Barbara Billingsley (Actress), born on December 22, 1915 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Barbara Billingsley's age 102 years (at death) & Zodiac Sign Capricorn, nationality American (by birth) & Race/Ethnicity is White. Let's check, How Tall is Barbara Billingsley?
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Barbara Billingsley Height
5 ft 5 in (165 cm/)
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| Height (in Feet-Inches) | 5 ft 5 in |
| Height (in Centimeters) | 165 cm |
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| Weight (in Kilograms) | 56 kg |
| Weight (in Pounds) | 123 lbs |
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Barbara Billingsley FAQs
Why did Barbara Billingsley always wear a necklace?
As for her trademark white-pearl necklace, Billingsley said in 2003 in The Times that she wore it “because I have a big hollow in my neck” and the necklace covered the spot perfectly. “So no matter what I was doing – cleaning, cooking or answering the phone – I had those darn pearls on,” she said.
What did Barbara Billingsley do before Leave It to Beaver?
Before she became a successful actress, she once worked with a magician, balancing cards. Regularly played poker with Rod Serling’s family before his death. Oprah Winfrey once said Billingsley was her childhood television heroine. Remained good friends with Tony Dow and Jerry Mathers after Leave It to Beaver (1957).
Is Peter Billingsley related to Barbara?
Billingsley is related by marriage to actor/producer Peter Billingsley, known for his starring role as Ralphie in the seasonal TV-movie classic “A Christmas Story,” according to the Internet Movie Database. Peter Billingsley’s mother, Gail Billingsley, is the cousin of Barbara’s first husband, Glenn.
How old was Barbara Billingsley When she did Leave It to Beaver?
94 years (1915–2010)
Barbara Billingsley was an American film, television, voice, and stage actress. She gained prominence in the 1950s movie The Careless Years, acting opposite Natalie Trundy, followed by her best known role, that of June Cleaver, the mother in the television series Leave It to Beaver and its sequel The New Leave It to Beaver . Billingsley was born Barbara Lillian Combes on December 22, 1915, in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Lillian Agnes and Robert Collyer Combes, a police officer. She had one elder sibling, Elizabeth . Her parents divorced sometime before her fourth birthday, and her father, who later became an assistant chief of police, remarried. After her divorce, Lillian Combes went to work as a foreman at a knitting mill. After attending Los Angeles Junior College for one year, Billingsley traveled to Broadway, when Straw Hat, a revue in which she was appearing, attracted enough attention to send it to New York City. When the show closed, after five days, she took an apartment on 57th Street and went to work as a $60-a-week fashion model. In 1941, she married Glenn Billingsley, Sr. She landed a contract with MGM Studios in 1945 and moved with her husband to Los Angeles the following year. That same year, Glenn Billingsley opened a restaurant there.
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