Barbara Billingsley, who gained supermom status for her gentle portrayal of June Cleaver, the warm, supportive mother of a pair of precocious boys in "Leave it to Beaver," died Saturday. She was 94.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/10 ... ml?_r=1&hp
Barbara Billingsley Will Not Be Down For Breakfast
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Barbara Billingsley Will Not Be Down For Breakfast
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That's sad. At least she lead a long life.
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Re: Barbara Billingsley Will Not Be Down For Breakfast
June Cleaver, yes, but to me she'll always be the lady in the movie Airplane: "Oh, stewardess! I speak Jive." :)
RIP.
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Re: Barbara Billingsley Will Not Be Down For Breakfast
You know I saw this and looked at this later article from the Nytimeshobie16 wrote:Barbara Billingsley, who gained supermom status for her gentle portrayal of June Cleaver, the warm, supportive mother of a pair of precocious boys in "Leave it to Beaver," died Saturday. She was 94.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/10 ... ml?_r=1&hp
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/ ... ad/?src=mv
And what struck me is that Barbra aged one whole heck of a lot better than either Wally or the Beav. :)
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Re: Barbara Billingsley Will Not Be Down For Breakfast
"Give me some slack, jack!"BRWombat wrote:June Cleaver, yes, but to me she'll always be the lady in the movie Airplane: "Oh, stewardess! I speak Jive." :)
RIP.
all the times I watched that show, then saw her show up in that movie, had to be one of the funnier parts!
she will be missed.
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Re: Barbara Billingsley Will Not Be Down For Breakfast
I agree, that what made that scene. Mrs. Cleaver, the whitest white-woman in the world, speaking Jive.BRWombat wrote:June Cleaver, yes, but to me she'll always be the lady in the movie Airplane: "Oh, stewardess! I speak Jive." :)
RIP.
Classic. I honestly don't think it would have been near as funny if they had used someone else.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymMBEwtRZOg
And an interview with her about that scene.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUw2fIa0dSI
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Re: Barbara Billingsley Will Not Be Down For Breakfast
I agree with all of the above. Barbara Billingsley was the ultimate TV mom, and was great parodying herself speaking Jive in Airplane!
"Excuse me, are those ducks real?"
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"Yes, sir, but the water is fake."