriff's Office homicide bureau Detective Lieutenant John Corina stated at a press conference, "We recently received information that we deemed to be credible. We're going to follow up on the leads we have." Corina declined to divulge any specific information regarding the new leads but did state that Wood's husband, Robert Wagner, is not considered a suspect.
Filmography and Tribute
1943 Happy Land- Little girl who drops ice cream cone uncredited; film debut
1946 The Bride Wore Boots- Carol Warren
1946 Tomorrow Is Forever- Margaret Ludwig First credited role
1947 Driftwood- Jenny Hollingsworth
1947 The Ghost and Mrs. Muir- Anna Muir as a child
1947 Miracle on 34th Street- Susan Walker First starring role
1948 Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!- Bean McGill
1949 Father Was a Fullback- Ellen Cooper
1949 The Green Promise- Susan Anastasia Matthews
1949 Chicken Every Sunday- Ruth Hefferan
1950 Never a Dull Moment- Nancy 'Nan' Howard
1950 The Jackpot- Phyllis Lawrence
1950 Our Very Own- Penny Macaulay
1950 No Sad Songs for Me- Polly Scott
1951 The Blue Veil- Stephanie Rawlins
1951 Dear Brat- Pauline Jones
1952 The Star- Gretchen Drew
1952 Just for You'- Barbara Blake
1952 The Rose Bowl Story- Sally Burke
1954 The Silver Chalice- Helena as a child
1955 Rebel Without a Cause- Judy Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
1955 One Desire- Seely Dowder
1956 The Girl He Left Behind- Susan Daniels
1956 The Burning Hills- Maria Christina Colton
1956 A Cry in the Night- Liz Taggert
1956 The Searchers- Debbie Edwards (older)
1957 Bombers B-52- Lois Brennan
1958 Kings Go Forth- Monique Blair
1958 Marjorie Morningstar- Marjorie Morgenstern
1960 All the Fine Young Cannibals- Sarah 'Salome' Davis
1960 Cash McCall- Lory Austen
1961 West Side Story- Maria
1961 Splendor in the Grass- Wilma Dean Loomis Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
1962 Gypsy- Louise Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1963 Love with the Proper Stranger- Angie Rossini 1st Runner Up — New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
1964 Sex and the Single Girl- Helen Gurley Brown
1965 Inside Daisy Clover- Daisy Clover Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Won—World Film Favorite – Female
1965 The Great Race- Maggie DuBois
1966 Penelope- Penelope Elcott
1966 This Property Is Condemned- Alva Starr Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
1969 Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice- Carol Sanders
1972 The Candidate- Herself cameo
1973 The Affair- Courtney Patterson TV movie
1975 Peeper- Ellen Prendergast
1976 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof- Maggie TV movie
1979 From Here to Eternity- Karen Holmes Golden Globe Award for Best Actress Television Series Drama
1979 The Cracker Factory- Cassie Barrett TV movie
1979 Meteor- Tatiana Nikolaevna Donskaya
1980 The Last Married Couple in America- Mari Thompson
1980 The Memory of Eva Ryker- Eva/Claire Ryker TV movie
1980 Willie & Phil Herself (cameo)
1983 Brainstorm- Karen Brace Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
1946 The Bride Wore Boots- Carol Warren
1946 Tomorrow Is Forever- Margaret Ludwig First credited role
1947 Driftwood- Jenny Hollingsworth
1947 The Ghost and Mrs. Muir- Anna Muir as a child
1947 Miracle on 34th Street- Susan Walker First starring role
1948 Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!- Bean McGill
1949 Father Was a Fullback- Ellen Cooper
1949 The Green Promise- Susan Anastasia Matthews
1949 Chicken Every Sunday- Ruth Hefferan
1950 Never a Dull Moment- Nancy 'Nan' Howard
1950 The Jackpot- Phyllis Lawrence
1950 Our Very Own- Penny Macaulay
1950 No Sad Songs for Me- Polly Scott
1951 The Blue Veil- Stephanie Rawlins
1951 Dear Brat- Pauline Jones
1952 The Star- Gretchen Drew
1952 Just for You'- Barbara Blake
1952 The Rose Bowl Story- Sally Burke
1954 The Silver Chalice- Helena as a child
1955 Rebel Without a Cause- Judy Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
