Barbara Nichols
Barbara Nichols
A one-time exotic dancer, buxom blonde actress Barbara Nichols more than once portrayed strippers during her film and TV career. But she also was a persuasive dramatic actress when the need arose, as well as an articulate, well-read young lady offscreen. When not removing her clothes on-camera, Nichols could be seen portraying a variety of dim-bulbed blondes, gun molls, and gold-diggers, imbuing each character with an expert sense of comic timing and subtle inner lining of pathos. She was a favorite foil for many of TV's top comedians of the 1950s and 1960s, notably Jack Benny, who frequently cast Ms. Nichols as his brash, gum-chewing steady date on his weekly TV series. A film actress since 1954, Barbara Nichols curtailed her screen appearances in her last years due to the liver disease that would take her life at the age of 46. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Barbara Nichols:
- The Pajama Game with Doris Day , Eddie Jr. Foy , Reta Shaw , Ralph Dunn
- Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood with Bruce Dern , Madeline Kahn , Art Carney , Phil Silvers , Ron Leibman , Teri Garr , Robert Alda , Edward Ashley , Billy Barty , William Benedict , Edgar Bergen , Janet Blair , Joan Blondell , John Carradine , Jack Carter , Cyd Charisse , Jackie Coogan , Broderick Crawford , Yvonne DeCarlo , Gloria DeHaven , William Demarest , Andy Devine , Alice Faye , Fritz Feld , Stepin Fetchit , Rhonda Fleming , Eddie Jr. Foy , Zsa Zsa Gabor , Shecky Greene , Huntz Hall , Dick Haymes , Sterling Holloway , Jack LaRue , Dorothy Lamour , Peter Lawford , Phil Leeds , Keye Luke , Guy Madison , Victor Mature , Virginia Mayo , Mike Mazurki , Ethel Merman , Ann Miller , Ricardo Montalban , Dennis Morgan , Patricia Morison , Carmel Myers , Louis Nye , Walter Pidgeon , Aldo Ray , Ann Rutherford , Dean Stockwell , Regis Toomey , Rudy Vallee , Doodles Weaver , Jesse White , Henny Youngman , Morey Amsterdam , Milton Berle , Rory Calhoun , Tab Hunter , George Jessel , Fernando Lamas , Ken Murray , Nancy Walker , Henry Wilcoxon
- The Loved One with Robert Morse , Anjanette Comer , Jonathan Winters , Rod Steiger , Dana Andrews , James Coburn , John Gielgud , Milton Berle , Tab Hunter , Margaret Leighton , Roddy McDowall , Robert Morley , Lionel Stander , Alan Napier , John Bleifer , Robert Easton , Don Haggerty , Reta Shaw , Martin Ransohoff , Paul Williams
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