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Barbara Jane Bates
Barbara Bates
Acting
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. Two days before returning to Denver, Bates met Cecil Coan, a United Artists publicist, whom she wo…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Becoming Marilyn
Apache Territory
as Jennifer Fair
Town on Trial
as Elizabeth Fenner
House of Secrets
as Judy Anderson
Rhapsody
as Effie Cahill
The Caddy
as Lisa Anthony
All Ashore
as Jane Stanton
Belles on Their Toes
as Ernestine Gilbreth
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
as Piney Wilson
Let's Make It Legal
as Barbara Denham
