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Anne Barton (actress)

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Anne Barton
Barton in a 1958 episode of Perry Mason
Born
Mary Ann Henderson[1]

(1924-03-20)March 20, 1924
DiedNovember 27, 2000(2000-11-27) (aged 76)
OccupationActress
Years active1954–1974
Spouse
(m. 1949)
Children3

Anne Barton (born Mary Ann Henderson; March 20, 1924 – November 27, 2000) was an American stage, film and television actress. She performed in the films Destination 60,000 (1957), Pawnee (1957), The Green-Eyed Blonde (1957), The Left Handed Gun (1958), The Comancheros (1961), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), The Way West (1967) and The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972), among others.

Her television appearances include the sitcom Leave It to Beaver (playing Eddie Haskell's mother), The Twilight Zone, Thriller, Perry Mason, Death Valley Days, Gunsmoke, Have Gun-Will Travel, and “Hawaii Five-0”.

Barton was married to actor Dan Barton.[2] In 2000, at age 76, she died in Los Angeles, California.[3][4]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1955 The Private War of Major Benson Miss Carter Uncredited
1957 Destination 60,000 Grace Hill
1957 Pawnee Martha Brewster
1957 The Green-Eyed Blonde Sally Abel Uncredited
1958 The Left Handed Gun Mrs. Hill
1961 The Comancheros Martha Schofield Uncredited
1962 Pressure Point Mother
1962 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Cora Hudson
1967 The Way West Mrs. Moynihan
1972 The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid Clell's Wife
1974 Gone with the West Smithy's Wife (final film role)

Partial television

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Year Title Role Notes
1958 Perry Mason Carolyn Ellis Episode: "The Case of the Fancy Figures" (S2E10)
1959 Have Gun - Will Travel Mrs Ordey
1960-1961 Twilight Zone Carol Ritchie / Myra Brand 2 episodes: "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" and "The Twilight Zone"
1963 Leave it to Beaver Agnes Haskell Two Episodes, Eddie Haskells Mom
1958-1964 Gunsmoke Liza Peavy / Millie / Mrs. Boake / Beth Miller “Gypsum Hills Feud” (S4E16) / “Scott Free” (S9E32) / “Doctor’s Wife” (S10E5) / “Run Sheep, Run” (S10E16)
1968 Green Acres Mrs. Mullen “Instant Family” (S3E28)

References

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  1. ^ "United States Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007", Mary Ann Henderson [Anne Barton], death date 27 November 2000; birth date 20 March 1924, Evansville, Indiana; father: Nile R. Henderson; mother: Aileen Calvert; death certificate: FIX "01" DOD 03/01. Retrieved via online archives of Ancestry.com, Lehi, Utah, September 10, 2023.
  2. ^ "One Affair After Another". The Daily Oklahoman. Oklahoma, Oklahoma City. December 11, 1960. p. 149. Retrieved November 22, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Anne Barton, Character Actress, Dead at 72". Playbill. 2000-12-01. Retrieved 2017-07-09.
  4. ^ Irina Belenky (2001-01-03). "Anne Barton". Variety. Retrieved 2017-07-09.
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