Actor

1930-01-03 · United States · Female

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Barbara Stuart (born Barbara Ann McNeese; January 3, 1930 – May 15, 2011) was an American actress.

She had a recurring role of Sgt. Carter's girlfriend Bunny on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

Early years

Born in Paris, Illinois, Stuart was raised in Hume, Illinois. Following her high school graduation, she studied acting at the Schuster-Martin School of Drama in Cincinnati before moving to New York City, where she studied under Uta Hagen and Stella Adler.

Career

On stage, Stuart performed in the national touring company of Sidney Kingsley's Lunatics and Lovers. In the early 1960s, she was a showgirl in Las Vegas. She also appeared in the films Marines, Let's Go (1961), Hellfighters (1968), Airplane! (1980), Bachelor Party (1984), and Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills (1997).

Television

In the early 1990s, Stuart performed in dinner theaters.

Personal life and death

Stuart married actor Dick Gautier in 1967. Their honeymoon was canceled by her hospitalization for a blood clot in her leg. She was in the hospital for eight months as the clot moved to her lung and she developed pneumonia.

On May 15, 2011, she died at a nursing home in St. George, Utah, aged 81.