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Barbara Pepper
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Barbara Pepper
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Acting
Birthday
1915-05-31,New York City, New York, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
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.

Filmography

6.7

Manpower
1941-08-09

They Made Me a Criminal

6.3

They Made Me a Criminal
1939-01-21

The Strange Case of Dr. Meade

5

The Strange Case of Dr. Meade
1938-12-15

7.1

The Music Man
1962-06-19

The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

6.2

The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
1945-08-17

6.2

Inferno
1953-08-12

Who's Minding the Store?

6.9

Who's Minding the Store?
1963-11-28

6.7

Show Boat
1936-05-17

The Rogues' Tavern

5.8

The Rogues' Tavern
1936-06-04

Kiss Me, Stupid

7.04

Kiss Me, Stupid
1964-12-22

A Maid Made Mad

0

A Maid Made Mad
1943-03-19

Birth of the Blues

5.3

Birth of the Blues
1941-11-07

A Child Is Waiting

6.8

A Child Is Waiting
1963-02-13

Flight at Midnight

4.5

Flight at Midnight
1939-08-28

5.8

Framed
1940-02-23

Our Daily Bread

6.8

Our Daily Bread
1934-10-02

Murder, He Says

6.6

Murder, He Says
1945-06-23

Girls in Chains

4.7

Girls in Chains
1943-05-17

Forty Naughty Girls

5.2

Forty Naughty Girls
1937-09-24

The Singing Vagabond

7

The Singing Vagabond
1935-12-16

Waterfront Lady

5.5

Waterfront Lady
1935-10-04

The Outcasts of Poker Flat

6

The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1937-04-16

Hollywood Stadium Mystery

5.7

Hollywood Stadium Mystery
1938-02-21

6

Army Girl
1938-08-11

The Sagebrush Troubadour

5.5

The Sagebrush Troubadour
1935-12-02

What Becomes of the Children?

5

What Becomes of the Children?
1936-12-04

The Girl Downstairs

4.5

The Girl Downstairs
1938-12-23

Taming the Wild

5.5

Taming the Wild
1936-02-14

Many Unhappy Returns

0

Many Unhappy Returns
1937-10-14

The Crooked Way

6.4

The Crooked Way
1949-04-22

5.8

The Big Game
1936-10-09

6.7

Too Many Wives
1937-04-09

0

Sappy Pappy
1942-10-30

Wide Open Faces

8.5

Wide Open Faces
1938-04-18

Wanted: Jane Turner

5.3

Wanted: Jane Turner
1936-12-04

Let 'em Have It

7

Let 'em Have It
1935-05-15

The Lady in the Morgue

6

The Lady in the Morgue
1938-04-22

7.1

The D.I.
1957-05-30

5

M'Liss
1936-07-27

One Thrilling Night

5.1

One Thrilling Night
1942-06-05

The Fuller Brush Girl

6

The Fuller Brush Girl
1950-09-15

5

The Big Shot
1937-07-23

You Can't Buy Luck

4.5

You Can't Buy Luck
1937-04-30

The Amazing Mr. Williams

5.8

The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939-11-22

So This Is Washington

4.8

So This Is Washington
1943-08-01

4.4

Aerial Gunner
1943-03-20

South of Tahiti

6

South of Tahiti
1941-10-17

4.7

Mummy's Boys
1936-10-02

Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid

0

Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
1944-04-01

7.1

A Star Is Born
1954-10-01

Castle on the Hudson

6.8

Castle on the Hudson
1940-02-17

Three Sons o' Guns

5

Three Sons o' Guns
1941-08-02

Bachelor Mother

7.1

Bachelor Mother
1939-06-30

7.047

The Women
1939-09-01

Of Mice and Men

7.3

Of Mice and Men
1939-12-24

Portia on Trial

5.2

Portia on Trial
1937-11-08

0

Dark Meeting
1956-01-05

5.462

Winterset
1936-12-03

7.2

The Lady Eve
1941-02-25

7

The Snake Pit
1948-11-04

5.2

Unmasked
1950-01-30

Foreign Correspondent

6.966

Foreign Correspondent
1940-08-16

0

Forced Landing
1935-12-02

The Westland Case

6

The Westland Case
1937-10-30

Trouble Chasers

0

Trouble Chasers
1945-05-02

The Return of Frank James

6.25

The Return of Frank James
1940-08-10

The Bramble Bush

5.5

The Bramble Bush
1960-02-24

6.948

Auntie Mame
1958-12-04

0

Terror Trail
1946-11-21

0

Carry Harry
1942-09-03

Blonde and Groom

0

Blonde and Groom
1943-04-16

4.5

Let's Face It
1943-08-04

3.2

Three Sons
1939-10-13

5.9

Roman Scandals
1933-11-27

6

Ghost Buster
1952-03-07

Music for Madame

5

Music for Madame
1937-10-08

My Favorite Spy

5.2

My Favorite Spy
1942-06-12

7

My Blue Heaven
1950-09-15

So This Is Love

5.5

So This Is Love
1953-07-15

The Eddie Cantor Story

5

The Eddie Cantor Story
1953-12-25

Colorado Sunset

0

Colorado Sunset
1939-07-30

Frisco Waterfront

0

Frisco Waterfront
1935-12-03

6

Off the Record
1939-01-21

Once Upon a Time

5.8

Once Upon a Time
1944-06-29

4

Sailor's Lady
1940-07-05

Sex Kittens Go to College

3.4

Sex Kittens Go to College
1960-08-24

The Inspector General

6.4

The Inspector General
1949-12-31

6

The Chaser
1938-07-29

6.9

No Way Out
1950-08-16

The Naughty Nineties

6.7

The Naughty Nineties
1945-06-20

Forgotten Girls

5

Forgotten Girls
1940-03-15

Strictly Dynamite

5.3

Strictly Dynamite
1934-05-11

6.367

Out of the Fog
1941-06-14

It's Only Money

6.1

It's Only Money
1962-11-20

6.7

Mister Ed
1961-01-05

6

Burke's Law
1963-09-20

7.3

Green Acres
1965-09-15

6.5

My Three Sons
1960-09-29

7.998

I Love Lucy
1951-10-15

Petticoat Junction

5.8

Petticoat Junction
1963-09-24

7.6

Perry Mason
1957-09-21

4.4

Studio One
1948-11-07

6.308

Laredo
1965-09-16

The Greatest Show on Earth

5

The Greatest Show on Earth
1963-09-17

Have Gun, Will Travel

7.4

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957-09-14

6.9

Daniel Boone
1964-09-24

7.2

The Fugitive
1963-09-17

The Millionaire

5

The Millionaire
1955-01-19

7.998

I Love Lucy
1951-10-15

7.998

I Love Lucy
1951-10-15

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

6.5

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

6.2

Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957-07-01

5.2

M Squad
1957-09-20

5.5

The Texan
1958-09-29

The Walter Winchell File

5

The Walter Winchell File
1957-10-02

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

6.2

Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957-07-01

Petticoat Junction

5.8

Petticoat Junction
1963-09-24

Mayberry R.F.D.

5.7

Mayberry R.F.D.
1968-09-23

Four Star Playhouse

5.7

Four Star Playhouse
1952-09-25

7.6

Perry Mason
1957-09-21

7.6

Perry Mason
1957-09-21

7.6

Perry Mason
1957-09-21

Tales of Wells Fargo

6.8

Tales of Wells Fargo
1957-03-18

Father Knows Best

6.6

Father Knows Best
1954-10-03

7.998

I Love Lucy
1951-10-15

7.998

I Love Lucy
1951-10-15