
Barbara Pepper
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Barbara Pepper (born Marion B. Pepper; May 31, 1915 – July 18, 1969) was an American stage, television, radio, and film actress. She is best known as the first "Doris Ziffel" on the sitcom Green Acres. Pepper was born in New York City, the daughter of actor David Mitchell "Dave" Pepper, and his wife, Harrietta S. Pepper. At age 16 she started life in show business with Goldwyn Girls, a musical stock company where she met lifelong friend Lucille Ball. Pepper began making movies. Among her later film parts were small roles in My Fair Lady and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. She also performed radio parts. In 1943, she married actor Craig Reynolds (né Harold Hugh Enfield), and the couple later had two sons. After Reynolds died in 1949 in a California motorcycle accident, Pepper was left to raise their children alone. She never remarried. After gaining weight, her roles were mostly confined to small character parts on television, including several appearances on I Love Lucy, The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, Petticoat Junction, and The Jack Benny Program. She made four appearances on Perry Mason, including the role of Martha Dale, mother of the title character, in the 1957 episode "The Case of the Vagabond Vixen". A long-time friend of Lucille Ball, Barbara was considered for the role of Ethel Mertz on "I Love Lucy," but was passed over due to the fact that she was reportedly a drinker. William Frawley ("Fred Mertz") was, likewise, reportedly, a drinker and was already cast. It was felt that having two drinkers in the cast might eventually cause difficulties so they auditioned and found Vivian Vance to play Ethel instead. She may be best remembered as the first Doris Ziffel on Petticoat Junction in 1964, although her character's name on the "Genghis Keane" episode of Petticoat Junction was Ruth Ziffel. Her role as Doris Ziffel continued on Green Acres from 1965 to 1968, until heart ailments finally forced her to leave that weekly series. Veteran actress Fran Ryan replaced her on Green Acres, which would continue to run for another three years. Her final performance was in the 1969 film Hook, Line & Sinker, in which she played Jerry Lewis's secretary.
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- 1968Mayberry R.F.D. (Emma)
- 1965Laredo
- 1965Green Acres (Doris Ziffel)
- 1964Kiss Me, Stupid (Big Bertha)
- 1964Daniel Boone (Mrs. Shanks)
- 1963Who's Minding the Store? (Customer at Bargain Sale (uncredited))
- 1963Petticoat Junction (Ruth Ziffel)
- 1963Petticoat Junction (Doris Ziffel)
- 1963Burke's Law (Cleaning Woman)
- 1963The Greatest Show on Earth
- 1963The Fugitive (Matty)
- 1963A Child Is Waiting (Miss Brown (uncredited))
- 1962It's Only Money (Fisherwoman)
- 1962The Music Man (Mrs. Hawkes)
- 1961Mister Ed
- 1960My Three Sons
- 1960Sex Kittens Go to College (Circe)
- 1960The Bramble Bush (Polly Welk)
- 1959The Untouchables (Mrs. Littlesmith)
- 1959The Untouchables (Landlady)
- 1958Auntie Mame (Mrs. Krantz (uncredited))
- 1958The Texan
- 1958Shirley Temple's Storybook (First Choir Lady)
- 1957The Walter Winchell File
- 1957Perry Mason (Martha Dale)
- 1957Perry Mason (Mrs. Diamond)
- 1957Perry Mason (Mrs. Dwyer - Fat Woman)
- 1957Perry Mason (Mrs. Williamson)
- 1957M Squad (Landlady)
- 1957Wagon Train (Mrs. Maybelle Gifford)
- 1957Have Gun, Will Travel
- 1957Richard Diamond, Private Detective (Mrs. Brody)
- 1957Richard Diamond, Private Detective (Clara Chase)
- 1957The D.I. (Woman Customer)
- 1957Tales of Wells Fargo (Boxcar Annie)
- 1956Dark Meeting (Clara)
- 1955The Millionaire (Fat Woman)
- 1954Father Knows Best (Shopper)
- 1954A Star Is Born (Esther's Neighbor (uncredited))
- 1953The Eddie Cantor Story (Beer Garden Patron)
