Barbra Fuller (born Barbara Deane Fuller; July 31, 1921) is an American retired film, television, and radio actress.

Career

The Nahant, Massachusetts-born Barbara Deane FullerDeLong, Thomas A. (1996). ''Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960'', pg. 100, McFarland & Company, Inc.; . signed a contract with

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in 1949. Her father Ralph Fuller died when she was three years old. She had worked in radio shows since the 1930s. She appeared frequently in B-movies and television series in the 1950s. She changed her hair color frequently for film roles. Its hue varied from

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to brunette in her four movies released by Republic Pictures in 1950. She returned to blonde as Laurel Vernon in '' Lonely Heart Bandits'' (1950). Her first screen credit is for '' The Red Menace'' (1949). This was followed by roles in '' Flame of Youth'' (1949) and ''

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'' (1951). In ''The Red Menace'' she played "Mollie O'Flaherty", a character used by the

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as bait. In '' City of Bad Men'' (1953), a Western adventure, she played a minor character. Afterward, she was mostly involved in television work. Her last parts as a movie actress came in '' How Sweet It Is!'' (1968) and '' The Roommates'' (1973).

Radio

Fuller acted in a number of soap operas.Sies, Luther F. (2014). ''Encyclopedia of American Radio, 1920-1960, 2nd Edition''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 245. She played Claudia in ''One Man's Family'', winner of the prestigious Peabody Award and arguably the first soap opera having begun in 1932 and running three decades. She did her first radio work in

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between the ages of 9 and 11. By age 18 she had appeared in 25 radio serials. Fuller was heard in ''Whispering Streets'', ''

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'', '' Ma Perkins'', '' Today's Children'', '' Scattergood Baines'', ''Madame Courageous'', ''Road of Life'', and ''Stepmother''.

Television

Fuller's television performances are numerous, beginning with a 1953 episode of '' Adventures of Superman''. Other series in which she participated include ''

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'' (1955–1956), ''Ford Television Theater'' (1957), '' Trackdown'' (1958), ''

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'' (1958), ''Colgate Theater'' (1958), '' My Three Sons'' (1960), '' Perry Mason'' (1960, 1964), and ''

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'' (1970).

Personal life

Fuller married Western motion picture star Lash LaRue on February 23, 1951, in

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. They had a godson, child actor J.P. Sloane. The couple divorced on June 2, 1952.

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* . {{DEFAULTSORT:Fuller, Barbra 1921 births Living people 20th-century American actresses Actresses from Massachusetts American film actresses American radio actresses American soap opera actresses American television actresses People from Nahant, Massachusetts Western (genre) film actresses 21st-century American women