Barbara Weeks(1913-2003)

Actress

Barbara Weeks was born on 4 July 1913 in Somerset, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for The Violent Years (1956), By Whose Hand? (1932) and Dad Rudd, M.P. (1940). She was married to William Cox, Lewis Parker and Big Boy Williams. She died on 24 June 2003 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

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Known for

The Violent Years

3.5

Jane Parkins

1956

By Whose Hand?

6.5

Alice

1932

Dad Rudd, M.P.

7.4

Sybil Vane(as Barbara Weekes)

1940

Deception

6.4

Joan Allen

1932

Credits

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Actress

Gun Girls
4.7
- Teddy's Mother
- 1957
The Violent Years
3.5
- Jane Parkins
- 1956
Dad Rudd, M.P.
7.4
- Sybil Vane (as Barbara Weekes)
- 1940
Paris Honeymoon
5.8
- Julieska (uncredited)
- 1938
Dramatic School
6.2
- Student (uncredited)
- 1938
The Old Wyoming Trail
6.7
- Elsie Halliday
- 1937
One Man Justice
6.3
- Mary Crockett
- 1937
Two-Fisted Sheriff
4.9
- Molly Herrick
- 1937
Pick a Star
5.4
- Hostess (uncredited)
- 1937
When Strangers Meet
5.5
- Elaine
- 1934
She Was a Lady
- Moira
- 1934
Now I'll Tell
6.2
- Wynne
- 1934
Woman Unafraid
6.0
- Mary Sloan
- 1934
School for Girls
7.1
- Nell Davis
- 1934
The Crosby Case
5.9
- Nora
- 1934

Personal details

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Alternative name
- Barbara Weekes
Height
- 5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
Born
- July 4, 1913
- Somerset, Massachusetts, USA
Died
- June 24, 2003
- Las Vegas, Nevada, USA(undisclosed)
Spouses
Other works
Stage: Appeared (as "Gloria Higgins") in "The Seventh Heart" on Broadway. Musical comedy. Book by Sarah Ellis Hyman. Music / lyrics by Arthur Brander. Scenic Design by R. N. Robbins. Costume Design by Beau Mode Frocks, Sophie Rosenberg and Brilliant & O'Neil. Mayfair Theatre: 2 May 1927-7 May 1927 (8 performances). Cast: Sylvia Beecher (as "Maybelle Wright"), A. Trevor Bland, Arthur Brander, Ralph Dunn, Robert Farrell, Francis Felton, Charles Garland, Helen Gray, Mildred Kent, Armand Lauret, Mary Moore, Aileen Poe. Produced by Lionel Productions, Inc.
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- 2 Articles

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Trivia
In 1931, she was a "Wampas Baby Star" and the toast of Hollywood -- attending parties at Pickfair (Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks' home) and Paradise Ranch, the home of Cecil B. DeMille. She spent many weekends as the guest of William Randolph Hearst and his mistress, Marion Davies, at San Simeon. She was courted by some of the most glamorous men in Hollywood, among them Gary Cooper and Clark Gable.

Quotes
I had put the career behind me and had tried to forget it. Maybe things would have been different had I not had such a bossy mother and had [Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.] not died when he did. [Ziegfeld and Eddie Cantor had helped her career, but after Ziegfeld's death in 1932 her career began to wane.]