Barbara Colby: biography and career

In this article, let's talk about such a talented person as Colby Barbara. Biography, personal life and career of the actress have a story that ended sadly and prematurely.

Barbara is a famous American actress of theater and cinema. She became famous in the early 1980s.

Biography

Barbara Colby was born in New York on July 2, 1940. Since childhood, the girl dreamed of a scene. In her youth, Barbara moved to New Orleans, where she spent most of her childhood. It was in this city that a little girl began to show actor talents.

At school she attended a theater group. After graduation, Barbara returned to New York, where she entered the college "Bard", located on the Hudson. Then the girl spent one semester at the Paris-Sorbonne University, located in France. After that, Barbara returned home, where she immediately began looking for work.

Carier start

Barbara Colby began her acting career at the theater. After a permanent work in the collective "Six Characters", the novice actress moved to Broadway in 1964, where she made her debut in the production of The Devils the following year. Throughout the rest of the decade, she appeared in plays such as Under Milk Wood, "Murder in the Cathedral," "Lovely Liar," and "Doll House", after which she won a role in the play "Julius Caesar", for which she earned excellent reviews in 1966 year. This was the first major success in the acting career of Colby.

In addition to all the above plays and productions, Barbara Colby appeared in a variety of projects as a guest, and occasionally helped organize concerts and some filming.

Professional career

The first important role of Colby on television was in the series of the premiere episode of the series Columbo, entitled "Murder." Since 1971, Colby Barbara began to appear in many TV series, where she played guest roles. She starred in the films: The Odd Couple, "McMillan and the Wife", "FBI", "Medical Center", "Kung Fu" and "Smoke from the trunk."

In the 1970s, the actress played in such performances as "Aubrey Beardsley", "House of blue leaves", "Afternoon Tea". In 1969, Barbara Colby returned to the classics with the role of Elizabeth in the production of Richard III, which was received by the viewer very warmly, and on Broadway appeared in the musical "Murderous Angels", shown in 1971, and "Dollhouse" in early 1975 .

In 1974, Barbara appeared in two films: "California Poker", "Memoirs of Us", which will appear on the screen closer to the beginning of the 1980s and bring the actress a lot of fame.

In 1975, the company MTM invited the actress to a permanent role in the series "Phyllis", in which the famous actress of the time Kloris Lichman was shot.

Death of the actress

After another shooting of one episode of the series "Phyllis", moving around the parking lot, Barbara Colby, along with her colleague James Kirnan, were shot. Colby died instantly, and James, after the injuries, could call the police and describe the attackers, saying that they were two men who opened fire without provocation and warning. After the ambulance arrived, the actor died.

The police noted that this attack was not a robbery, namely it was aimed at the deliberate killing of actors. So, this crime was planned in advance. The criminals were never detained, since there was no evidence left on the scene of the murder. At the time of his death, Barbara turned 35 years old.

At this time, the actress's family was far from the scene, the son of Ethel Merman and husband Bob Levit arrived on the scene a few days later.

The ashes of Barbara were cremated and kept in the house where she lived with her family.

Barbara Colby remembered the viewer as a talented, cheerful and hardworking person. Throughout her career, the actress appeared in twenty films on television, and also played about thirty roles on the stage.