Table of Biography
Barbara Perry is a late American actress, singer, and dancer. Barbara Perry was active in the entertainment industry for 84 years from 1933 to 2017 and her last known role was in the television series “Baskets.”
Early Life
Barbara Perry was born in Norfolk, Virginia, the United States, on June 22, 1921. The actress died at the age of 97 and had a sun sign of Cancer. Her full name is Barbara Mae Perry and held US nationality.
She was born to William Covington Perry and Victoria Mae Perry. By profession, her father was a classical and jazz keyboardist/orchestra+band conductor/orchestral arranger with the Happiness Boys. Similarly, her father died of TB on October 30, 1936, in Banning, California. Her mother performed soprano in the Metropolitan Chorus at the Old Metropolitan Opera House. Her mother enrolled her in the Met’s corps de ballet’s children’s ballet.
Concerning her schooling, there is no information available regarding the school, college, or university she attended.
Barbara Perry – Death
The actress died on the 5th of May 2019, in Los Angeles at the age of 97.
Professional Career
Barbara Perry’s dancing training and career began when her mother placed her in the children’s ballet. Her daughter, likewise, became an opera singer. Her acting career began in 1933 when she featured in “Counsellor at Law.” She had a brief role in “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” in 1935.
She has performed as a solo dancer (ballet-tap) in several top-line nightclubs across the world, as well as on Broadway and off-Broadway in various productions. She was Eddie Foy Jr.’s dance partner in 1957 when she played Anna in “Rumple” at the Alvin Theatre. On Broadway in 1950, she played Mrs. Larry in “Happy as Larry.”
By the mid-1950s to early 1960s, she had studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England, while performing in “Zip Goes a Million” at the Hippodrome and Palace Theatres alongside George Formby, Warde Donovan, and Sara Gregory.
Upon her return to the United States, she had begun appearing in numerous television series such as “Perry Mason,” “The Donna Reed Show,” “The Andy Griffith Show,” “My Three Sons,” and “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” where she played Buddy Sorrell.
Caption: Barbara Perry with the television series Baskets’s actor, Louie Anderson (Source: The Hollywood Reporter)
Perry wrote and starred in “Passionate Ladies,” a one-woman Broadway production at the Bijou Theatre in 1981. “Swan Song” (1946), “If the Shoe Fits” (1946), “Happy as Larry” (1950), and “Rumple” (1957) were among her other Broadway plays. On “The Hathaways,” she also portrayed Thelma Brockwood. Her most recent known appearance was in the television series “Baskets.”
Net Worth 2023
Spending over 84 years in the entertainment industry as an actress, she earned good fortune, fame, and success. The exact figures regarding her earnings, salary, and net worth are unknown at the moment.
During her active years as an actress in the entertainment industry, she has not been associated with any awards or nominations.
Relationship Status
During her life, Barbara Perry was married twice. At first, she married Bennett Warren James in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Flamingo Hotel and Casino where she was headlining in the nightclub. With the marriage, the couple has a daughter, Laurel Lee James. The pair divorced on 2nd April 1965, in Los Angeles.
After the divorce, she married the animator Art Babbitt on 14th April 1967. They were together until the death of her husband in 1992 and had no kids together. Till the time of her death, the actress was not involved in any kind of controversy or scandal.
Barbara Perry – Body Measurements
Caption: Barbara Perry attending a program (Source: IMDb)
The actress had a pair of hazel eyes with white hair colour. While the actress has average height and average weight, the exact body measurement is unknown.
Social Media
Sadly, the actress is no longer alive in this world and is not active on social media such as Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter.