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Barbara Bates
Acting
06 Aug 1925
† 18 Mar 1969
Denver, Colorado, USA
Biography
Barbara Jane Bates (August 6, 1925 – March 18, 1969) was an American singer and actress, best known for her portrayal of Phoebe in the 1950 drama film All About Eve and as Katy Morgan on It's a Great Life (1954–1956). The eldest of three daughters, Bates was born in Denver, Colorado. While growing up in Denver, she studied ballet and worked as a teen fashion model. The shy teen was persuaded to enter a local beauty contest and won, receiving two round-trip train tickets to Hollywood, California...
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Barbara Jane Bates
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Barbara Bates's Movies
81%
All About Eve
09 Nov 1950
63%
Cheaper by the Dozen
31 Mar 1950
68%
Johnny Belinda
14 Sept 1948
64%
The Caddy
10 Aug 1953
66%
The Inspector General
31 Dec 1949
66%
Lady on a Train
03 Aug 1945
66%
Adventures of Don Juan
24 Dec 1948
60%
Quicksand
24 Mar 1950
66%
Romance on the High Seas
25 Jun 1948
64%
A Scandal in Paris
19 Jul 1946
66%
The Secret of Convict Lake
29 Jul 1951
65%
Rhapsody
16 Apr 1954
56%
Let's Make It Legal
31 Oct 1951
65%
Town on Trial
22 Jan 1957
76%
Becoming Marilyn
07 Jul 2022
64%
Apache Territory
01 Sept 1958
68%
Belles on Their Toes
02 May 1952
72%
June Bride
29 Oct 1948
66%
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
17 Feb 1951
59%
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
03 Nov 1952
