Barbara Pepper
1915-05-31 ( 109 years old ) in New York City, New York, USA

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.

Movies

Kiss Me, Stupid 1964-12-22
Who's Minding the Store? 1963-11-28
A Child Is Waiting 1963-02-13
It's Only Money 1962-11-20
The Music Man 1962-06-19
Sex Kittens Go to College 1960-08-24
The Bramble Bush 1960-02-24
Auntie Mame 1958-12-04
The D.I. 1957-05-30
Dark Meeting 1956-01-05
A Star Is Born 1954-10-01
The Eddie Cantor Story 1953-12-25
Inferno 1953-08-12
So This Is Love 1953-07-15
Ghost Buster 1952-03-07
The Fuller Brush Girl 1950-09-15
My Blue Heaven 1950-09-15
No Way Out 1950-08-16
Unmasked 1950-01-30
The Inspector General 1949-12-31
The Crooked Way 1949-04-22
The Snake Pit 1948-11-04
Terror Trail 1946-11-21
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry 1945-08-17
Murder, He Says 1945-06-23
The Naughty Nineties 1945-06-20
Trouble Chasers 1945-05-02
Once Upon a Time 1944-06-29
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid 1944-04-01
Let's Face It 1943-08-04
So This Is Washington 1943-08-01
Girls in Chains 1943-05-17
Blonde and Groom 1943-04-16
Aerial Gunner 1943-03-20
A Maid Made Mad 1943-03-19
Sappy Pappy 1942-10-30
Carry Harry 1942-09-03
My Favorite Spy 1942-06-12
One Thrilling Night 1942-06-05
Birth of the Blues 1941-11-07
South of Tahiti 1941-10-17
Manpower 1941-08-09
Three Sons o' Guns 1941-08-02
Out of the Fog 1941-06-14
The Lady Eve 1941-02-25
Foreign Correspondent 1940-08-16
The Return of Frank James 1940-08-10
Sailor's Lady 1940-07-05
Forgotten Girls 1940-03-15
Framed 1940-02-23
Castle on the Hudson 1940-02-17
Of Mice and Men 1939-12-24
The Amazing Mr. Williams 1939-11-22
Three Sons 1939-10-13
The Women 1939-09-01
Flight at Midnight 1939-08-28
Colorado Sunset 1939-07-30
Bachelor Mother 1939-06-30
They Made Me a Criminal 1939-01-21
Off the Record 1939-01-21
The Girl Downstairs 1938-12-23
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade 1938-12-15
Army Girl 1938-08-11
The Chaser 1938-07-29
The Lady in the Morgue 1938-04-22
Wide Open Faces 1938-04-18
Hollywood Stadium Mystery 1938-02-21
Portia on Trial 1937-11-08
The Westland Case 1937-10-30
Many Unhappy Returns 1937-10-14
Music for Madame 1937-10-08
Forty Naughty Girls 1937-09-24
The Big Shot 1937-07-23
You Can't Buy Luck 1937-04-30
The Outcasts of Poker Flat 1937-04-16
Too Many Wives 1937-04-09
What Becomes of the Children? 1936-12-04
Wanted: Jane Turner 1936-12-04
Winterset 1936-12-03
The Big Game 1936-10-09
Mummy's Boys 1936-10-02
M'Liss 1936-07-27
The Rogues' Tavern 1936-06-04
Show Boat 1936-05-17
Taming the Wild 1936-02-14
The Singing Vagabond 1935-12-16
Frisco Waterfront 1935-12-03
The Sagebrush Troubadour 1935-12-02
Forced Landing 1935-12-02
Waterfront Lady 1935-10-04
Let 'em Have It 1935-05-15
Our Daily Bread 1934-10-02
Strictly Dynamite 1934-05-11
Roman Scandals 1933-11-27

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