Barbara Rush, who won a Golden Globe for many promising newcomer in “It Got here From Outer Space” and went on to seem in “Peyton Place” and lots of other movies and TV shows, died Sunday. Her daughter, Fox News Channel correspondent Claudia Cowan, confirmed her death to Fox News Digital.
“My wonderful mother passed away peacefully at 5:28 this evening. I used to be along with her this morning and know she was waiting for me to return home safely to transition,” Cowan told Fox. “It’s fitting she selected to depart on Easter because it was considered one of her favorite holidays and now, after all, Easter could have a deeper significance for me and my family.”
Rush appeared in soap operas including “All My Children” and on “seventh Heaven,” and appeared in movies corresponding to “The Young Philadelphians,” “Robin and the 7 Hoods,” “Hombre” and “The Young Lions.” Her co-stars included Rock Hudson, Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra and Richard Burton.
Born in Denver, Rush graduated from the U. of California, Santa Barbara, after which trained on the Pasadena Playhouse.After signing with Paramount Pictures, she made her movie debut with “The Goldbergs” after which starred within the sci-fi film “When Worlds Collide.”
Her Golden Globe got here for an additional sci-fi role, because the fiancée of an amateur astronomer who makes contact with aliens in 1954’s “It Got here From Outer Space.”
Amongst her TV roles were Nora Clavicle within the “Batman” TV series and The Bionic Woman’s mother. Other TV guest spots included “Maude,” “Cannon,” “Streets of San Francisco,” “Fantasy Island,” “Love Boat” and “Murder, She Wrote.” Rush made an appearance within the 1980 disco movie “Can’t Stop the Music,” then took on more TV roles within the soap opera “Flamingo Road.”
She also appeared onstage throughout her profession and in 1989, starred in a national tour of “Steel Magnolias.”
Married 3 times, her husbands included publicist Warren Cowan.
She is survived by two children, Claudia Cowan and Jeffrey Hunter.