1955 One Desire- Seely Dowder
1956 The Girl He Left Behind- Susan Daniels
1956 The Burning Hills- Maria Christina Colton
1956 A Cry in the Night- Liz Taggert
1956 The Searchers- Debbie Edwards (older)
1957 Bombers B-52- Lois Brennan
1958 Kings Go Forth- Monique Blair
1958 Marjorie Morningstar- Marjorie Morgenstern
1960 All the Fine Young Cannibals- Sarah 'Salome' Davis
1960 Cash McCall- Lory Austen
1961 West Side Story- Maria
1961 Splendor in the Grass- Wilma Dean Loomis Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
1962 Gypsy- Louise Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1963 Love with the Proper Stranger- Angie Rossini 1st Runner Up — New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
1964 Sex and the Single Girl- Helen Gurley Brown
1965 Inside Daisy Clover- Daisy Clover Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Won—World Film Favorite – Female
1965 The Great Race- Maggie DuBois
1966 Penelope- Penelope Elcott
1966 This Property Is Condemned- Alva Starr Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
1969 Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice- Carol Sanders
1972 The Candidate- Herself cameo
1973 The Affair- Courtney Patterson TV movie
1975 Peeper- Ellen Prendergast
1976 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof- Maggie TV movie
1979 From Here to Eternity- Karen Holmes Golden Globe Award for Best Actress Television Series Drama
1979 The Cracker Factory- Cassie Barrett TV movie
1979 Meteor- Tatiana Nikolaevna Donskaya
1980 The Last Married Couple in America- Mari Thompson
1980 The Memory of Eva Ryker- Eva/Claire Ryker TV movie
1980 Willie & Phil Herself (cameo)
1983 Brainstorm- Karen Brace Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
Biography
Born:25 October 1955 Durban, South Africa
Real Name:Glynis van der Riet
Occupation Actress
Spouse: Paul Antony Barber (1976–79) (divorced)
Michael Brandon (1989–present)
Facts:
-Glynis Barber was born on October 25, 1955 in South Africa. Her maiden name is van der Reit. Originating from a middle-class Johannesburg background, she later joined the Progressive Party, a moderate anti-apartheid party. In her late teens she moved to England to attend the Mountview theatre school. After graduating Glynis Barber worked in repertory theatre and had little parts in films and on TV as well. Her marriage to a fellow student, Paul Anthony Barber, only lasted for a few years. Her mother died about the same time and her death had a big impact on her whole life, as she later said.
-She studied at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Acting since 1978, her popular breakthrough came in 1981 with her role as Soolin in the BBC science fiction television series Blake's 7.
In 1982 she took the title role in the television series Jane playing a World War II heroine. This series was filmed against a blue screen allowing for the addition of a cartoon background, an experimental technique in its day. However, Barber is best known for her mid-1980s role of Sgt. Harriet Makepeace in the British police drama Dempsey & Makepeace, where she met her future husband, Michael Brandon.
Since 1987, Barber has appeared frequently in plays, films and television series. She also starred in the LWT drama series Night and Day as Fiona Brake. In 2006 she joined the cast of ITV soap, Emmerdale, playing the character of DCI Grace Barraclough, investigating the death of Tom King on Christmas Day. She exited the soap in September 2007, when her character was killed.
In 2009, she appeared as hospital administrator Jean McAteer in The Royal, another ITV drama series set in Yorkshire [1] On 23 October 2009 it was announced she would play Glenda Mitchell the mother of Ronnie Mitchell, Roxy Mitchell and Danny Mitchell in EastEnders after Jill Gascoine withdrew from the role during her first day on set
-Her stage work has included Macbeth, Killing Time with Dennis Waterman, High Flyers with Hugh Grant and Make Me A Match and The Graduate.
