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Barbara Pepper

Barbara Pepper

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

Personal information

Birthday

1915-05-31

Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Movies and TV shows :

A Child Is Waiting

A Child Is Waiting

1963

6.8

Movie
A Maid Made Mad

A Maid Made Mad

1943

0.0

Movie
A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born

1954

7.1

Movie
Aerial Gunner

Aerial Gunner

1943

4.4

Movie
Army Girl

Army Girl

1938

6.0

Movie
Auntie Mame

Auntie Mame

1958

7.0

Movie
Bachelor Mother

Bachelor Mother

1939

7.1

Movie
Birth of the Blues

Birth of the Blues

1941

5.3

Movie
Blonde and Groom

Blonde and Groom

1943

0.0

Movie
poster

Burke's Law

1963

6.0

TV
Carry Harry

Carry Harry

1942

0.0

Movie
Castle on the Hudson

Castle on the Hudson

1940

6.8

Movie
Colorado Sunset

Colorado Sunset

1939

0.0

Movie
poster

Daniel Boone

1964

6.9

TV
Dark Meeting

Dark Meeting

1956

0.0

Movie
poster

Father Knows Best

1954

6.6

TV
Flight at Midnight

Flight at Midnight

1939

4.5

Movie
Forced Landing

Forced Landing

1935

0.0

Movie
Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent

1940

7.0

Movie
Forgotten Girls

Forgotten Girls

1940

5.0

Movie
Forty Naughty Girls

Forty Naughty Girls

1937

5.2

Movie
poster

Four Star Playhouse

1952

6.1

TV
Framed

Framed

1940

5.8

Movie
Frisco Waterfront

Frisco Waterfront

1935

0.0

Movie
Ghost Buster

Ghost Buster

1952

6.0

Movie
Girls in Chains

Girls in Chains

1943

4.7

Movie
poster

Green Acres

1965

7.3

TV
poster

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

7.4

TV
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid

Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid

1944

0.0

Movie
Hollywood Stadium Mystery

Hollywood Stadium Mystery

1938

5.7

Movie
poster

I Love Lucy

1951

8.0

TV
Inferno

Inferno

1953

6.2

Movie
It's Only Money

It's Only Money

1962

6.1

Movie
Kiss Me, Stupid

Kiss Me, Stupid

1964

7.0

Movie
poster

Laredo

1965

6.3

TV
Let 'em Have It

Let 'em Have It

1935

7.0

Movie
Let's Face It

Let's Face It

1943

4.5

Movie
poster

M Squad

1957

5.2

TV
M'Liss

M'Liss

1936

5.0

Movie
Manpower

Manpower

1941

6.7

Movie
Many Unhappy Returns

Many Unhappy Returns

1937

0.0

Movie
poster

Mayberry R.F.D.

