Binnie Barnes
Binnie Barnes | |
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Born |
Gertrude Maud Barnes 25 March 1903 Islington, London, England |
Died |
27 July 1998 95) Beverly Hills, California, U.S. | (aged
Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1923–73 |
Spouse(s) |
Samuel Joseph (m. 1931–1936) (his death) |
Children | 3[1] |
Gertrude Maud Barnes (25 March 1903 – 27 July 1998[2]), known professionally as Binnie Barnes, was an English actress whose career in films spanned 50 years, from 1923 to 1973.
Life and career
Barnes was born in Islington, London, the daughter of Rosa Enoyce and George Barnes, a policeman.[3] There were 16 children in her family. Before moving to Hollywood to become an actress, Barnes worked a series of jobs, such as chorus girl, nurse, and dance hostess.
She began her acting career in films in 1923, appearing in a short film made by Lee De Forest in his Phonofilm sound-on-film process. Her film career continued in Great Britain, most notably in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) as Katherine Howard, Henry's fifth wife. Barnes' main qualm in accepting roles as an actress was that she not play submissive roles. Barnes once remarked "One picture is just like another to me, as long as I don't have to be a sweet woman".[4] Later, her career continued in Hollywood, until 1973, when she appeared in the comedy 40 Carats, her last acting role.
Marriage
She was married, secondly, to film producer Mike Frankovich, and later a naturalized United States citizen. The couple adopted three children.[5]
Death
Binnie Barnes died in 1998 of natural causes, aged 95, in Beverly Hills, California. She was interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale.[6]
Hollywood Walk of Fame
For her contributions to the film industry, Barnes received a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. Her star is located at 1501 Vine Street.[7]
Complete filmography
- Phonofilm (1923)
- Night in Montmartre (1931)
- Love Lies (1931)
- Doctor Josser K.C. (1931)
- Out of the Blue (1931)
- Old Spanish Customers (1932)
- The Innocents of Chicago (1932)
- Murder at Covent Garden (1932)
- Why Saps Leave Home (1932)
- Partners Please (1932 short)
- Down Our Street (1932)
- Strip! Strip! Hooray!!! (1932)
- The Last Coupon (1932)
- Taxi to Paradise (1933 short)
- Counsel's Opinion (1933)
- The Charming Deceiver (1933)
- Heads We Go (1933)
- The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
- The Silver Spoon (1933)
- Their Night Out (1933)
- Nine Forty-Five (1934)
- No Escape (1934)
- The Lady Is Willing (1934)
- One Exciting Adventure (1934)
- Gift of Gab (1934)
- The Private Life of Don Juan (1934)
- Forbidden Territory (1934)
- There's Always Tomorrow (1934)
- Diamond Jim (1935)
- Rendezvous (1935 short)
- La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (1935)
- Sutter's Gold (1936)
- Small Town Girl (1936)
- The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
- Magnificent Brute (1936)
- Three Smart Girls (1936)
- Breezing Home (1937)
- Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)
- The Divorce of Lady X (1938)
- The First Hundred Years (1938)
- The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
- Holiday (1938)
- Three Blind Mice (1938)
- Always Goodbye (1938)
- Tropic Holiday (1938)
- Gateway (1938)
- Thanks for Everything (1938)
- The Three Musketeers (1939)
- Wife, Husband and Friend (1939)
- Man About Town (1939)
- Frontier Marshal (1939)
- Day-Time Wife (1939)
- 'Til We Meet Again (1940)
- This Thing Called Love (1940)
- Angels with Broken Wings (1941)
- Tight Shoes (1941)
- The Great Awakening, aka New Wine (1941)
- Three Girls About Town (1941)
- Skylark (1941)
- Call Out the Marines (1942)
- In Old California (1942)
- I Married an Angel (1942)
- The Man from Down Under (1943)
- Up in Mabel's Room (1944)
- The Hour Before the Dawn (1944)
- Barbary Coast Gent (1944)
- It's in the Bag! (1945)
- The Spanish Main (1945)
- Getting Gertie's Garter (1945)
- The Time of Their Lives (1946)
- If Winter Comes (1947)
- The Dude Goes West (1948)
- My Own True Love (1949)
- The Pirates of Capri, aka The Masked Pirate (1949)
- Fugitive Lady (1950)
- Shadow of the Eagle (1950)
- Decameron Nights (1953)
- Malaga (1954)
- The Trouble with Angels (1966)
- Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows (1969)
- 40 Carats (1973)
References
- ↑ "Binnie Barnes; Film Actress of '30s and '40s - latimes". Articles.latimes.com. 1994-02-10. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
- ↑ Donnelly, Paul (2003). Fade to black : a book of movie obituaries (Rev. and updat. ed.). London [u.a.]: Omnibus. p. 64. ISBN 978-0711995123.
- ↑ American Jews: Their Lives and Achievements ; a Contemporary Biographical Record. Books.google.ca. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
- ↑ Shattuck, Kathren (30 July 1998). "Binnie Barnes, 95, Actress Known for Her Feisty Roles". The New York Times. The New York Times. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
- ↑ Personal life, nytimes.com; accessed 1 December 2015.
- ↑ The Archaeology of Hollywood
- ↑ "Hollywood Walk of Fame - Binnie Barnes". walkoffame.com. Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved November 13, 2017.