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Barbara Weeks is a Actor American born on 4 july 1913 at Somerville (USA)
Barbara Weeks (July 4, 1913 – June 24, 2003) was an American actress of the 1930s.
Eight of her films starred Tim McCoy, Buck Jones, Tom Tyler and Charles Starrett. For a time she was married to the B-Western actor Guinn "Big Boy" Williams. She left the film business in the late 1930s after she married the Lockheed test pilot Lewis Parker in 1938. In 1945, after the end of World War II, Parker's plane disappeared over the North Atlantic and he was never found.
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Barbara Weeks
Nationality USA
Birth 4 july 1913 at Somerville (USA)
Death 24 june 2003 (at 89 years) at Las Vegas (USA)
Birth 4 july 1913 at Somerville (USA)
Death 24 june 2003 (at 89 years) at Las Vegas (USA)
Biography
Born in Somerville, Massachusetts, Weeks entered acting through her participation in the Ziegfeld Follies. In 1931, she was named as one of fourteen girls selected as a "WAMPAS Baby Star", which launched her into a brief but successful acting career, mostly in cliffhanger serials and B-movie films and B-Westerns.Eight of her films starred Tim McCoy, Buck Jones, Tom Tyler and Charles Starrett. For a time she was married to the B-Western actor Guinn "Big Boy" Williams. She left the film business in the late 1930s after she married the Lockheed test pilot Lewis Parker in 1938. In 1945, after the end of World War II, Parker's plane disappeared over the North Atlantic and he was never found.
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Gun Girls (1957)
, 1h7Genres Crime
Actors Timothy Farrell, Eve Brent, Barbara Weeks
Roles Teddi's Mother
Rating48%
A daughter of a well to do family seeks excitement and a sense of self esteem by participating in violent crime. The two purchase pistols from Joe to use in a robbery that
The Violent Years (1956)
, 1h5Directed by Ed Wood, William Morgan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Barbara Weeks, Glen Corbett, Timothy Farrell, Glenn Corbett, I. Stanford Jolley
Roles Jane Parkins
Rating35%
Paula Parkins, the spoiled daughter of a well-to-do newspaper editor father and a socialite mother, gets her kicks by organizing and directing a gang of bored young women like herself. The gang dresses in men's attire, robs gas stations, and terrorizes habitués of a local lovers' lane—even raping a young gentleman (off camera) after tying up his girlfriend.
Dad Rudd, MP (1940)
, 1h23Directed by Ken G. Hall
Genres Comedy
Actors Barbara Weeks, Chips Rafferty, Raymond Longford
Roles Sybil Vane
Rating70%
Dad Rudd wants the size of a local dam increased for the benefit of local farmers but faces opposition from a wealthy grazier, Henry Webster. When the local Member of Parliament dies, Webster runs for his seat, and Rudd decides to oppose him.
Dramatic School (1938)
, 1h20Directed by Robert B. Sinclair
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about television, Films based on plays
Actors Luise Rainer, Paulette Goddard, Alan Marshal, Lana Turner, John Hubbard, Genevieve Tobin
Roles Student (uncredited)
Rating61%
Aspiring actress Louise Mauban (Luise Rainer) attends the Paris School of Drama while working at a dreary factory job. Her fellow students begin to suspect that her stories of a luxurious life and her wealthy, handsome boyfriend, Marquis Andre D'Abbencourt (Alan Marshal), are just fantasies that she weaves to relieve her humdrum life. One of them, Nana (Paulette Goddard), maliciously invites Louise to her "birthday party", having arranged for Andre to attend. However, the plan backfires. Andre is enchanted by Louise and the lie turns into the truth. He showers her with gifts and takes her out every night.
The Old Wyoming Trail (1937)
Directed by Folmar Blangsted
Origin USA
Genres Musical, Western
Actors Roy Rogers, Charles Starrett, Edward LeSaint, Barbara Weeks, Guy Usher, George Chesebro
Roles Elsie Halliday
Rating68%
Bob Patterson rend visite à Jeff Holliday avec le projet de lui acheter du bétail. Il se heurte à Kinney qui tient à l'écart du ranch les acheteurs éventuels pour ruiner Holliday et s'approprier ses terres... (partition musicale par "Son of the Pioneers").
