Cast
Barbara Pepper
Acting
Cast
Barbara Pepper
Known for
Acting
Born
1915-05-31
From
New York City, New York, USA
Died
1969-07-18
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.
Foreign Correspondent
as Dorine
The Women
as Tough Girl (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
as Esther's Neighbor (uncredited)
Bachelor Mother
as Dance-Hall Hostess (uncredited)
The Lady Eve
as Lady Wrestler Type on Ship (uncredited)
The Music Man
as Mrs. Hawkes
Auntie Mame
as Mrs. Krantz (uncredited)
Aerial Gunner
as Blonde at Shooting Gallery (uncredited)
Ghost Buster
as Mrs. Nolan
Framed
as Goldie Green
Once Upon a Time
as Cabbie (uncredited)
Unmasked
as Mrs. Schmidt
No Way Out
as Woman (uncredited)
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
as Annie
The Return of Frank James
as Nellie Blane
Of Mice and Men
as Second Girl (uncredited)
Kiss Me, Stupid
as Big Bertha
Carry Harry
as Edith, Harry's Girl Friend
After the Thin Man
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Army Girl
as Riki
Inferno
as Waitress (uncredited)
Out of the Fog
It's Only Money
as Fisherwoman
The Fuller Brush Girl
as Wife Watching TV (uncredited)
The Inspector General
as Buxom Villager (uncredited)
Manpower
as Polly
Winterset
as Girl
The Snake Pit
as Asylum Patient (uncredited)
The Westland Case
as Agatha Hogan
Show Boat
My Favorite Spy
as Speedy
My Blue Heaven
as Susan (uncredited)
Hollywood Stadium Mystery
as Althea Ames
A Child Is Waiting
as Miss Brown (uncredited)
The Crooked Way
Who's Minding the Store?
as Customer at Bargain Sale (uncredited)
Our Daily Bread
as Sally
So This Is Love
as Fat Girl with Sailor in Nightclub (uncredited)
The Girl Downstairs
as Woman at bar (uncredited)
So This Is Washington
as Betty - Taxi Driver (uncredited)
They Made Me a Criminal
as Budgie Massey
Murder, He Says
as Bonnie Fleagle
Dark Meeting
as Clara
The Naughty Nineties
as Gilded Cage Hostess (uncredited)
Off the Record
as Flossie - Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Roman Scandals
as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Sex Kittens Go to College
as Circe
Colorado Sunset
as Ginger Bixby
Waterfront Lady
as Gloria Vance
The Chaser
as Mabel, Drunken Girl
Castle on the Hudson
as Goldie
Sailor's Lady
as Maude
South of Tahiti
as Julie
Wanted: Jane Turner
as Marge Sanders
The D.I.
as Woman Customer
Forced Landing
as Nancy 'Dusty' Rhodes
The Rogues' Tavern
as Marjorie Burns
The Bramble Bush
as Polly Welk
The Eddie Cantor Story
as Beer Garden Patron
Music for Madame
as Blonde on Bus (Uncredited)
Strictly Dynamite
as Party Girl (uncredited)
Flight at Midnight
as Mildred
Wide Open Faces
as Belle
Forgotten Girls
as Eve Abbott
M'Liss
as Clytie Morpher
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade
as Mattie
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
as Blonde Saloon Lady (uncredited)
What Becomes of the Children?
as Elsie Ford
Three Sons
as Viola
Trouble Chasers
as Goldie
Portia on Trial
as Evelyn
The Big Game
as Lois
The Lady in the Morgue
as Kay Renshaw
The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Muriel - Wedding Guest (uncredited)
The Singing Vagabond
as Honey
Girls in Chains
as Barbara Pepper
One Thrilling Night
as Lettie
Terror Trail
as Karen Kemp, the Louisville Lady
Forty Naughty Girls
as Alice
Too Many Wives
as Angela Brown
Let 'em Have It
as Milly Adams
Let's Face It
as Daisy (uncredited)
The Big Shot
as Mamie
Three Sons o' Guns
as Francie LaRue
Mummy's Boys
as Mary Browning
Birth of the Blues
as Maizie
Many Unhappy Returns
as Sophie - Cigar Store Counter Girl
You Can't Buy Luck
as Store Clerk
Taming the Wild
as Hazel White
A Maid Made Mad
as Blonde
The Sagebrush Troubadour
as Joan Martin
Blonde and Groom
as Rex's Fiancée
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
as Miss LaRue ("Wild Rose")
Sappy Pappy
as Female Customer
Frisco Waterfront
as The Blonde Stranger