Barboura Morris
Barboura Morris (October 22, 1932 - October 23, 1975) was an American actress known as "the girl with the lovely smile."
Early years
Morris was born Barboura O'Neill.[1] in Los Angeles. She graduated from UCLA, where she won Best Actress awards two times.[2]
Career
Morris appeared in many low-budget movies, such as The Wasp Woman and A Bucket of Blood, two 1959 films directed by Roger Corman. She started her acting career at the Stumptown Players stock theater company,[3] where her acting coach was Jeff Corey, and Roger Corman was a classmate. Corman gave her a leading role in the cult classic Sorority Girl (1957), and more American International Pictures movies followed; she was cast in varied roles such as an unrequited love interest, a caring secretary, and a warrior woman.
In addition to movies, Morris appeared on television.
Personal life
Morris was married to Monte Hellman, a producer of experimental theater.[4]
Death
Morris died in Santa Monica, one day after her 43rd birthday. She had been battling cancer, but died from a stroke.
Filmography
- Sorority Girl (1957)
- Teenage Doll (1957)
- Rock All Night (1957)
- Machine-Gun Kelly (1958)
- Viking Women and the Sea Serpent (1959)
- The Wasp Woman (1959)
- A Bucket of Blood (1959)
- The Wild and the Innocent (1959)
- Atlas (1961)
- The Haunted Palace (1963)
- X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes (1964)
- The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967)
- The Trip (1967)
- De Sade (1969)
- The Dunwich Horror (1970)
References
- ^ Barboura Morris at Rotten Tomatoes
- ^ "It's Like a Madhouse As Stumptowners Get Set for Opening Night". The Press Democrat. California, Santa Rosa. June 27, 1954. p. 20. Retrieved August 12, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Oh, To Be an Actor". The Petaluma Argus-Courier. California, Petaluma. June 26, 1954. p. 2. Retrieved August 12, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ McGilligan, Patrick (1996). Jack's Life: A Biography of Jack Nicholson. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 94. ISBN 9780393313789. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
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