-She appeared as Lady Caroline in Michael Winner's 1983 remake of The Wicked Lady, which starred Faye Dunaway. She later appeared alongside Vanessa Redgrave in the 1997 film, Déjà Vu.
-She appeared as Anthea Davis in On the Nose in 2001 along with Dan Aykroyd and Robbie Coltrane.
-Barber married actor Paul Antony Barber, who she met at drama school, in 1976. They were divorced in 1979.
Barber married her Dempsey & Makepeace co-star Michael Brandon on 18 November 1989; they have a son, Alexander Max Brandon (born November 1992).
Real Name:Glynis van der Riet
Occupation Actress
Spouse: Paul Antony Barber (1976–79) (divorced)
Michael Brandon (1989–present)
Facts:
-Glynis Barber was born on October 25, 1955 in South Africa. Her maiden name is van der Reit. Originating from a middle-class Johannesburg background, she later joined the Progressive Party, a moderate anti-apartheid party. In her late teens she moved to England to attend the Mountview theatre school. After graduating Glynis Barber worked in repertory theatre and had little parts in films and on TV as well. Her marriage to a fellow student, Paul Anthony Barber, only lasted for a few years. Her mother died about the same time and her death had a big impact on her whole life, as she later said.
-She studied at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Acting since 1978, her popular breakthrough came in 1981 with her role as Soolin in the BBC science fiction television series Blake's 7.
In 1982 she took the title role in the television series Jane playing a World War II heroine. This series was filmed against a blue screen allowing for the addition of a cartoon background, an experimental technique in its day. However, Barber is best known for her mid-1980s role of Sgt. Harriet Makepeace in the British police drama Dempsey & Makepeace, where she met her future husband, Michael Brandon.
Since 1987, Barber has appeared frequently in plays, films and television series. She also starred in the LWT drama series Night and Day as Fiona Brake. In 2006 she joined the cast of ITV soap, Emmerdale, playing the character of DCI Grace Barraclough, investigating the death of Tom King on Christmas Day. She exited the soap in September 2007, when her character was killed.
In 2009, she appeared as hospital administrator Jean McAteer in The Royal, another ITV drama series set in Yorkshire [1] On 23 October 2009 it was announced she would play Glenda Mitchell the mother of Ronnie Mitchell, Roxy Mitchell and Danny Mitchell in EastEnders after Jill Gascoine withdrew from the role during her first day on set
-Her stage work has included Macbeth, Killing Time with Dennis Waterman, High Flyers with Hugh Grant and Make Me A Match and The Graduate.
-She appeared as Lady Caroline in Michael Winner's 1983 remake of The Wicked Lady, which starred Faye Dunaway. She later appeared alongside Vanessa Redgrave in the 1997 film, Déjà Vu.
-She appeared as Anthea Davis in On the Nose in 2001 along with Dan Aykroyd and Robbie Coltrane.
-Barber married actor Paul Antony Barber, who she met at drama school, in 1976. They were divorced in 1979.
Barber married her Dempsey & Makepeace co-star Michael Brandon on 18 November 1989; they have a son, Alexander Max Brandon (born November 1992).
