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Barbara Pepper Overview:

Actress, Barbara Pepper, was born Marion Pepper on May 31, 1915 in New York City, NY. Pepper died at the age of 54 on Jul 18, 1969 in Panorama City, CA .

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By Art on Jun 1, 2011 From Classic Cinema Gold

? Barbara was born Marion Pepper in New York City in 1915. By age 16, against her parent’s wishes, she changed her name to Barbara and landed a show girl role in Florenz Ziegfeld’s Follies. There she met Lucille Ball and the two became lifelong friends. Barbara soon began work in radio a... Read full article

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Barbara Pepper Quotes:

Tough girl: I still say I'm gonna pull a gun on that guy. Just like I did on Judge McClure.

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Barbara Pepper Facts
Pepper and Lucille Ball met early in their careers when they were both "Goldwyn Girls" and remained lifelong friends.
Barbara had two sons with Craig Reynolds: Dennis and John.
After Bea Benaderet proved unavailable, Barbara was seriously considered for the part of "Ethel Mertz" on friend Lucille Ball's classic sitcom in 1951, two years after Barbara's husband was killed. But by this time, the depressed Barbara had developed a chronic alcohol problem. With William Frawley ("Fred Mertz"), whose fondness for the bottle was legendary, already cast, executive producer Desi Arnaz felt he couldn't take the chance of having to keep two people in line. Vivian Vance, of course, eventually got the part.
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