
Barbara Rush
Department: Acting
Biography
Barbara Rush (January 4, 1927 - March 31, 2024) was an American Golden Globe Award-winning movie and television actress. In 1954, Rush won the Golden Globe Award as most promising female newcomer for her role in the 1953 American black-and-white science fiction film, It Came From Outer Space. Later in her career, Rush became a regular performer in the television series Peyton Place, and appeared in TV movies, miniseries, and a variety of other programs, including the soap opera All My Children, as well as starring in films including Bigger Than Life, The Young Philadelphians, The Young Lions, Robin and the 7 Hoods and Hombre.
Known For

The Black Shield of Falworth
1954

Bigger Than Life
1956

Come Blow Your Horn
1963

Magnificent Obsession
1954

Hombre
1967

The Young Lions
1958

Can't Stop the Music
1980

Dean Martin: King of Cool
2021

The Young Philadelphians
1959

When Worlds Collide
1951

Superdad
1973

Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964

Moon of the Wolf
1972

Summer Lovers
1982

It Came from Outer Space
1953

Taza, Son of Cochise
1954

Strangers When We Meet
1960

Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
1957

Captain Lightfoot
1955

Harry Black and the Tiger
1958

The Bramble Bush
1960

Kiss of Fire
1955

Peege
1973

Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
1995

Quebec
1951

Flight to Hong Kong
1956

The Man
1972

The Eyes of Charles Sand
1972

Prince of Pirates
1953

Suddenly Single
1971

The Night the Bridge Fell Down
1980

Death Car on the Freeway
1979

The First Legion
1951

The Last Day
1975

Strategy of Terror
1969

The Unknown
1964

No Down Payment
1957

The Goldbergs
1950

Widow's Kiss
1996

Flaming Feather
1952

Web of Deceit
1990

Cutter
1972

Flamingo Road
1980

Portrait of Grandpa Doc
1977

World in My Corner
1956

What Makes Sammy Run?
1959

Crime Club
1973

Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
2014

Magic Night
1980

Murder, She Wrote
1984

Magnum, P.I.
1980

Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963

The Bionic Woman
1976

Batman
1966

Knight Rider
1982

Maude
1972

Flamingo Road
1981

Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969

Hotel
1982

Night Gallery
1970

General Electric Theater
1953

Cannon
1971

7th Heaven
1996

Saints and Sinners
1962

Password
1961

Laredo
1965

Police Story
1973

The Fugitive
1963

Lux Video Theatre
1950

McCloud
1970

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963

Peyton Place
1964

The Eleventh Hour
1962

Custer
1967

Dr. Kildare
1961

The Oscars
1953

The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1978

Masquerade
1983

Lux Video Theatre
1950

Lux Video Theatre
1950

The Outer Limits
1963

The Outer Limits
1995

Lux Video Theatre
1950

The Mod Squad
1968

Ellery Queen
1975

Matt Houston
1982

Playhouse 90
1956

Burke's Law
1994

Finder of Lost Loves
1984

Paradise
1988

Ellery Queen
1975

The Streets of San Francisco
1972

Dinah!
1974

The New Dick Van Dyke Show
1971

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971

Love, American Style
1969

Ironside
1967

Ironside
1967

Mannix
1967

Mannix
1967

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

The Love Boat
1977

The Love Boat
1977

Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969

Suspicion
1957

The Danny Kaye Show
1963

Relativity
1996

Medical Center
1969

Medical Center
1969

Medical Center
1969

Magnum, P.I.
1980

Scene of the Crime
1985

The Seekers
1979

Hotel
1982

Ben Casey
1961