Barbara Britton (born Barbara Maurine Brantingham; September 26, 1919 – January 17, 1980) was an American film and television actress. She is best known for her Western film roles opposite Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, and Gene Autry and for her two-year tenure as inquisitive amateur sleuth Pam North on the television and radio series Mr. and Mrs. North. In 1941, while appearing in a Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, a photo of Britton was used on the front page of a local newspaper. A talent scout took notice, and she was soon signed to a Paramount Pictures contract. (Another source says that a talent scout spotted her as the lead in the production of The Old Maid at her college, and "three weeks later she was signed by Paramount Pictures as a stock player.") That same year, she appeared in her first two films: the William Boyd Western Secrets of the Wasteland and Louisiana Purchase starring Bob Hope. Her first major film appearance was in a small role in the John Wayne film Rea...
Till We Meet Again
1944
The Spoilers
1955
The Return of Monte Cristo
1946
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
2015
The Raiders
1952
Captain Kidd
1945
Louisiana Purchase
1941
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
The Fabulous Suzanne
1946
Cover Up
1949
Gunfighters
1947
Caroline?
1990
The Virginian
1946
Mr. Reckless
1948
The Fleet's In
1942
Wake Island
1942
Champagne for Caesar
1950
Dragonfly Squadron
1954
Albuquerque
1948
Ride the Man Down
1952
So Proudly We Hail
1943
The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944
I Shot Jesse James
1949
Loaded Pistols
1948
Young and Willing
1943
The Great John L.
1945
The Untamed Breed
1948
They Made Me a Killer
1946
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
1943
Night Freight
1955
Ain't Misbehavin'
1955
Secret of the Wastelands
1941
The Bandit Queen
1950
Bwana Devil
1952
Mounted Bandits
1967