Celebrity Biographies
Barbara Billingsley Biography
| Date of Birth: | 1915, December 22 |
|---|---|
| Years: | 104 years |
| Nation of birth: | United States of America |
| Height: | 5 feet 5 inches |
| Name | Barbara Billingsley |
| birth name | Barbara Lillian Combes |
| Nationality | American |
| Place of birth / city | Los Angeles, California, US |
| ethnicity | white ethnicity |
| Profession | Actor |
| Net worth | $2 million |
| Married | Yes |
| Married to | Dr William Leigh Mortensen |
| Kids | Two |
| Divorce | Roy Kellino and Glenn Andrew Billingsley |
American actress Barbara Billingsley had spanned a decade-long acting career, and there were also dozens of hit movies and TV series credited to her name. She rose to fame after her appearance on the television series. Leave it to Bever . She also gained huge popularity for her work on the series. The new Leave It to Beaver and hit movie Plane! .
Early life, biography and education of Barbara Billingsley
Barbara Billingsley was born on December 22, 1915 in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. She is the daughter of Lillian Agnes McLaughlin (mother), a factory worker, and Robert Collyer Combes (father), a former police officer. She grew up together with her sister sister. Elizabeth Billingsley in Los Angeles.
His parents divorced before he was four years old. She attended Los Angeles Junior College and dropped out at age 19. She headed to New York City in pursuit of a career on Broadway. After several auditions, she won a role in a new play, Top Hat .
Billingsley is a US national and, with respect to her ethnicity, she is white.
Barbara Billingsley Career and Lifestyle
Barbara Billingsley got her debut role playing Dame in a 1995 film Adventures . The actress landed many movie roles before landing her first television role in Rebound in 1952.
Billingsley rose to fame when he landed the role in a hit television series. She left it to Beaver from 1975 to 1963. She reprized the role in its sequel. The New Leave It to Beaver from 1983 to 1989. The actress also voiced Nanny on Muppet Babies during the run of The New Leave It to Beaver from 1984 to 1991. For her portrayal of Nanny, she earned a Daytime Emmy Award nomination on the category of Best Performer.
In 1997, Billingsley played a role in Leave It to Beaver sharing the credits alongside Janine Turner , Erik von Detten, and Adam Zolotin . The actress spanned more than five decades playing a variety of roles in both movies and television series. And the last on-screen role of hers was Mysterious Ways along with Rae Dawn Chong and Alisen Down .
Barbara Billingsley Net Worth and Sources of Income
Barbara Billingsley raised a considerable amount of money from her acting career. Her net worth at the time of her death was $2 million. She owned a home in Malibu, California.
In 1980, Billingsley played a role in Plane! which raked in a huge box office take racking up over $130 million against its $3.5 million budget. As the main part of the film, the actress had undoubtedly been well paid.
After her death, the actress left her household furniture, watches, jewelry, clothes, cars and other things to her two sons, both in their 60s.
Barbara Billingsley Marriage, Husband, Relationship
Barbara Billingsley was married three times and had two children. The actress was first married to Glenn Billingsley; he was a restaurateur who was also the nephew of Sherman Billingsley . After her marriage to Sherman, she also changed her name from Combes de ella to Billingsley.
Gradually, the actress also became involved in her husband’s commercial work. They owned several well-known restaurateurs such as the Outrigger Polynesian restaurants in Los Angeles, as well as a Stork Club in Key West, Florida.
The two had two children son Glenn Billingsley Jr. , born in 1945 and Drew Billingsley born in 1942. Their son, Glenn Jr., married Karen Zappas in 1976 and the couple also have three children.
Despite their romantic relationship, Barbara and her late husband Glenn divorced on February 13, 1947. After separating, the actress married Roy Kellino on November 15, 1953. They were in a marital relationship until Kellino’s death. in 1956.
The actress for the third time exchanged vows with Dr. William S. Mortensen , in 1959. They were married until her husband Mortensen’s death on July 5, 1981.
Her hobbies included gardening, eating dinner, watching movies, listening to the radio. She was also a tennis player. She prefers to sew and travel.
Cause of death and age of Barbara Billingsley
On October 16, 2010, at the age of 94, Barbara Billingsley died of polymyalgia at her home in Santa Monica. She was buried at Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery, Santa Monica.
The actress resided in Santa Monica, California, from 1956 until her death in 2010.