1968

5.7

TV
poster

Mister Ed

1961

6.7

TV
Mummy's Boys

Mummy's Boys

1936

4.7

Movie
Murder, He Says

Murder, He Says

1945

6.6

Movie
Music for Madame

Music for Madame

1937

5.0

Movie
My Blue Heaven

My Blue Heaven

1950

7.0

Movie
My Favorite Spy

My Favorite Spy

1942

5.2

Movie
poster

My Three Sons

1960

6.5

TV
No Way Out

No Way Out

1950

6.9

Movie
Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men

1939

7.3

Movie
Off the Record

Off the Record

1939

6.0

Movie
Once Upon a Time

Once Upon a Time

1944

5.8

Movie
One Thrilling Night

One Thrilling Night

1942

5.1

Movie
Our Daily Bread

Our Daily Bread

1934

6.8

Movie
Out of the Fog

Out of the Fog

1941

6.4

Movie
poster

Perry Mason

1957

7.7

TV
poster

Petticoat Junction

1963

5.9

TV
Portia on Trial

Portia on Trial

1937

5.3

Movie
poster

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

1957

6.2

TV
Roman Scandals

Roman Scandals

1933

5.9

Movie
Sailor's Lady

Sailor's Lady

1940

4.0

Movie
Sappy Pappy

Sappy Pappy

1942

0.0

Movie
poster

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

7.0

TV
Sex Kittens Go to College

Sex Kittens Go to College

1960

3.4

Movie
poster

Shirley Temple's Storybook

1958

5.8

TV
Show Boat

Show Boat

1936

6.8

Movie
So This Is Love

So This Is Love

1953

5.5

Movie
So This Is Washington

So This Is Washington

1943

4.8

Movie
South of Tahiti

South of Tahiti

1941

6.0

Movie
Strictly Dynamite

Strictly Dynamite

1934

5.3

Movie
poster

Studio One

1948

4.7

TV
poster

Tales of Wells Fargo

1957

6.8

TV
Taming the Wild

Taming the Wild

1936

5.5

Movie
Terror Trail

Terror Trail

1946

0.0

Movie
The Amazing Mr. Williams

The Amazing Mr. Williams

1939

5.8

Movie
The Big Game

The Big Game

1936

5.8

Movie
The Big Shot

The Big Shot

1937

5.0

Movie
The Bramble Bush

The Bramble Bush

1960

5.5

Movie
The Chaser

The Chaser

1938

6.0

Movie
The Crooked Way

The Crooked Way

1949

6.4

Movie
The D.I.

The D.I.

1957

7.1

Movie
The Eddie Cantor Story

The Eddie Cantor Story

1953

5.0

Movie
poster

The Fugitive

1963

7.2

TV
The Fuller Brush Girl

The Fuller Brush Girl

1950

6.0

Movie
The Girl Downstairs

The Girl Downstairs

1938

4.5

Movie
poster

The Greatest Show on Earth

1963

5.0

TV
The Inspector General

The Inspector General

1949

6.4

Movie
The Lady Eve

The Lady Eve

1941

7.2

Movie
The Lady in the Morgue

The Lady in the Morgue

1938

6.0

Movie
poster

The Millionaire

1955

5.0

TV
The Music Man

The Music Man

1962

7.1

Movie
The Naughty Nineties

The Naughty Nineties

1945

6.8

Movie
The Outcasts of Poker Flat

The Outcasts of Poker Flat

1937

6.0

Movie
The Return of Frank James

The Return of Frank James

1940

6.3

Movie
The Rogues' Tavern

The Rogues' Tavern

1936

5.8

Movie
The Sagebrush Troubadour

The Sagebrush Troubadour

1935

5.5

Movie
The Singing Vagabond

The Singing Vagabond

1935

7.0

Movie
The Snake Pit

The Snake Pit

1948

7.0

Movie
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

1945

6.3

Movie
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade

The Strange Case of Dr. Meade

1938

5.0

Movie
poster

The Texan

1958

5.5

TV
poster

The Walter Winchell File

1957

5.0

TV
The Westland Case

The Westland Case

1937

6.0

Movie
The Women

The Women

1939

7.1

Movie
They Made Me a Criminal

They Made Me a Criminal

1939

6.3

Movie
Three Sons

Three Sons

1939

3.2

Movie
Three Sons o' Guns

Three Sons o' Guns

1941

5.0

Movie
Too Many Wives

Too Many Wives

1937

6.7

Movie
Trouble Chasers

Trouble Chasers

1945

0.0

Movie
Unmasked

Unmasked

1950

5.2

Movie
Wanted: Jane Turner

Wanted: Jane Turner

1936

5.3

Movie
Waterfront Lady

Waterfront Lady

1935

5.5

Movie
What Becomes of the Children?

What Becomes of the Children?

1936

5.0

Movie
Who's Minding the Store?

Who's Minding the Store?

1963

6.9

Movie
Wide Open Faces

Wide Open Faces

1938

8.5

Movie
Winterset

Winterset

1936

5.6

Movie
You Can't Buy Luck

You Can't Buy Luck

1937

4.5

Movie