Barbara BillingsleyBarbara Billingsley, in a still from Leave It to Beaver.Barbara Billingsley (born Barbara Lillian Combes on December 22, 1922 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress. Her professional name comes from the last name of her first husband, Glenn Billingsley. She was sometimes credited as Barbara Billinsley. She started her career in New York City, appearing in the Broadway play, Straw Hat, and then worked as a fashion model. As an actress on the silver screen, she had usually uncredited roles in major motion picture productions in the 1940s. These roles continued into the first half of the 1950s and led to lead roles on the sitcoms Professional Father and The Brothers. She is best known for her role as matriarch June Cleaver on the sitcom Leave It to Beaver. The show ran from 1957 to 1963 and proved to be very lucrative for Billingsley. However, when the show ended, she was typecast as saccharine sweet, and did not receive any acting jobs for years. After a long absence from the public eye, she appeared in the movie Airplane! in 1980. Her most famous line from the film, in which she said "Stewardess? I speak jive!" was quoted in popular culture for many years after the fact. She appeared in a Leave It to Beaver reunion movie and in a subsequent revival television series, Still the Beaver. At the same time, she did the voice of Nanny on Muppet Babies from 1984 to 1991, and gained a new audience completely. She and her first husband, Glenn Billingsley, had two sons, Drew and Brud. After their divorce, she married Roy Kellino, and, after his death, she married Dr. William Mortenson. Some credited film roles
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William Mortenson. Ironically she plays a character named Anya, the name of a Buffy character and wishes that the Elders (a Charmed version of Angel's the The Powers That Be) would make her human (similarly to Buffy's own Anya character). After their divorce, she married Roy Kellino, and, after his death, she married Dr. She has also starred in the popular witch drama, and close counterpart of Buffy: Charmed, as, like her role in Angel, a Seer. She and her first husband, Glenn Billingsley, had two sons, Drew and Brud. Carpenter posed for the June 2004 issue of Playboy magazine. At the same time, she did the voice of Nanny on Muppet Babies from 1984 to 1991, and gained a new audience completely. In 2002 she got married to Damian Hardy and on March 24, 2003 she gave birth to a boy, Donovan Charles Hardy. She appeared in a Leave It to Beaver reunion movie and in a subsequent revival television series, Still the Beaver. She has made guest appearances in Baywatch, Miss Match and has had a role in Malibu Shores. Her most famous line from the film, in which she said "Stewardess? I speak jive!" was quoted in popular culture for many years after the fact. She was discovered by a commercial agent while she was then a waitress, leading to several roles on TV adverts. After a long absence from the public eye, she appeared in the movie Airplane! in 1980. Carpenter was born in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show ran from 1957 to 1963 and proved to be very lucrative for Billingsley. However, when the show ended, she was typecast as saccharine sweet, and did not receive any acting jobs for years. She is best known for playing the character Cordelia Chase in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off Angel. She is best known for her role as matriarch June Cleaver on the sitcom Leave It to Beaver. Charisma Carpenter (born July 23, 1970) is an American actress. These roles continued into the first half of the 1950s and led to lead roles on the sitcoms Professional Father and The Brothers. As an actress on the silver screen, she had usually uncredited roles in major motion picture productions in the 1940s. She started her career in New York City, appearing in the Broadway play, Straw Hat, and then worked as a fashion model. She was sometimes credited as Barbara Billinsley. Her professional name comes from the last name of her first husband, Glenn Billingsley. Barbara Billingsley (born Barbara Lillian Combes on December 22, 1922 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress. I Cheated the Law (1949). Pretty Baby (1950). Invitation (1952). Woman in the Dark (1952). The Lady Wants Mink (1953). |