Filmography
2010-2011 EastEnders (TV series) - Glenda Mitchell
2009 The Royal (TV series) - Jean McAteer
2009 New Tricks (TV series) - Cheryl Brooker
2006-2007 Emmerdale Farm (TV series) - Grace Barraclough
2006 Trial & Retribution (TV series) - Dora Hills
2005 Family Affairs (TV series) - Belinda Heath
2003 Murphy's Law (TV series) - Patricia Morris
2003 The Afternoon Play (TV series) - Brenda
2001-2002 Night & Day (TV series) - Fiona Brake / Gwen
2002 Beings - Nancy Preston
2001 On the Nose - Anthea Davis
2001 Dark Realm (TV series) - Mrs. Parker
2000 Doctors (TV series) - Miranda Stockton
1999 The Bill (TV series) - Victoria Smith
1999 Highlander: The Raven (TV series) - Rachael
1998 Babes in the Wood (TV series) - Angela
1997 Déjà Vu - Claire
1997 The Apocalypse Watch (TV movie) - Janine Courtland
1994 Diagnosis Murder (TV series) - Samantha Litvak
1992 The Mirror Crack'd (TV movie) - Lola Brewster
1989 Monsters (TV series)
1989 À Beira da Loucura - Elisabeth Jekyll
1988 A Nave Vermelha (TV series) - Woman with Fur
1988 Tales of the Unexpected (TV series) - Lilian / Sylvia Brett
1987 Screen Two (TV series) - Lucy
Visitors (1987) … Lucy
1985-1986 Dempsey and Makepeace (TV series) - Makepeace
1986 Love and Marriage (TV series) - Fiona Jebb
1982-1984 Jane (TV series) - Jane
1983 The Hound of the Baskervilles (TV movie) - Beryl Stapleton
1983 The Wicked Lady - Caroline
1982 Horror Safari - Janice Jefferson
1982 The New Adventures of Lucky Jim (TV series) - Lucy Simmons
1982 Tangiers - Beth
1978-1981 Blakes 7 (TV series) - Soolin / Mutoid
1981 A Fine Romance (TV series) - Linda
1981 Bognor (TV series) - Secretary
1980 The Sandbaggers (TV series) - Margaret Muller
1980 Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson (TV series) -Meredith Stanhope
1979 Yesterday's Hero - Susan
1979 BBC Play of the Month (TV series) -Ethel Voysey
The Voysey Inheritance (1979) … Ethel Voysey
2009 The Royal (TV series) - Jean McAteer
2009 New Tricks (TV series) - Cheryl Brooker
2006-2007 Emmerdale Farm (TV series) - Grace Barraclough
2006 Trial & Retribution (TV series) - Dora Hills
2005 Family Affairs (TV series) - Belinda Heath
2003 Murphy's Law (TV series) - Patricia Morris
2003 The Afternoon Play (TV series) - Brenda
2001-2002 Night & Day (TV series) - Fiona Brake / Gwen
2002 Beings - Nancy Preston
2001 On the Nose - Anthea Davis
2001 Dark Realm (TV series) - Mrs. Parker
2000 Doctors (TV series) - Miranda Stockton
1999 The Bill (TV series) - Victoria Smith
1999 Highlander: The Raven (TV series) - Rachael
1998 Babes in the Wood (TV series) - Angela
1997 Déjà Vu - Claire
1997 The Apocalypse Watch (TV movie) - Janine Courtland
1994 Diagnosis Murder (TV series) - Samantha Litvak
1992 The Mirror Crack'd (TV movie) - Lola Brewster
1989 Monsters (TV series)
1989 À Beira da Loucura - Elisabeth Jekyll
1988 A Nave Vermelha (TV series) - Woman with Fur
1988 Tales of the Unexpected (TV series) - Lilian / Sylvia Brett
1987 Screen Two (TV series) - Lucy
Visitors (1987) … Lucy
1985-1986 Dempsey and Makepeace (TV series) - Makepeace
1986 Love and Marriage (TV series) - Fiona Jebb
1982-1984 Jane (TV series) - Jane
1983 The Hound of the Baskervilles (TV movie) - Beryl Stapleton
1983 The Wicked Lady - Caroline
1982 Horror Safari - Janice Jefferson
1982 The New Adventures of Lucky Jim (TV series) - Lucy Simmons
1982 Tangiers - Beth
1978-1981 Blakes 7 (TV series) - Soolin / Mutoid
1981 A Fine Romance (TV series) - Linda
1981 Bognor (TV series) - Secretary
1980 The Sandbaggers (TV series) - Margaret Muller
