Barbara Pepper

Barbara Pepper

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Barbara Pepper (born Marion B. Pepper; May 31, 1915 – July 18, 1969) was an American stage, television, radio, and film actress. She is best known as the first "Doris Ziffel" on the sitcom Green Acres. Pepper was born in New York City, the daughter of actor David Mitchell "Dave" Pepper, and his wife, Harrietta S. Pepper. At age 16 she started life in show business with Goldwyn Girls, a musical stock company where she met lifelong friend Lucille Ball. Pepper began making movies. Among her later film parts were small roles in My Fair Lady and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. She also performed radio parts. In 1943, she married actor Craig Reynolds (né Harold Hugh Enfield), and the couple later had two sons. After Reynolds died in 1949 in a California motorcycle accident, Pepper was left to raise their children alone. She never remarried. After gaining weight, her roles were mostly confined to small character parts on television, including several appearances on I Love Lucy, The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, Petticoat Junction, and The Jack Benny Program. She made four appearances on Perry Mason, including the role of Martha Dale, mother of the title character, in the 1957 episode "The Case of the Vagabond Vixen". A long-time friend of Lucille Ball, Barbara was considered for the role of Ethel Mertz on "I Love Lucy," but was passed over due to the fact that she was reportedly a drinker. William Frawley ("Fred Mertz") was, likewise, reportedly, a drinker and was already cast. It was felt that having two drinkers in the cast might eventually cause difficulties so they auditioned and found Vivian Vance to play Ethel instead. She may be best remembered as the first Doris Ziffel on Petticoat Junction in 1964, although her character's name on the "Genghis Keane" episode of Petticoat Junction was Ruth Ziffel. Her role as Doris Ziffel continued on Green Acres from 1965 to 1968, until heart ailments finally forced her to leave that weekly series. Veteran actress Fran Ryan replaced her on Green Acres, which would continue to run for another three years. Her final performance was in the 1969 film Hook, Line & Sinker, in which she played Jerry Lewis's secretary.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1915-05-31
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
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Movies List of Barbara Pepper

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Manpower

1941 Movie
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The Music Man

1962 Movie
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Inferno

1953 Movie
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Show Boat

1936 Movie
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The Rogues' Tavern

1936 Movie
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Kiss Me, Stupid

1964 Movie
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A Maid Made Mad

1943 Movie
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Birth of the Blues

1941 Movie
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A Child Is Waiting

1963 Movie
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Flight at Midnight

1939 Movie
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Framed

1940 Movie
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Our Daily Bread

1934 Movie
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Murder, He Says

1945 Movie
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Girls in Chains

1943 Movie
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Forty Naughty Girls

1937 Movie
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The Singing Vagabond

1935 Movie
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Waterfront Lady

1935 Movie
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Army Girl

1938 Movie
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The Girl Downstairs

1938 Movie
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Taming the Wild

1936 Movie
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Many Unhappy Returns

1937 Movie
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The Crooked Way

1949 Movie
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The Big Game

1936 Movie
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Too Many Wives

1937 Movie
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Sappy Pappy

1942 Movie
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Wide Open Faces

1938 Movie
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Wanted: Jane Turner

1936 Movie
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Let 'em Have It

1935 Movie
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The D.I.

1957 Movie
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M'Liss

1936 Movie
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One Thrilling Night

1942 Movie
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The Fuller Brush Girl

1950 Movie
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The Big Shot

1937 Movie
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You Can't Buy Luck

1937 Movie
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So This Is Washington

1943 Movie
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Aerial Gunner

1943 Movie
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South of Tahiti

1941 Movie
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Mummy's Boys

1936 Movie
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A Star Is Born

1954 Movie
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Castle on the Hudson

1940 Movie
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Three Sons o' Guns

1941 Movie
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Bachelor Mother

1939 Movie
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The Women

1939 Movie
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Of Mice and Men

1939 Movie
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Portia on Trial

1937 Movie
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Dark Meeting

1956 Movie
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Winterset

1936 Movie
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The Lady Eve

1941 Movie
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The Snake Pit

1948 Movie
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Unmasked

1950 Movie
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Foreign Correspondent

1940 Movie
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Forced Landing

1935 Movie
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The Westland Case

1937 Movie
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Trouble Chasers

1945 Movie
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The Bramble Bush

1960 Movie
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Auntie Mame

1958 Movie
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Terror Trail

1946 Movie
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Carry Harry

1942 Movie
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Blonde and Groom

1943 Movie
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Let's Face It

1943 Movie
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Three Sons

1939 Movie
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Roman Scandals

1933 Movie
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Ghost Buster

1952 Movie
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Music for Madame

1937 Movie
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My Favorite Spy

1942 Movie
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My Blue Heaven

1950 Movie
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So This Is Love

1953 Movie
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Colorado Sunset

1939 Movie
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Frisco Waterfront

1935 Movie
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Off the Record

1939 Movie
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Once Upon a Time

1944 Movie
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Sailor's Lady

1940 Movie
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The Inspector General

1949 Movie
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The Chaser

1938 Movie
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No Way Out

1950 Movie
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The Naughty Nineties

1945 Movie
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Forgotten Girls

1940 Movie
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Strictly Dynamite

1934 Movie
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Out of the Fog

1941 Movie
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It's Only Money

1962 Movie