Veteran actress Barbara Rush has died. She was 97 years old. Rush’s daughter and Fox News Channel chief correspondent Claudia Cowan confirmed the death of her beloved mother to Fox News Digital.
“My wonderful mother passed away peacefully…” Cowan shared recently.
“It’s fitting that he chose to leave at Easter as it was one of his favorite holidays and now, of course, Easter will have a deeper meaning for me and my family,” he added.
Barbara Rush won a Golden Globe as most promising newcomer actor in “It Came From Outer Space” and later appeared in “Peyton Place” and many other films and television shows.
Rush gained greater prominence after starring in the critically acclaimed 1956 drama “Bigger Than Life” alongside James Mason. In 1956, Rush played socialite Margaret Freemantle, the love interest of American soldier Michael Whiteacre (Dean Martin) in the World War II drama “The Young Lions,” which also starred Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift.
The actress, who became known for playing socialites, played heiress Joan Dickenson opposite Paul Newman in the 1959 legal drama “The Young Philadelphians.” She and Newman starred together again in the 1967 Western film “Man.”
Rush played Marian, the mob boss’s vengeful daughter, in the 1964 musical “Robin and the 7 Hoods,” which also starred Martin, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. and Bing Crosby.
He also made appearances on the television shows “The Fugitive”, “Outer Limits”, “The New Dick Van Dyke Show”, “The Bionic Woman”, “Fantasy Island”, “The Love Boat”, “Flamingo Road”, ” Knight Rider,” “Night Gallery,” “Magnum, P.I.,” “Murder, She Wrote” and “Hearts Are Wild.”
Rush’s last regular television role was playing Granma Ruth Camden in the hit teen series “7th Heaven” in 2007. Her last film performance was in the 2017 short “Bleeding Hearts: The Arteries of Glenda Bryant.”
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