1980 Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson (TV series) -Meredith Stanhope
1979 Yesterday's Hero - Susan
1979 BBC Play of the Month (TV series) -Ethel Voysey
The Voysey Inheritance (1979) … Ethel Voysey
Biography
Real Name:Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner
Born:February 8, 1921 in Wallace, Idaho, USA
Died:June 29, 1995 (age 74) in Century City, California, USA (throat cancer)
Spouse
Ronald Pellar (9 May 1969 - 26 January 1972) (divorced)
Robert P. Eaton (22 June 1965 - 1 April 1969) (divorced)
Frederick May (27 November 1960 - 15 October 1962) (divorced)
Lex Barker (8 September 1953 - 22 July 1957) (divorced)
Henry J. Topping, Jr. (26 April 1948 - 12 December 1952) (divorced)
Stephen Crane (14 March 1943 - 21 August 1944) (divorced) 1 child
Stephen Crane (17 July 1942 - 4 February 1943) (annulled)
Artie Shaw (13 February 1940 - 12 September 1940) (divorced)
Facts:
-Lana Turner was born Julia Jean Mildred Francis Turner in Wallace, Idaho. There is some discrepancy as to whether her birth date is February 8, 1920 or 1921. Lana herself said in her autobiography that she was one year younger (1921) than the records showed, but then this was a time where women, especially actresses, tended to "fib" a bit about their age.
-In 1929 her father was murdered and it was shortly thereafter her mother moved her and the family to California where jobs were "plentiful". Once she matured into a beautiful young woman, she went after something that would last forever: stardom. She wasn't found at a drug store counter, like some would have you believe, but that legend persists.
-In 1938 she had another small part in Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938) starring Mickey Rooney. It was this film that made young men's hearts all over America flutter at the sight of this alluring and provocative young woman--known as the "Sweater Girl"--and one look at that film could make you understand why: she was one of the most spectacularly beautiful newcomers to grace the screen in years.
-By the 1940s Lana was firmly entrenched in the film business. She had good roles in such films as Johnny Eager (1941), Somewhere I'll Find You (1942) and Week-End at the Waldorf (1945). If her career was progressing smoothly, however, her private life was turning into a train wreck, keeping her in the news in a way no one would have wanted. Without a doubt her private life was a threat to her public career. She was married eight times, twice to Stephen Crane.
-She also battled alcoholism. In yet another scandal, her daughter by Crane, Cheryl Crane, fatally stabbed Lana's boyfriend, gangster Johnny Stompanato, in 1958.
-Cheryl was acquitted of the murder charge, with the jury finding that she had been protecting her mother from Stompanato, who was savagely beating her, and ruled it justifiable homicide. These and other incidents interfered with Lana's career, but she persevered. The release of Imitation of Life (1959), was Lana's comeback vehicle.
-film was a box-office success and proved beyond a doubt that Lana had not lost her edge. By the 1960s, however, fewer roles were coming her way with the rise of new and younger stars. She still managed to turn in memorable performances in such films as Portrait in Black (1960) and Bachelor in Paradise (1961).
-Her last appearance in a big-screen production was in Witches' Brew (1980). Her final film work came in the acclaimed TV series "Falcon Crest" (1981) in which she played Jacqueline Perrault from 1982-1983. After all those years as a sex symbol, nothing had changed--Lana was still as beautiful as ever.
