| − | 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; material no longer on-line}}</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; material removed on October 31, 2015}}</ref> |