Topic: Barbara Billingsley, 1915-2010

[ProfessorStooge]

Actress Barbara Billingsley has passed away at age 94. She is best known for portraying June Cleaver on the sitcom Leave it to Beaver. Other sitcoms she appeared on included Father Knows Best, Make Room for Daddy, and The Donna Reed Show. Billingsley was also the voice of Nanny on Jim Henson's Muppet Babies.

[falsealarms]

One of the better TV moms.

[shemps#1]

She had an awesome cameo on "Airplane!".

[BeAStooge]

LEAVE IT TO BEAVER - The Haircut (1957)
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AIRPLANE (1980)
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MORK AND MINDY - Cheerleader in Chains (1982)
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[afcomser]

Wow it feels like my own mother passed away, I watched Leave It To Beaver my whole childhood, everyday after school.

[Liz]

I used to watch Leave it to Beaver from time to time.  RIP Barbara.

[Dog Hambone]

I wonder who inherited that string of pearls June Cleaver always wore.

I agree, that scene with her in AIRPLANE was one of the funniest moments in that movie.

[Mike Lipincranz]

Barbara spoke one of the most controversial lines ever spoken on TV at the time:

"Ward, I think you were a little hard on the Beaver last night."

God Bless her soul......