| | Schuster-Martin School of Drama ([[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]])}} | | Schuster-Martin School of Drama ([[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]])}} |
| − | '''Barbara Ann Stuart''', born '''Barbara Ann McNeese'' (January 3, 1930 – May 15, 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/20/arts/television/barbara-stuart-tv-actress-is-dead-at-81.html|title=Barbara Stuart, TV Actress, Is Dead at 81|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|author=William Grimes|date=May 19, 2011}}</ref>) was an [[United States|American]] [[actress]]. | + | '''Barbara Ann Stuart''', born '''Barbara Ann McNeese''' (January 3, 1930 – May 15, 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/20/arts/television/barbara-stuart-tv-actress-is-dead-at-81.html|title=Barbara Stuart, TV Actress, Is Dead at 81|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|author=William Grimes|date=May 19, 2011}}</ref>) was an [[United States|American]] [[actress]]. |
| − | Stuart was born in Paris in Edgar County in eastern [[Illinois]]. She attended the Schuster-Martin School of Drama in [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]], which was founded by an aunt of the actor Tyrone Power. Thereafter she studied in [[New York City]] under Stella Adler, having modeled to pay for her acting lessons. She was invited to join the national tour of Zero Mostel's ''Lunatics and Lovers.'' Her first television role was as Bessie, the secretary, on the 1955 syndicated series, ''The Great Gildersleeve,'' based on the ''Fibber McGee and Molly'' [[radio]] program.<ref name=bsw>{{cite web|url=http://www.barbarastuart.com/biography.htm|title=''Barbara Stuart website''|publisher=barbarastuart.com|accessdate=February 14, 2009}}</ref | + | Stuart was born in Paris in Edgar County in eastern [[Illinois]]. She attended the Schuster-Martin School of Drama in [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]], which was founded by an aunt of the actor Tyrone Power. Thereafter she studied in [[New York City]] under Stella Adler, having modeled to pay for her acting lessons. She was invited to join the national tour of Zero Mostel's ''Lunatics and Lovers.'' Her first television role was as Bessie, the secretary, on the 1955 syndicated series, ''The Great Gildersleeve,'' based on the ''Fibber McGee and Molly'' [[radio]] program.<ref name=bsw>{{cite web|url=http://www.barbarastuart.com/biography.htm|title=''Barbara Stuart website''|publisher=barbarastuart.com|accessdate=February 14, 2009}}</ref> |