# Barbra Fuller

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{{Short description|American actress (1921–2024)}}
{{for|the English lawn bowler|Barbara Fuller}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{infobox  person
| name               = Barbra Fuller
| image              =
| birth_name         = Barbara Deane Fuller
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1921|07|31}}
| birth_place        = [Nahant, Massachusetts](/source/Nahant%2C_Massachusetts), U.S.
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2024|05|14|1921|07|31}}
| death_place        = [Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California](/source/Woodland_Hills%2C_Los_Angeles%2C_California), U.S.
| occupation         = Actress
| years_active       = 1930s–1973
| spouse             = {{marriage|[Lash LaRue](/source/Lash_LaRue)|1951|1952|end=div}}
}}

'''Barbra Fuller''' (born '''Barbara Deane Fuller'''; July 31, 1921 – May 14, 2024) was an American actress.

==Career==
Fuller signed a contract with [Republic Pictures](/source/Republic_Pictures) in 1949.<ref name="rp">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5190256/the_brooklyn_daily_eagle|title=Republic Pact for Radio's Barbara Fuller|work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|date=May 7, 1949|location=Brooklyn, NY|page=14|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=May 7, 2016}} {{Open access}}</ref> Her father Ralph Fuller died when she was three years old. She had worked in radio shows since the 1930s.<ref name="WesternBook">{{cite book|last1=Fitzgerald|first1=Michael G.|last2=Magers|first2=Boyd|title=Ladies of the Western: Interviews with Fifty-One More Actresses from the Silent Era to the Television Westerns of the 1950s and 1960s|date=February 2, 2006|publisher=[McFarland](/source/McFarland_%26_Company)|isbn=978-0786426560|pages=51–57|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2_RTCgAAQBAJ&dq=barbra+fuller+interview&pg=PA51|accessdate=October 30, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> She appeared frequently in [B-movies](/source/B-movies) and television series in the 1950s. She changed her hair color frequently for film roles. Its hue varied from [platinum](/source/platinum) to brunette in her four movies released by Republic Pictures in 1950. She returned to blonde as Laurel Vernon in ''[Lonely Heart Bandits](/source/Lonely_Heart_Bandits)'' (1950).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5190191/the_times|title=Life in Hollywood|work=The Times|date=September 21, 1949|author=Heyn, Howard C.|location=California, San Mateo, CA|page=16|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=May 7, 2016}} {{Open access}}</ref> Her first screen credit is for ''[The Red Menace](/source/The_Red_Menace_(film))'' (1949). This was followed by roles in ''[Flame of Youth](/source/Flame_of_Youth_(1949_film))'' (1949) and ''[Crosswinds](/source/Crosswinds_(film))'' (1951). In ''The Red Menace'' she played "Mollie O'Flaherty", a character used by the [Communist Party](/source/Communist_Party) as bait. In ''[City of Bad Men](/source/City_of_Bad_Men)'' (1953), a Western adventure, she played a minor character. Afterward, she was mostly involved in television work. Her last parts as a movie actress came in ''[How Sweet It Is!](/source/How_Sweet_It_Is!)'' (1968) and ''[The Roommates](/source/The_Roommates)'' (1973).

==Radio==
Fuller acted in a number of [soap operas](/source/soap_operas).<ref name="sies">Sies, Luther F. (2014). ''Encyclopedia of American Radio, 1920-1960, 2nd Edition''. McFarland & Company, Inc. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-5149-4}}. P. 245.</ref> She played Claudia in ''[One Man's Family](/source/One_Man's_Family)'', winner of the prestigious [Peabody Award](/source/Peabody_Award)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radioarchives.com/product_p/ra001.htm|title=One Man's Family, Volume 1|website=RadioArchives.com}}</ref> and arguably the first soap opera having begun in 1932 and running three decades.<ref name="lp">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/21953677/?terms=%22Barbra%2BFuller%22|title=Picture Halts London Trip|work=The Galveston Daily News|date=May 7, 1949|agency=INS|author=Parsons, Louella O.|location=Texas, Galveston|page=2|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=May 7, 2016}} {{Closed access}}</ref> She did her first radio work in [Chicago](/source/Chicago) between the ages of 9 and 11.<ref name=v/> By age 18 she had appeared in 25 radio serials.<ref name=lp/> Fuller was heard in ''[Whispering Streets](/source/Whispering_Streets)'', ''[The Guiding Light](/source/The_Guiding_Light)'', ''[Ma Perkins](/source/Ma_Perkins)'', ''[Today's Children](/source/Today's_Children)'',<ref name=sies/> ''[Scattergood Baines](/source/Scattergood_Baines_(radio_series))'', ''Madame Courageous'', ''Road of Life'', and ''Stepmother''.<ref name=v/>

