Barbara Darrow (born November 18, 1931) is an American motion picture and television actress.

Biographie

Barbara Darrow was born Barbara Georgine Wittlinger in Hollywood, California to a motion picture landscape artist and a former silent screen actress. She took her stage name from her uncle, actor turned agent, John Darrow.

In 1951, Howard Hughes signed Darrow to a contract with RKO Studios. She made mostly B-movie films in the 1950s, including The Monster That Challenged The World and Queen of Outer Space. She replaced Marla English opposite Spencer Tracy in The Mountain, after English had an adverse reaction to a smallpox vaccine. By 1955 she was one of only three actors under contract to RKO.

Darrow made several appearances in one or two episodes of popular television shows in the 1950s. Some of these include The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, Bachelor Father, The Bob Cummings Show, M Squad, and Peter Gunn.