Barbara Pepper
Known for Acting · 121 credits
- Born
- 1915-05-31
- Died
- 1969-07-18
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (26)
Perry Mason
1957
as Martha Dale / Mrs. Diamond / Mrs. Dwyer - Fat Woman / Mrs. Williamson
The Fugitive
1963
as Matty
Wagon Train
1957
as Mrs. Maybelle Gifford
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Ruth Ziffel / Doris Ziffel
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
The Untouchables
1959
as Mrs. Littlesmith / Landlady
My Three Sons
1960
Green Acres
1965
as Doris Ziffel
Daniel Boone
1964
as Mrs. Shanks
I Love Lucy
1951
as Nurse / Woman On Bus / Neighbor / Woman Shopper / Showgirl #2
Burke's Law
1963
as Cleaning Woman
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Clara
Studio One
1948
as Ellie
Father Knows Best
1954
as Shopper
Tales of Wells Fargo
1957
as Boxcar Annie
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Mrs. Brody / Clara Chase
Laredo
1965
The Millionaire
1955
as Fat Woman
Mister Ed
1961
M Squad
1957
as Landlady
The Texan
1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958
as First Choir Lady
Mayberry R.F.D.
1968
as Emma
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
The Walter Winchell File
1957
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Miss Buell
Movies (95)
Foreign Correspondent
1940
as Dorine
Inferno
1953
as Waitress (uncredited)
The Women
1939
as Tough Girl (uncredited)
Unmasked
1950
as Mrs. Schmidt
Bachelor Mother
1939
as Dance-Hall Hostess (uncredited)
Army Girl
1938
as Riki
The Lady Eve
1941
as Lady Wrestler Type on Ship (uncredited)
Framed
1940
as Goldie Green
The Music Man
1962
as Mrs. Hawkes
Colorado Sunset
1939
as Ginger Bixby
A Star Is Born
1954
as Esther's Neighbor (uncredited)
Carry Harry
1942
as Edith, Harry's Girl Friend
Terror Trail
1946
as Karen Kemp, the Louisville Lady
Auntie Mame
1958
as Mrs. Krantz (uncredited)
Aerial Gunner
1943
as Blonde at Shooting Gallery (uncredited)
No Way Out
1950
as Woman (uncredited)
The Fuller Brush Girl
1950
as Wife Watching TV (uncredited)
After the Thin Man
1936
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
1945
as Annie
Forgotten Girls
1940
as Eve Abbott
The Return of Frank James
1940
as Nellie Blane
The Inspector General
1949
as Buxom Villager (uncredited)
Ghost Buster
1952
as Mrs. Nolan
Who's Minding the Store?
1963
as Customer at Bargain Sale (uncredited)
Kiss Me, Stupid
1964
as Big Bertha
Manpower
1941
as Polly
Out of the Fog
1941
Winterset
1936
as Girl
Our Daily Bread
1934
as Sally
It's Only Money
1962
as Fisherwoman
The Snake Pit
1948
as Asylum Patient (uncredited)
Of Mice and Men
1939
as Second Girl (uncredited)
The Westland Case
1937
as Agatha Hogan
So This Is Love
1953
as Fat Girl with Sailor in Nightclub (uncredited)
My Favorite Spy
1942
as Speedy
So This Is Washington
1943
as Betty - Taxi Driver (uncredited)
The Crooked Way
1949
Once Upon a Time
1944
as Cabbie (uncredited)
A Child Is Waiting
1963
as Miss Brown (uncredited)
Three Sons
1939
as Viola
Off the Record
1939
as Flossie - Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Girls in Chains
1943
as Barbara Pepper
The Chaser
1938
as Mabel, Drunken Girl
Show Boat
1936
The Girl Downstairs
1938
as Woman at bar (uncredited)
Hollywood Stadium Mystery
1938
as Althea Ames
My Blue Heaven
1950
as Susan (uncredited)
The Lady in the Morgue
1938
as Kay Renshaw
They Made Me a Criminal
1939
as Budgie Massey
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade
1938
as Mattie
Sex Kittens Go to College
1960
as Circe
South of Tahiti
1941
as Julie
The Sagebrush Troubadour
1935
as Joan Martin
The Naughty Nineties
1945
as Gilded Cage Hostess (uncredited)
Dark Meeting
1956
as Clara
Murder, He Says
1945
as Bonnie Fleagle
Roman Scandals
1933
as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Forty Naughty Girls
1937
as Alice
Waterfront Lady
1935
as Gloria Vance
M'Liss
1936
as Clytie Morpher
The D.I.
1957
as Woman Customer
Flight at Midnight
1939
as Mildred
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939
as Muriel - Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Castle on the Hudson
1940
as Goldie
Strictly Dynamite
1934
as Party Girl (uncredited)
The Eddie Cantor Story
1953
as Beer Garden Patron
The Bramble Bush
1960
as Polly Welk
Music for Madame
1937
as Blonde on Bus (Uncredited)
The Big Game
1936
as Lois
Wanted: Jane Turner
1936
as Marge Sanders
The Singing Vagabond
1935
as Honey
Wide Open Faces
1938
as Belle
Sailor's Lady
1940
as Maude
The Rogues' Tavern
1936
as Marjorie Burns
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1937
as Blonde Saloon Lady (uncredited)
Birth of the Blues
1941
as Maizie
Portia on Trial
1937
as Evelyn
One Thrilling Night
1942
as Lettie
Forced Landing
1935
as Nancy 'Dusty' Rhodes
Three Sons o' Guns
1941
as Francie LaRue
Many Unhappy Returns
1937
as Sophie - Cigar Store Counter Girl
Let's Face It
1943
as Daisy (uncredited)
The Big Shot
1937
as Mamie
Taming the Wild
1936
as Hazel White
What Becomes of the Children?
1936
as Elsie Ford
Too Many Wives
1937
as Angela Brown
Trouble Chasers
1945
as Goldie
A Maid Made Mad
1943
as Blonde
Let 'em Have It
1935
as Milly Adams
Blonde and Groom
1943
as Rex's Fiancée
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
1944
as Miss LaRue ("Wild Rose")
Mummy's Boys
1936
as Mary Browning
You Can't Buy Luck
1937
as Store Clerk
Sappy Pappy
1942
as Female Customer
Frisco Waterfront
1935
as The Blonde Stranger
About 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 w… With 121 credits spanning from 1933 to 1968, Barbara Pepper has appeared in 95 films and 26 TV shows.
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- Foreign Correspondent (1940) — as Dorine
- Inferno (1953) — as Waitress (uncredited)
- The Women (1939) — as Tough Girl (uncredited)
- Unmasked (1950) — as Mrs. Schmidt
- Bachelor Mother (1939) — as Dance-Hall Hostess (uncredited)
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