Born:February 8, 1921 in Wallace, Idaho, USA
Died:June 29, 1995 (age 74) in Century City, California, USA (throat cancer)
Spouse
Ronald Pellar (9 May 1969 - 26 January 1972) (divorced)
Robert P. Eaton (22 June 1965 - 1 April 1969) (divorced)
Frederick May (27 November 1960 - 15 October 1962) (divorced)
Lex Barker (8 September 1953 - 22 July 1957) (divorced)
Henry J. Topping, Jr. (26 April 1948 - 12 December 1952) (divorced)
Stephen Crane (14 March 1943 - 21 August 1944) (divorced) 1 child
Stephen Crane (17 July 1942 - 4 February 1943) (annulled)
Artie Shaw (13 February 1940 - 12 September 1940) (divorced)
Facts:
-Lana Turner was born Julia Jean Mildred Francis Turner in Wallace, Idaho. There is some discrepancy as to whether her birth date is February 8, 1920 or 1921. Lana herself said in her autobiography that she was one year younger (1921) than the records showed, but then this was a time where women, especially actresses, tended to "fib" a bit about their age.
-In 1929 her father was murdered and it was shortly thereafter her mother moved her and the family to California where jobs were "plentiful". Once she matured into a beautiful young woman, she went after something that would last forever: stardom. She wasn't found at a drug store counter, like some would have you believe, but that legend persists.
-In 1938 she had another small part in Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938) starring Mickey Rooney. It was this film that made young men's hearts all over America flutter at the sight of this alluring and provocative young woman--known as the "Sweater Girl"--and one look at that film could make you understand why: she was one of the most spectacularly beautiful newcomers to grace the screen in years.
-By the 1940s Lana was firmly entrenched in the film business. She had good roles in such films as Johnny Eager (1941), Somewhere I'll Find You (1942) and Week-End at the Waldorf (1945). If her career was progressing smoothly, however, her private life was turning into a train wreck, keeping her in the news in a way no one would have wanted. Without a doubt her private life was a threat to her public career. She was married eight times, twice to Stephen Crane.
-She also battled alcoholism. In yet another scandal, her daughter by Crane, Cheryl Crane, fatally stabbed Lana's boyfriend, gangster Johnny Stompanato, in 1958.
-Cheryl was acquitted of the murder charge, with the jury finding that she had been protecting her mother from Stompanato, who was savagely beating her, and ruled it justifiable homicide. These and other incidents interfered with Lana's career, but she persevered. The release of Imitation of Life (1959), was Lana's comeback vehicle.
-film was a box-office success and proved beyond a doubt that Lana had not lost her edge. By the 1960s, however, fewer roles were coming her way with the rise of new and younger stars. She still managed to turn in memorable performances in such films as Portrait in Black (1960) and Bachelor in Paradise (1961).
-Her last appearance in a big-screen production was in Witches' Brew (1980). Her final film work came in the acclaimed TV series "Falcon Crest" (1981) in which she played Jacqueline Perrault from 1982-1983. After all those years as a sex symbol, nothing had changed--Lana was still as beautiful as ever.
Filmography and Tribute
1937 They Won't Forget Mary Clay
1937 Topper Uncredited
1937 The Great Garrick Mademoiselle Auber
1938 The Adventures of Marco Polo Nazama'a Maid
1938 Love Finds Andy Hardy Cynthia Potter
1938 Rich Man, Poor Girl Helen Thayer
1938 Dramatic School Mado
1939 Calling Dr. Kildare Rosalie Lewett
1939 These Glamour Girls Jane Thomas