==Television==
Fuller's television performances are numerous, beginning with a 1953 episode of ''[Adventures of Superman](/source/Adventures_of_Superman_(TV_series))''. Other series in which she participated include ''[Four Star Playhouse](/source/Four_Star_Playhouse)'' (1955–1956), ''Ford Television Theater'' (1957), ''[Trackdown](/source/Trackdown_(TV_series))'' (1958), ''[State Trooper](/source/State_Trooper_(TV_series))'' (1958), ''[Colgate Theatre](/source/Colgate_Theatre_(1958_TV_series))'' (1958), ''[My Three Sons](/source/My_Three_Sons)'' (1960), ''[Perry Mason](/source/Perry_Mason_(1957_TV_series))'' (1960, 1964), and ''[Daniel Boone](/source/Daniel_Boone_(1964_TV_series))'' (1970).

==Personal life==
Barbara Deane Fuller was born in [Nahant, Massachusetts](/source/Nahant%2C_Massachusetts), on July 31, 1921.<ref name=rs>DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). ''Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960'', pg. 100, McFarland & Company, Inc.; {{ISBN|978-0-7864-2834-2}}.</ref><ref name=v>{{cite book|editor-last1=Grunwald|editor-first1=Edgar A. |title=Variety Radio Directory 1940-1941|date=1940|publisher=Variety, Inc|location=New York, New York|page=940|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Annuals/Archive-Radio-Annual-IDX/40s/1940/Variety-Radio-Directory-1940-1941-OCR-Page-0943.pdf|access-date=May 7, 2016}}</ref> She married Western motion picture star [Lash LaRue](/source/Lash_LaRue) on February 23, 1951, in [Yuma, Arizona](/source/Yuma%2C_Arizona). They had a godson, child actor J.P. Sloane<ref>The Nashville Banner(US)	June 1, 1991, pg. Front Page Sec B, by: Leon Alligood Senior Staff Writer, "Special 'Uncles' Provide Star-studded Childhood</ref> and later author, television commentator, and  Dr. J.P. Sloane.  The couple divorced on June 2, 1952.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5190348/the_salt_lake_tribune|title=Wife, 26, Divorces Movie Cowboy|work=The Salt Lake Tribune|date=June 3, 1952|agency=United Press|location=Salt Lake City, Utah|page=40|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=May 7, 2016}} {{Open access}}</ref>

Fuller died on the morning of May 14, 2024, at the age of 102.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/barbra-fuller-dead-republic-pictures-one-mans-family-1235903503/|title=Barbra Fuller, Star of Republic Pictures and 'One Man's Family' on the Radio, Dies at 102|first=Mike|last=Barnes|work=[The Hollywood Reporter](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter)|date=18 May 2024|access-date=18 May 2024}}</ref>

==References==
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==Sources==
*{{cite news|newspaper=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)|title=Broadway Comedienne Joins Hope Picture|date=June 3, 1949|page=B7}}
*{{cite news|newspaper=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)|title='Red Menace' Deals Strong Blow To Communistic Idea|date=June 10, 1949|page=B6}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0298175}}.

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Category:1921 births
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Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:Actresses from Essex County, Massachusetts
Category:American women centenarians
Category:American film actresses
Category:American radio actresses
Category:American soap opera actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:People from Nahant, Massachusetts
Category:Western (genre) film actresses

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