By Lucy Santiago

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS

Barbara Rush (January 4, 1927 – March 31, 2024) was an American actress. In 1954, Rush won the Golden Globe Award as most promising female newcomer for her role in the 1953 American science-fiction film It Came from Outer Space. Later in her career, Rush became a regular performer in the television series Peyton Place, and appeared in TV movies, miniseries, and a variety of other programs, including the soap opera All My Children and family drama 7th Heaven, as well as starring in films, including The Young Philadelphians, The Young Lions, Robin and the 7 Hoods, and Hombre.

Rush had two children, Christopher Hunter and Claudia Cowan. The latter is a journalist with Fox News. Rush was also the aunt of actress Carolyn Hennesy.

Rush lived in the Harold Lloyd Estate in Beverly Hills, California. She died at a care home in Westlake Village, California, on March 31, 2024, at the age of 97.