1939 Dancing Co-Ed Patty Marlow
1940 Two Girls on Broadway Patricia 'Pat' Mahoney
1940 We Who Are Young Marjorie White Brooks
1941 Ziegfeld Girl Sheila Regan
1941 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Bea Emery
1941 Honky Tonk Elizabeth Cotton
1942 Johnny Eager Lisbeth Bard
1942 Somewhere I'll Find You Paula Lane
1943 Slightly Dangerous Peggy Evans/Carol Burden
1943 Du Barry Was a Lady Cameo
1944 M. Is a Private Affair Theo Scofield West
1945 Keep Your Powder Dry Valerie 'Val' Parks
1945 Week-End at the Waldorf Bunny Smith
1946 The Postman Always Rings Twice Cora Smith
1947 Green Dolphin Street Marianne Patourel
1947 Cass Timberlane Virginia Marshland
1948 Homecoming Jane 'Snapshot' McCall
1948 The Three Musketeers Milady de Winter
1950 A Life of Her Own Lily Brannel James
1951 Mr. Imperium Fredda Barlo
1952 The Merry Widow Crystal Radek
1952 The Bad and the Beautiuful Georgia Lorrison
1953 Latin Lovers Nora Taylor
1954 The Flame and the Flesh Madeline
1954 Betrayed Carla Van Oven
1955 The Prodigal Samarra
1955 The Sea Chase Elsa Keller
1955 The Rains of Ranchipur Lady Edwina Esketh
1956 Diane Diane de Poitiers
1957 Peyton Place Constance MacKenzie
1958 The Lady Takes a Flyer Maggie Colby
1958 A. Time, Another Place Sara Scott
1959 Imitation of Life Lora Meredith
1960 Portrait in Black Sheila Cabot
1961 By Love Possessed Marjorie Penrose
1961 Bachelor in Paradise Rosemary Howard
1962 Who's Got the Action? Melanie Flood
1965 Love Has Many Faces Kit Jordan
1966 Madame X Holly Parker
1969 The Big Cube Adriana Roman
1974 Persecution Carrie Masters
1976 Bittersweet Love Claire
1980 Witches' Brew Vivian Cross
1991 Thwarted Margo Lane
1937 Topper Uncredited
1937 The Great Garrick Mademoiselle Auber
1938 The Adventures of Marco Polo Nazama'a Maid
1938 Love Finds Andy Hardy Cynthia Potter
1938 Rich Man, Poor Girl Helen Thayer
1938 Dramatic School Mado
1939 Calling Dr. Kildare Rosalie Lewett
1939 These Glamour Girls Jane Thomas
1939 Dancing Co-Ed Patty Marlow
1940 Two Girls on Broadway Patricia 'Pat' Mahoney
1940 We Who Are Young Marjorie White Brooks
1941 Ziegfeld Girl Sheila Regan
1941 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Bea Emery
1941 Honky Tonk Elizabeth Cotton
1942 Johnny Eager Lisbeth Bard
1942 Somewhere I'll Find You Paula Lane
1943 Slightly Dangerous Peggy Evans/Carol Burden
1943 Du Barry Was a Lady Cameo
1944 M. Is a Private Affair Theo Scofield West
1945 Keep Your Powder Dry Valerie 'Val' Parks
1945 Week-End at the Waldorf Bunny Smith
1946 The Postman Always Rings Twice Cora Smith
1947 Green Dolphin Street Marianne Patourel
1947 Cass Timberlane Virginia Marshland
1948 Homecoming Jane 'Snapshot' McCall
1948 The Three Musketeers Milady de Winter
1950 A Life of Her Own Lily Brannel James
1951 Mr. Imperium Fredda Barlo
1952 The Merry Widow Crystal Radek
1952 The Bad and the Beautiuful Georgia Lorrison
1953 Latin Lovers Nora Taylor
1954 The Flame and the Flesh Madeline
1954 Betrayed Carla Van Oven
1955 The Prodigal Samarra
1955 The Sea Chase Elsa Keller
1955 The Rains of Ranchipur Lady Edwina Esketh
1956 Diane Diane de Poitiers
1957 Peyton Place Constance MacKenzie
1958 The Lady Takes a Flyer Maggie Colby
1958 A. Time, Another Place Sara Scott
1959 Imitation of Life Lora Meredith
1960 Portrait in Black Sheila Cabot
1961 By Love Possessed Marjorie Penrose
1961 Bachelor in Paradise Rosemary Howard
1962 Who's Got the Action? Melanie Flood
1965 Love Has Many Faces Kit Jordan
1966 Madame X Holly Parker
1969 The Big Cube Adriana Roman
1974 Persecution Carrie Masters
1976 Bittersweet Love Claire
1980 Witches' Brew Vivian Cross
1991 Thwarted Margo Lane
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