Claudia Barrett

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Claudia Barrett
File:Claudia Barrett Picture.jpg
Born Imagene Williams
(1929-11-03) November 3, 1929 (age 95)
Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation Television and Film Actress
Years active 1949–1964
Spouse(s) Alan Wells (1953–1956) Divorced

Claudia Barrett (born November 3, 1929) is an American former television and film actress. She was born in Los Angeles, California as Imagene Williams.[1]

Though she would mainly be involved with television, her acting career began with film in the late 1940s and 1950s with her first movie appearance being the 1949 classic film noir White Heat starring James Cagney and Virginia Mayo. The next year she had the part of Miss Dolly Travers in MGM's "The Happy Years" which starred Dean Stockwell, Darryl Hickman and Leo G. Carroll. Other film credits included The Story of Seabiscuit and Chain Lightning.

In 1953, she played one of the lead roles in the science fiction film Robot Monster, generally regarded as one of the worst films of all time.[2]

She appeared in numerous television shows including The Abbott and Costello Show, General Electric Theater, Cavalcade of America, The Lone Ranger, The Roy Rogers Show, Highway Patrol, Tales of Wells Fargo, 77 Sunset Strip and The Jack Benny Program.

Claudia Barrett retired from acting in 1964 but stayed in show business, working for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[1]

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