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Barbara Nichols
Actress 1928 - 1976

Barbara Nichols

Mineola, New York, USA

Barbara Marie Nickerauer (December 10, 1928 - October 5, 1976), better known by her stage name, Barbara Nichols, was an American actress and model, who became prominent in the 1950s and 1960s for playing brassy, comic roles in film and television.

Filmography

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15 titles
The Power

The Power

Byron Haskin 1968 1h 48m 6.0

One by one members of a special project team are being killed by telekinesis - the ability to move things with the power of the mind alone. The race is on to determine which of the remaining team members is the murderer and to stop them.

The Loved One

The Loved One

Tony Richardson 1965 2h 2m 7.0

Newly arrived in Hollywood from England, Dennis Barlow finds he has to arrange his uncle's interment at the highly-organised and very profitable Whispering Glades funeral parlour. His fancy is caught by one of their cosmeticians, Aimee Thanatogenos.

The Disorderly Orderly

The Disorderly Orderly

Frank Tashlin 1964 1h 29m 6.5

Poor Jerome Littlefield. He wants to be a doctor – but that's not exactly the perfect career choice when you're hopelessly squeamish. So he settles for the job of orderly at the Whitestone Sanitarium, a career move that's guaranteed to keep the patients – and viewers – in stitches!

Dear Heart

Dear Heart

Delbert Mann 1964 1h 54m

A lonely Ohio spinster hopes to find romance when she travels to New York City for a postmasters' convention.

Who Was That Lady?

Who Was That Lady?

George Sidney 1960 1h 55m 6.0

Ill-advised by his pal Mike Haney, chem teacher David Wilson falsely claims to be an undercover FBI agent to hide his infidelity. His jealous wife Ann swallows this lie, but it gets him in trouble with the real FBI, the CIA, and the KGB.

Where the Boys Are

Where the Boys Are

Henry Levin 1960 1h 39m 5.0

Good girls Merritt, Melanie, Tuggle and Angie - all students at mid-western Penmore University - are planning on going to Fort Lauderdale, Florida for spring break to get away from the mid-western snow despite not having much money to spend once there. On the drive down, they admit their real purpose is to go where the boys are.

That Kind of Woman

That Kind of Woman

Sidney Lumet 1959 1h 32m

A young GI (Tab Hunter) falls in love with a kept woman (Sophia Loren) on a train to New York.

The Naked and the Dead

The Naked and the Dead

Raoul Walsh 1958 2h 11m

Fighting men in World War II learn the value of courage and quickness at the risk of losing their lives.

The Pajama Game

The Pajama Game

Stanley Donen, George Abbott 1957 1h 43m

An Iowa pajama factory worker falls in love with an affable superintendent who had been hired by the factory's boss to help oppose the workers' demand for a pay raise.

Sweet Smell of Success

Sweet Smell of Success

Alexander Mackendrick 1957 1h 37m 7.4

Sweet Smell of Success is a Film Noir from American director Alexander Mackendrick. This drama tells the defamation of a media mogul against a jazz musician who wants to marry his sister.

Pal Joey

Pal Joey

George Sidney 1957 1h 51m 6.0

An opportunistic singer woos a wealthy widow to boost his career.

The King and Four Queens

The King and Four Queens

Raoul Walsh 1956 1h 26m 6.0

Opportunistic con man Dan Kehoe ingratiates himself with the cantankerous mother of four outlaws and their beautiful widows in order to find their hidden gold.

Manfish

Manfish

W. Lee Wilder 1956 1h 28m 3.0

Three deep sea divers get involved in murder while searching for a lost treasure.

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

Fritz Lang 1956 1h 20m 7.2

A newspaper publisher, wanting to prove a point about the insufficiency of circumstantial evidence, talks his possible son-in-law Tom into a hoax in an attempt to expose ineptitude of the city's hard-line district attorney. The plan is to have Tom plant clues leading to his arrest for killing a female nightclub dancer.

River of No Return

River of No Return

Otto Preminger 1954 1h 31m 7.3

During the gold rush, an itinerant farmer and his young son help a heart-of-gold saloon singer search for her estranged husband.

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