- Barbara Nichols
Infobox actor
name = Barbara Nichols
birthname = Barbara Marie Nickerauer
birthdate = birth date|1929|12|30|mf=y
birthplace = Queens, New York,United States
deathdate = death date and age|1976|10|5|1929|12|30|mf=y
deathplace =Hollywood ,California Barbara Nichols (
December 30 1929 –October 5 1976 ) was an actress who was something of a cross between a sex symbol and a character actress often playing brassy comic roles in a number of films in the 1950s and 1960s.Nichols was born as Barbara Marie Nickerauer in Queens, New York. She began modeling for pinup magazines in the early-1950s and for a period worked as a stripper. In the mid-1950s, she moved to Hollywood and began regularly appearing in second leads in a number of films including "
Miracle in the Rain " (1956), "The King and Four Queens " (1956), "The Naked and the Dead " (1957), "The Pajama Game" (1957), "Pal Joey" (1957), "Sweet Smell of Success " (1957), and "That Kind of Woman " (1958).On Broadway, she appeared in the 1952 revival of "Pal Joey" and in "Let It Ride" (1961).
Nichols was a popular model in
cheesecake magazines of the era and was considered a minor rival toMarilyn Monroe , along withJayne Mansfield ,Mamie Van Doren ,Cleo Moore ,Diana Dors andSheree North . Unlike the rest, Nichols rarely starred in films, but had showy supporting roles in films starring such actors asClark Gable ,Susan Hayward ,Sophia Loren , andDoris Day . One of her few starring roles was in the 1966 science fiction film "The Human Duplicators ".Nichols was also a frequent guest star on many television series including It's a Great Life, "The Twilight Zone", "The Untouchables","
Batman ", and "The Beverly Hillbillies ". Her last film was "Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood " in 1976.Death
Barbara Nichols died
October 5 1976 of a liver ailment at the age of 46.External links
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