An American actress, born on January 4, 1927, in Denver, Colorado, USA. Barbara married actor and producer Jeffrey Hunter (1950-1955), Warren Cowan (1959-1969), and actor Jim Gruzalski (1970-1973), and she had 2 children. She is known for It Came from Outer Space (1953), When Worlds Collide (1951), and Hombre (1967). She joined the University of California, Santa Barbara, and received acting lessons at the Pasadena Playhouse. Later on, she was contracted by Paramount Pictures. She made her screen debut in The Goldbergs (1950). Later on, she turned to television work, and during the eighties, she worked on Broadway.