Barbara Stuart

Barbara Stuart

Died May 15, 2011. Born January 3, 1935.

Stuart portrayed "Miss Bunny", the blonde girlfriend of Sergeant Vincent Carter, played by Frank Sutton, on the CBS military sitcom Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., starring Jim Nabors. In all, she appeared in 21 episodes during the series run. Stuart appeared in four episodes, "Gomer and the Dragon Lady" (1964 as Hannah), "Gomer, the Beautiful Dreamer", "Changing Partners", and "Win-A-Date", (1967–1969, as Bunny Wilson).

In 1969, Stuart was cast as Wilma Winslow in the CBS sitcom The Queen and I, set on a cruise ship and a precursor of The Love Boat, starring Larry Storch, formerly of F Troop. In 1985, she was cast as Marianne Danzig, the wife of a Mafia godfather in the ABC crime drama Our Family Honor, with Eli Wallach in the starring role. She appeared in the television movie and the short-lived series of the same name.

Between 1959 and 1961, Stuart appeared in four episodes of the NBC crime drama The Lawless Years, starring James Gregory and Robert Karnes. She appeared in different roles in episodes entitled "The Marie Walters Story", "The Maxey Gorman Story", "The Billy Boy 'Rockabye' Creel Story", and "Ginny", in which she held the title role.

At the turn of the 1960s, Stuart appeared as Alice nine times in the first season of CBS's sitcom Pete and Gladys, starring Harry Morgan and Cara Williams, in episodes entitled "Crime of Passion", "The Goat Story", "Camping Out", "Bowling Brawl", "No Man Is Japan" (all 1960), "The Insurance Faker", "The Great Stone Face", "The Six Musketeers", and "Gladys Opens Pete's Mail" (all 1961).