Now I'll Tell (1934)
, 1h22Directed by Edwin J. Burke
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Spencer Tracy, Helen Twelvetrees, Alice Faye, Shirley Temple, Henry O'Neill, Robert Gleckler
Roles Wynne
Rating61%
Un parieur a des démêlés avec la mafia après avoir truqué un combat. Il doit alors vendre les bijoux de sa femme et prendre une assurance-vie sur pour essayer de s'en sortir.
The Quitter (1934)
, 1h8Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Charley Grapewin, Emma Dunn, William Bakewell, Barbara Weeks, Hale Hamilton, Mary Kornman
Roles Diana Winthrop
Rating52%
Son diplôme d'université en poche, Russell Tilford informe sa mère Cordelia qu'il veut reprendre le journal familial pour le moderniser. Russell se plaint aussi de son jeune frère Eddie, dont l'intérêt pour Annabelle Hibbs, une "poule", lui cause préjudice pour ses fiançailles avec Diana Winthrop. Même si elle ne croit pas trop aux plans de Russell, Cordelia, qui a géré le journal depuis que son mari Ed a quitté la famille des années auparavant, lui donne carte blanche. Désireux d'impressionner Diana et son père, le Major Stephen Winthrop, Russell ferme la petite imprimerie, déménage dans de plus grands bureaux et abandonne le style provincial des articles rédigés par sa mère.
My Weakness (1933)
, 1h13Directed by David Butler
Origin USA
Genres Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Lilian Harvey, Lew Ayres, Charles Butterworth, Harry Langdon, Irene Bentley, Henry Travers
Roles Lois Crowley
Rating64%
Rusty Rides Alone (1933)
, 58minutesDirected by D. Ross Lederman
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Tim McCoy, Barbara Weeks, Dorothy Burgess, Wheeler Oakman, Rockliffe Fellowes, Edmund Burns
Roles Mollie Martin
Tim McCoy et son chien Silver King viennent au secours de Molly Martin dont le frère, Tom, a été enlevé par Bart Quillan, un éleveur de moutons qui veut s'emparer, avec ses frères, de toute la vallée. En chemin Tom se lie d'amitié avec Poe Powers, un pistoléro. tous deux, avec l'aide de Silver, font face au clan Quillan.
Olsen's Big Moment (1933)
, 1h10Directed by Malcolm St. Clair
Origin USA
Actors El Brendel, Walter Catlett, Barbara Weeks, Susan Fleming, John Arledge, Joe Sawyer
Roles Jane Van Allen
Soldiers of the Storm (1933)
, 1h8Directed by D. Ross Lederman
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Regis Toomey, Anita Page, Barbara Weeks, Robert Ellis, Wheeler Oakman, Dewey Robinson
Roles Spanish waitress
Rating25%
State Trooper (1933)
, 1h8Directed by D. Ross Lederman
Origin USA
Genres Action, Crime
Actors Regis Toomey, Evalyn Knapp, Barbara Weeks, Raymond Hatton, Matthew Betz, Edwin Maxwell
Roles Estelle
Rating17%
White Eagle (1932)
, 1h4Directed by Lambert Hillyer
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Western
Actors Buck Jones, Barbara Weeks, Ward Bond, Robert Ellis, Robert Ellis, Jason Robards Sr.
Roles Janet Rand
Rating60%
Discarded Lovers (1932)
, 1hDirected by Fred C. Newmeyer
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors Natalie Moorhead, Russell Hopton, J. Farrell MacDonald, Barbara Weeks, Jason Robards Sr., Roy D'Arcy
Roles Valerie Christine
Rating49%
This script must be run from the command line
, 1h19Directed by Lowell Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Joan Blondell, Madge Evans, Ina Claire, David Manners, Lowell Sherman, Sidney Bracey
Roles Beautician
Rating60%
Jean, Polaire, and Schatze are ex-showgirls who put their money together in order to rent a luxurious penthouse apartment. They are out to get wealthy boyfriends by dressing and acting like millionaires themselves. It is Jean who is really determined and acts ruthlessly, leaving the other girls behind. The other women are more sensitive and trustworthy. Only one woman will be able to find a rich husband. But who will it be?