Binnie Barnes
| Binnie Barnes | |
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| Born | Gertrude Maud Barnes 25 May 1903 Islington, London, England |
| Died | 27 July 1998 (aged 95) Beverly Hills, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1923–73 |
| Spouse |
Samuel Joseph (m. 1931–1937) |
Gertrude Maud "Binnie" Barnes (25 May 1903 – 27 July 1998)[1] was an English-American actress.
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[edit] Life and career
Barnes was born in Islington, the daughter of Rosa Enoyce and George Barnes, a policeman.[2] Her father was Jewish and her mother of Italian descent.
She began her acting career in films in 1923, appearing in a short film made by Lee De Forest in his Phonofilm sound-on-film process. Her film career continued in Great Britain, most notably in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) as Katherine Howard, Henry's misfortunate fifth wife. Later her career continued in Hollywood, until 1973, when she appeared in the comedy 40 Carats, her last acting role.
She was married, secondly, to film producer Mike Frankovich, a Roman Catholic, for whom she converted to Catholicism, and later a naturalized United States citizen. The couple adopted three children.[3]
She died of natural causes, aged 95, in Beverly Hills, California, in 1998, survived by her three children, including production manager, Mike Frankovich, Jr. and producer Peter Frankovich. She was interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale.
[edit] Selected filmography
- Night in Montmartre (1931)
- Down Our Street (1932)
- Murder at Covent Garden (1932)
- Counsel's Opinion (1933)
- The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
- The Silver Spoon (1934)
- The Private Life of Don Juan (1934)
- Diamond Jim (1935)
- Rendezvous (1935)
- La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (1935)
- The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
- Three Smart Girls (1936)
- Small Town Girl (1936)
- Broadway Melody of 1938 (1938)
- The Divorce of Lady X (1938)
- The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
- Tropic Holiday (1938)
- The Three Musketeers (1939)
- Wife, Husband and Friend (1939)
- Man About Town (1939)
- Frontier Marshal (1939)
- 'Til We Meet Again (1940)
- Skylark (1941)
- In Old California (1942)
- I Married an Angel (1942)
- The Man from Down Under (1943)
- Barbary Coast Gent (1944)
- It's in the Bag (1945)
- The Spanish Main (1945)
- The Time of Their Lives (1946)
- If Winter Comes (1947)
- Decameron Nights (1953)
- Malaga (1954)
- The Trouble with Angels (1966)
- Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows (1969)
- 40 Carats (1973)
[edit] References
- ^ According to the General Registry Office (GRO), there was only birth recorded in 1903, registered at Islington, to a Gertrude Maud Barnes:
Civil Registration event: Birth
Name: BARNES, Gertrude Maud
Registration District: Islington
County: London
Year of Registration: 1903
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
Mother's Maiden Name: Not available before 1911 Q3
Volume No: 1B
Page No: 245
NOTE: As her parents' names are unknown it is impossible to tell how the supposed birth names of Gittel Enoyce or Gitelle Enoyce came about. - ^ [1]
- ^ Details re personal life
[edit] External links
- 1903 births
- 1998 deaths
- American film actors
- American television actors
- English film actors
- English television actors
- English emigrants to the United States
- Naturalized citizens of the United States
- People from Islington
- 20th-century actors
- Converts to Roman Catholicism from Judaism
- Disease-related deaths in California
