Barbara Anderson (actress)
Barbara Anderson is an American retired actress. She is best known for her role as police officer Eve Whitfield on the television series Ironside (1967–1971), which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award.
Barbara Anderson | |
|---|---|
 Anderson in 1969 | |
| Born | Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. |
| Other names | Barbara Anderson Burnett |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1966–1993 |
| Spouse |
Don Burnett (m. 1971) |
Early life
Anderson was born in Brooklyn, New York.[1] Her father, George Anderson, was a Navy enlisted man.[2][3] She spent her early years in New York City, but during her teenage years, she resided in Memphis, Tennessee, where her parents had moved.
Anderson became interested in acting during her teens, when she did a Tennessee Williams play.[4] While she was a student at Memphis State University, Anderson won the title of Miss Memphis in 1963.[1][5] Anderson was an actress with the Front Street Repertory Theatre, and debuted professionally in Memphis with the Southwestern University Players. Later, she acted with the Los Angeles Art Theatre.[1]
Television
Anderson decided to move to Los Angeles. In 1966, one of her first TV appearances came in a first-season episode of Star Trek, "The Conscience of the King".
She premiered her Eve Whitfield character in the March 1967 Ironside TV movie, and continued the role when the series debuted in September. That same week in September, she had a featured role in the first episode of the TV series Mannix.[6]
Anderson was one of the four original cast members of Ironside and was the lead actress in the series for the first 105 episodes. Anderson played the role of one of two police officers chosen to assist Robert Ironside (Raymond Burr), former chief of detectives for San Francisco, after he lost the use of his legs due to a shooting. Anderson continued in her role as Officer Whitfield for four seasons.[7] For her role on the show, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 1968.[8]
Her later performances include the wife of a man who inherits a notoriously haunted house in the Night Gallery episode "Fright Night" and as a witness to a mob hit in the Harry O episode "Material Witness". She accepted a recurring role (seven episodes) in the final season of Mission Impossible.
Anderson continued to work, though, accepting supporting roles in several TV movies, including 1977's You Lie So Deep, My Love (where she was reunited with former Ironside co-star Don Galloway).[9] She also accepted guest roles on popular TV shows of the period including The Love Boat, Wonder Woman, and Marcus Welby, M.D.. In 1993, Anderson reunited with her former Ironside co-stars for the TV movie Return of Ironside, reprising her role as Eve Whitfield, now the mother of a daughter. After this role, Anderson retired from acting permanently.
Personal life
In 1971, Anderson married actor Don Burnett and left the TV series Ironside to devote time to her marriage.[10]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | The Virginian | Sarah Crayton | Episode: "The Challenge" |
| 1966 | Jericho | Corporal Victoria Bannon | Episode: "Four O'Clock Bomb to London" |
| 1966 | Star Trek: The Original Series | Lenore | Episode: "The Conscience of the King" |
| 1966–1967 | The Road West | Barbara / Susan Douglass | 2 episodes |
| 1967 | Laredo | Della Snilly | Episode: "The Other Cheek" |
| 1967 | Ironside | Eve Whitfield | Television film |
| 1967 | Mannix | Angela Dubrio | Episode: "The Name Is Mannix" |
| 1967–1971 | Insight | Kathy | 3 episodes |
| 1967–1971 | Ironside | Officer Eve Whitfield | Main role, 105 episodes |
| 1970 | Paris 7000 | Ellen / Lee | 2 episodes |
| 1970 | The Red Skelton Show | Rick's Moll | Episode: "Freddie's Desperate Hour" |
| 1970–1974 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Julie Haynes / Marcy | 2 episodes |
| 1972 | Mission: Impossible | Mimi Davis | 7 episodes |
| 1972 | Visions... | Susan Schaeffer | Television film |
| 1972 | Night Gallery | Leona Ogilvy | Episode: "Fright Night" |
| 1973 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Jean Manners | (Television film) Season 1/Episode 1 & 2 - The Moon and the Desert |
| 1973 | Don't Be Afraid of the Dark | Joan Kahn | Television film |
| 1973 | Medical Center | Betty | Episode: "The Casualty" |
| 1973 | The Wide World of Mystery | Maggie Clark | Episode: "Murder and the Computer" |
| 1974 | Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | Carol | Episode: "To Keep and Bear Arms" |
| 1974 | Strange Homecoming | Elaine Halsey | Television film |
| 1974 | Harry O | Dr. Noelle Kira | Episode: "Material Witness" |
| 1975 | Amy Prentiss | Lenore | Episode: "Profile in Evil" |
| 1975 | Police Story | Rita Wagner | Episode: "To Steal a Million" |
| 1975 | You Lie So Deep, My Love | Susan Collins | Television film |
| 1975 | The Invisible Man | Paula Simon | Episode: "Eyes Only" |
| 1977 | Gibbsville | Episode: "Manhood" | |
| 1977 | Wonder Woman | Maggie Robbins | Episode: "Last of the $2 Bills" |
| 1977 | SST: Death Flight | Carla Stanley | Television film |
| 1977 | Switch | Dana Wallace | Episode: "Net Loss" |
| 1978 | Doctors' Private Lives | Frances Latimer | Television film |
| 1978 | The Love Boat | Karen Williamson | Episode: "Ship of Ghouls" |
| 1979 | Hawaii Five-O | Dorothy Meighan | Episode: "The Meighan Conspiracy" |
| 1982 | Star of the Family | Episode: "Save My Life, Please" | |
| 1983 | Simon & Simon | Celeste Dunn | Episode: "Design for Killing" |
| 1988 | Bonanza: The Next Generation | Annabelle 'Annie' Cartwright | Television film |
| 1993 | The Return of Ironside | Eve Whitfield | Television film |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Association | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Ironside | Won | |
| 1969 | Nominated | ||||
| 1970 | Nominated |
References
- "Barbara Anderson: She Bruises Easily". Pasadena Independent Star-News. California, Pasadena. May 12, 1968. p. TV Week 20. Retrieved January 5, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- Hall, Clara (May 31, 1968). "The 'New Ironsides' Look". East Liverpool Review. p. 1. Retrieved October 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Former Miss Memphis Stars Again". Kingsport Times. September 16, 1970. p. 2-D. Retrieved October 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Actress Persists in Career". North Adams Transcript. July 16, 1969. p. S-6 TV. Retrieved October 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Miss Memphis 1963: Barbara Anderson". MissMemphisPageant.com. Archived from the original on January 5, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
- "The six greatest 'Mannix' episodes, according to a superfan". MeTV. January 27, 2017. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
- "Annual "Spring Nationals" to be telecast tomorrow". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Ky. June 12, 1971. p. 14. Retrieved March 1, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Barbara Anderson: Awards and Nominations". Television Academy. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
- "Deadly Triangle". The Robesonian. Lumberton, NC. October 23, 1977. p. 9.
- Oppenheimer, Peer J. (July 18, 1971). "Why I Quit TV for Home and Hearth". The Danville Register. p. Family Weekly 12. Retrieved January 5, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.