Barbara Lang

• Name — Barbara Lang • Birth Name — Barbara Jean Bly • Born — 2 March 1928 • Died — 22 July 1982 • Years Active — 1955–1981 • Children — 2

Lang was born March 2, 1928. She studied dramatics during her time at Eagle Rock High School and also supplemented this with appearances in little theater. After contracting poliomyelitis, Lang was told that she might never walk again. She turned to the Bible during this time and later regained her ability to walk, which she credited to her faith. Shortly after being stricken, her legs and facial muscles were paralyzed, and she had difficulty speaking. The lingering effect she experienced most was tiring easily. Lang began singing in night clubs to pay her medical debts. She was a self-taught vocalist who trusted her accompanist to select each song's key and pitch. She eventually began singing regularly in Portland and San Francisco.

After surviving and recovering from polio, Lang went into television work. Her TV credits are numerous. She is in episodes of The Thin Man (1957), the episode "Escape to Tampico" of Maverick (1958), The Bob Cummings Show (1958), 77 Sunset Strip (1959), Lawman (1959), Tightrope! (1959), and Outlaws (1960), among others.

In November 1958, Lang won an annulment of her two-year marriage to actor Alan Wells. The decree was granted on grounds that Wells had married Lang in Ensenada, Mexico, ten months before his divorce from actress Claudia Barrett was final. Lang and Wells met when she played in Death Valley Days. She married John George in 1967, who she later divorced in 1972. Lang died at age 54 in on July 22, 1982, reportedly from pneumonia.

• Death Valley Days (1955–56) 3 appearances • Hot Summer Night (1957) (uncredited) • House of Numbers (1957) • The Thin Man (1957) 1 episode • Maverick (1958) 1 episode • Party Girl (1958) • The Bob Cummings Show (1958) 1 episode • 77 Sunset Strip (1959) 1 episode • Lawman (1959) 4 episodes • Tightrope! (1959) 1 episode • Outlaws (1960) 1 episode