- 1953Inferno (Waitress (uncredited))
- 1953So This Is Love (Fat Girl with Sailor in Nightclub (uncredited))
- 1953I Love Lucy: The Movie (Party Guest (archive footage))
- 1952Four Star Playhouse (Clara)
- 1952Ghost Buster (Mrs. Nolan)
- 1951I Love Lucy (Nurse)
- 1951I Love Lucy (Neighbor)
- 1951I Love Lucy (Woman On Bus)
- 1951I Love Lucy (Woman Shopper)
- 1951I Love Lucy (Showgirl #2)
- 1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (Miss Buell)
- 1950The Fuller Brush Girl (Wife Watching TV (uncredited))
- 1950My Blue Heaven (Susan (uncredited))
- 1950No Way Out (Woman (uncredited))
- 1950Unmasked (Mrs. Schmidt)
- 1949The Inspector General (Buxom Villager (uncredited))
- 1949The Crooked Way
- 1948Studio One (Ellie)
- 1948The Snake Pit (Asylum Patient (uncredited))
- 1946Terror Trail (Karen Kemp, the Louisville Lady)
- 1945The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (Annie)
- 1945Murder, He Says (Bonnie Fleagle)
- 1945The Naughty Nineties (Gilded Cage Hostess (uncredited))
- 1945Trouble Chasers (Goldie)
- 1944Once Upon a Time (Cabbie (uncredited))
- 1944Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid (Miss LaRue ("Wild Rose"))
- 1943Let's Face It (Daisy (uncredited))
- 1943So This Is Washington (Betty - Taxi Driver (uncredited))
- 1943Girls in Chains (Barbara Pepper)
- 1943Blonde and Groom (Rex's Fiancée)
- 1943Aerial Gunner (Blonde at Shooting Gallery (uncredited))
- 1943A Maid Made Mad (Blonde)
- 1942Sappy Pappy (Female Customer)
- 1942Carry Harry (Edith, Harry's Girl Friend)
- 1942My Favorite Spy (Speedy)
- 1942One Thrilling Night (Lettie)
- 1941Birth of the Blues (Maizie)
- 1941South of Tahiti (Julie)
- 1941Manpower (Polly)
- 1941Three Sons o' Guns (Francie LaRue)
- 1941Out of the Fog
- 1941The Lady Eve (Lady Wrestler Type on Ship (uncredited))
- 1940Foreign Correspondent (Dorine)
- 1940The Return of Frank James (Nellie Blane)
- 1940Sailor's Lady (Maude)
- 1940Forgotten Girls (Eve Abbott)
- 1940Framed (Goldie Green)
- 1940Castle on the Hudson (Goldie)
- 1939Of Mice and Men (Second Girl (uncredited))
- 1939The Amazing Mr. Williams (Muriel - Wedding Guest (uncredited))
- 1939Three Sons (Viola)
- 1939The Women (Tough Girl (uncredited))
- 1939Flight at Midnight (Mildred)
- 1939Colorado Sunset (Ginger Bixby)
- 1939Bachelor Mother (Dance-Hall Hostess (uncredited))
- 1939They Made Me a Criminal (Budgie Massey)
- 1939Off the Record (Flossie - Telephone Operator (uncredited))
- 1938The Girl Downstairs (Woman at bar (uncredited))
- 1938The Strange Case of Dr. Meade (Mattie)
- 1938Army Girl (Riki)
- 1938The Chaser (Mabel, Drunken Girl)
- 1938The Lady in the Morgue (Kay Renshaw)
- 1938Wide Open Faces (Belle)
- 1938Hollywood Stadium Mystery (Althea Ames)
- 1937Portia on Trial (Evelyn)
- 1937The Westland Case (Agatha Hogan)
- 1937Many Unhappy Returns (Sophie - Cigar Store Counter Girl)
- 1937Music for Madame (Blonde on Bus (Uncredited))
- 1937Forty Naughty Girls (Alice)
- 1937The Big Shot (Mamie)
- 1937You Can't Buy Luck (Store Clerk)
- 1937The Outcasts of Poker Flat (Blonde Saloon Lady (uncredited))
- 1937Too Many Wives (Angela Brown)
- 1936After the Thin Man (Party Guest (uncredited))
- 1936What Becomes of the Children? (Elsie Ford)
- 1936Wanted: Jane Turner (Marge Sanders)
- 1936Winterset (Girl)
- 1936The Big Game (Lois)
- 1936Mummy's Boys (Mary Browning)
- 1936M'Liss (Clytie Morpher)
- 1936The Rogues' Tavern (Marjorie Burns)
- 1936Show Boat
- 1936Taming the Wild (Hazel White)
- 1935The Singing Vagabond (Honey)
- 1935Frisco Waterfront (The Blonde Stranger)
- 1935The Sagebrush Troubadour (Joan Martin)
- 1935Forced Landing (Nancy 'Dusty' Rhodes)
- 1935Waterfront Lady (Gloria Vance)
- 1935Let 'em Have It (Milly Adams)
- 1934Our Daily Bread (Sally)
- 1934Strictly Dynamite (Party Girl (uncredited))
- 1933Roman Scandals (Goldwyn Girl (uncredited))