{{Short description|American actress (1930–2011)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Barbara Stuart | image = Barbara Stuart 1968.jpg | alt = | caption = Stuart in 1968 | birth_name = Barbara Ann McNeese | birth_date = {{birth date|1930|01|03}} | birth_place = [[Paris, Illinois]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2011|5|15|1930|1|03}} | death_place = [[St. George, Utah]], U.S. | known_for = ''[[Bachelor Party (1984 film)|Bachelor Party]]''<br>''[[Airplane!]]''<br>''[[Pete and Gladys]]'' | other_names = | occupation = Actress | spouse = {{marriage|[[Dick Gautier]]|1967|1979|end=divorce}} | children = | years_active = 1954–2006 }} '''Barbara Stuart''' (born '''Barbara Ann McNeese'''; January 3, 1930<ref name="bg" /><ref name="lnj">{{Cite news |date=May 24, 2011 |title=Barbara Stuart, actress, dies at 81 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45515544/barbara_stuart/ |access-date=February 24, 2020 |work=Longview News-Journal |location=Texas, Longview |page=A 8 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> &ndash; May 15, 2011) was an American actress.

She had a recurring role of Sgt. Carter's girlfriend Bunny on ''[[Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.]]''

== Early years == Born in [[Paris, Illinois]], Stuart was raised in [[Hume, Illinois]]. Following her high school graduation, she studied acting at the Schuster-Martin School of Drama in Cincinnati before moving to New York City, where she studied under [[Uta Hagen]] and [[Stella Adler]].<ref name="bg">{{Cite news |last=Grimes |first=Williams |date=May 21, 2011 |title=Barbara Stuart, 81; television actress |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45573560/barbara-stuart/ |access-date=February 25, 2020 |work=The Boston Globe |location=Massachusetts, Boston |page=B 10 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |agency=The New York Times}}</ref>

==Career== [[File:Barbara Stuart, Ayn Ruymen, and McLean Stevenson (1977).jpg|thumb|Stuart, [[Ayn Ruymen]] and [[McLean Stevenson]] in a publicity still for [[The McLean Stevenson Show]] 1977]] On stage, Stuart performed in the national touring company of [[Sidney Kingsley]]'s ''Lunatics and Lovers''.<ref name=bg/> In the early 1960s, she was a showgirl in [[Las Vegas]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ames |first=Walter |date=August 31, 1960 |title=Gary Crosby Denies Proposing to Showgirl |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45509731/the_los_angeles_times/ |access-date=February 24, 2020 |work=The Los Angeles Times |location=California, Los Angeles |page=Part I - 30}}</ref> She also appeared in the films ''[[Marines, Let's Go]]'' (1961), ''[[Hellfighters (film)|Hellfighters]]'' (1968), ''[[Airplane!]]'' (1980), ''[[Bachelor Party (1984 film)|Bachelor Party]]'' (1984), and ''[[Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills]]'' (1997).<ref name=bg/>

===Television=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Program !! Role |- | ''[[The Texan (TV series)|The Texan]]'' || Poker Alice, episode "The Taming of Rio Nada," 1957 |- | ''[[The Lawless Years]]'' || as Marie Walters in "The Marie Walters Story" (S01E09 -1959)<br> as Stella Gorman in "The Maxie Gorman Story" (S01E10-1959)<br> as Kiki Melody in "The Billy Boy 'Rockabye' Creel Story" (S02E04-1959)<br> as Ginny in "Ginny" (S03E10 -1961) |- | ''[[The George Burns Show]]'' || Lily<ref name="etvs">{{Cite book |last=Terrace |first=Vincent |title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 |date=2011 |publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers |isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7 |edition=2nd |location=Jefferson, N.C. |page=384}}</ref> |- |''[[Peter Gunn]]'' | as Shirley Blaze, S1 E4, "The Blind Pianist" (1958)<br> as Lavinia, S2, E12, "The Briefcase" (1959)<br> as Candy Lane, S3, E24, "Come Dance with Me and Die" (1961) |- | ''[[Perry Mason]]'' | as Maizie Freitag, in "The Case of the Brazen Bequest" (S5E12-1961) <br /> as Violet Ryder, S4, E28, "The Case of the Guilty Clients" (1961) |- | ''[[The Cara Williams Show]]'' || Miss Hartley, episode "Get the Lead Out," 1964 |- | ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'' || Pat Blake, episode "TV or Not TV," 1965 |- | ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'' || Maureen Core AKA 'Marine Corps' |- | ''[[Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.]]'' || Bunny<ref name="jn">{{Cite news |last=Maays |first=Stan |date=January 23, 1969 |title=Actress Anchors 'Queen and I' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45507612/barbara_stuart/ |access-date=February 24, 2020 |work=The Journal News |location=New York, White Plains |page=30 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |- | ''[[The Great Gildersleeve#Television|The Great Gildersleeve]]'' || Bessie{{r|etvs|page1=414}} |- | ''[[The McLean Stevenson Show]]'' || Peggy Ferguson{{r|etvs|page1=673}} |- | ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' || Edith Rogers, "[[A Thing About Machines]]" (S2E4-1960) {{r|etvs|page1=673}} |- | ''[[Pete and Gladys]]'' || Alice{{r|etvs|page1=826}} |- | ''[[The Queen & I (American TV series)|The Queen & I]]'' || Wilma Winslow{{r|etvs|page1=868}} |- | ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' || Rocket (year two, episodes 31 and 32) |- | ''[[Banacek]]'' || Sailor (bar tender), episode "The Greatest Collection of Them All" (1973) |- | ''[[Three's Company]]'' || Mrs. Medford, episode "Chrissy's Cousin" (S5E7-1980)<br>Martha, episode "Jack's Double Date (S7E17-1983) |- | ''[[The Untouchables (1959 TV series)|The Untouchables]]'' ||Thelma Devores (The George 'Bugs' Moran Story) 1959 |}

In the early 1990s, Stuart performed in dinner theaters.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Anderson |first=Porter |date=June 9, 1990 |title=Barbara Stuart is weak point in Showboat's 'Steel Magnolias' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45512983/the_tampa_tribune/ |access-date=February 24, 2020 |work=The Tampa Tribune |location=Florida, Tampa |page=66 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

==Personal life and death== Stuart married actor [[Dick Gautier]]<ref name=jn/> in 1967. Their honeymoon was canceled by her hospitalization for a blood clot in her leg. She was in the hospital for eight months as the clot moved to her lung and she developed pneumonia.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kleiner |first=Dick |date=May 10, 1977 |title=Failure gradually turning into success |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45513800/barbara_stuart/ |access-date=February 24, 2020 |work=El Paso Herald-Post |location=Texas, El Paso |page=9 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

On May 15, 2011, she died at a nursing home in [[St. George, Utah]], aged 81.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 25, 2011 |title=Actress Barbara Stuart dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45510172/barbara_stuart/ |access-date=February 24, 2020 |work=Statesman Journal |location=Oregon, Salem |page=22 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Grimes |first=William |date=May 20, 2011 |title=Barbara Stuart, TV Actress, Is Dead at 81 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/20/arts/television/barbara-stuart-tv-actress-is-dead-at-81.html |access-date=April 28, 2024 |website=The New York Times |language=en-US}}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|0835651}} * {{rotten-tomatoes-person|barbara_stuart}}

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