# Barbara Bostock
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{{Short description|American actress}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Barbara Bostock
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1935|12|19}}
| birth_place = [Palm Beach](/source/Palm_Beach%2C_Florida), [Florida](/source/Florida), [U.S.](/source/United_States)
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1957–1977
}}
'''Barbara Bostock''' (born December 19, 1935)[Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: ''489106''] is a retired American actress. She was sometimes credited as '''Barbara Lawson'''.{{Citation needed |date=April 2021}}
==Early years==
Bostock was born in [Palm Beach, Florida](/source/Palm_Beach%2C_Florida) as an only child to George Bostock, a shoemaker, who came to Florida from [Georgia](/source/Georgia_(U.S._state)), and his wife Frances.[Year: ''1940''; Census Place: ''West Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Florida''; Roll: ''m-t0627-00606''; Page: ''16A''; Enumeration District: ''50-31A''][''Eleventh census of the state of Florida, 1945''; (Microfilm series S 1371, 43 reels); Record Group 001021; State Library and Archives of Florida, Tallahassee, Florida.] When she was 8 years old, she began dancing.[{{cite news |last1=Gavzer |first1=Bernard |title=Barbara Bostock Latest To Ride To Fame in "Pajama Game" Role |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12476946/barbara_bostockpajama_game/ |work=The Terre Haute Tribune |agency=Associated Press |date=March 18, 1956 |location=Indiana, Terre Haute |page=65 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com) |accessdate=July 19, 2017}} {{Open access}}] Bostock went to [Palm Beach High School](/source/Palm_Beach_High_School).[''"U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"''; School Name: ''Palm Beach High School''; Year: ''1952'']
==Career==
In 1955, Bostock appeared on [Broadway](/source/Broadway_(theatre)) in ''[Silk Stockings](/source/Silk_Stockings)'' at the [Imperial Theatre](/source/Imperial_Theatre). Afterwards, she replaced [Pat Stanley](/source/Pat_Stanley) in the role of "Gladys" in the national tour of ''[The Pajama Game](/source/The_Pajama_Game)''.[{{Cite web |title=The Pajama Game – Broadway Musical – Tour {{!}} IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/tour-production/the-pajama-game-530860 |access-date=March 18, 2021 |website=www.ibdb.com}}] In 1957 she made her TV debut on ''[The George Gobel Show](/source/The_George_Gobel_Show)'' and made her movie debut in 1958 when she was cast in the films ''[Girls on the Loose](/source/Girls_on_the_Loose)'' and ''[Senior Prom](/source/Senior_Prom_(film)).''
She appeared in the [Jerry Lewis](/source/Jerry_Lewis) film ''[Visit to a Small Planet](/source/Visit_to_a_Small_Planet)'' (1960) as the beatnik dancer, Desdemona, under the name Barbara Lawson. She also appears in an episode of ''[The Millionaire](/source/The_Millionaire_(TV_series))'': Season 6, Episode 26, along with [Dennis Hopper](/source/Dennis_Hopper) and [Jack Larson](/source/Jack_Larson) under that stage name.{{Citation needed |date=April 2021}}
Bostock was active in summer stock musicals, including ''[Annie Get Your Gun](/source/Annie_Get_Your_Gun_(musical))'' and ''[Can-Can](/source/Can-Can_(musical))'' in the early 1960s.
The rest of her brief career was spent in television, making guest appearances in ''[Route 66](/source/Route_66_(TV_series))'', ''[General Electric Theater](/source/General_Electric_Theater)'', ''[I Dream of Jeannie](/source/I_Dream_of_Jeannie)'', and ''[The Rookies](/source/The_Rookies)''. She also had roles in the TV movies ''[Delancey Street: The Crisis Within](/source/Delancey_Street%3A_The_Crisis_Within)'' and ''[The Spell](/source/The_Spell_(1977_film))'' (1977), with [Lee Grant](/source/Lee_Grant).
Bostock's biggest role was in the [ABC](/source/American_Broadcasting_Company) comedy, ''[Love on a Rooftop](/source/Love_on_a_Rooftop)'',{{r|etvs|page1=629}} starring [Pete Duel](/source/Pete_Duel) and [Judy Carne](/source/Judy_Carne) as Dave and Julie Willis, a young newlywed couple. Their neighbors and best friends were Stan ([Rich Little](/source/Rich_Little)) and Carol Parker. As Carol, Bostock appeared in each of the 30 episodes of the series.
She portrayed Margaret on ''[The Farmer's Daughter](/source/The_Farmer's_Daughter_(TV_series))'' TV series.[{{cite book |last1=Terrace |first1=Vincent |title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 |date=2011 |publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers |location=Jefferson, N.C. |isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7 |page=332 |edition=2nd}}]
Bostock in 1960 also was a guest star on ''[Route 66](/source/Route_66_(TV_series))'', "Play it Glissando" (first season).
==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0098240|name=Barbara Bostock}}
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* [http://streamline.filmstruck.com/2010/01/23/not-your-typical-girl-gang-flick/ Not Your Typical Girl Gang Flick (TCM Movie Morlocks)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027125422/http://streamline.filmstruck.com/2010/01/23/not-your-typical-girl-gang-flick/ |date=October 27, 2017 }}
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Category:American television actresses
Category:1935 births
Category:Living people
Category:21st-century American women
Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:People from Palm Beach, Florida
Category:Actresses from Palm Beach County, Florida
Category:American stage actresses
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