Marilyn Buferd
Marilyn Buferd (January 30, 1925 – March 27, 1990) was an American film and television actress as well as the winner of both the Miss California and Miss America pageants of 1946. During the latter half of the 1940s and throughout the 1950s, she performed in nearly two dozen American, Italian, and French films, including Touchez pas au grisbi opposite Jean Gabin (1954). Buferd also appeared in several television series originally broadcast in the 1950s, such as The Millionaire, Highway Patrol, Schlitz Playhouse, The Ford Television Theatre, and Orient Express.
Marilyn Buferd
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- Name
- Marilyn Buferd
- Born
- 30 January 1925
- Birthplace
- Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
- Died
- 27 March 1990
- Place of death
- Austin, Texas, U.S.
- Occupation
- Actress
- Nationality
- United States
- Education
- University of California and Los Angeles
- Languages
- English
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Marilyn Buferd (January 30, 1925 – March 27, 1990) was an American film and television actress as well as the winner of both the Miss California and Miss America pageants of 1946. During the latter half of the 1940s and throughout the 1950s, she performed in nearly two dozen American, Italian, and French films, including Touchez pas au grisbi opposite Jean Gabin (1954). Buferd also appeared in several television series originally broadcast in the 1950s, such as The Millionaire, Highway Patrol, Schlitz Playhouse, The Ford Television Theatre, and Orient Express.
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Marilyn Buferd (1925–1990) was an actress, beauty pageant contestant and model, of American nationality. The actress was born in Detroit and died in Austin.
Marilyn Buferd was educated at University of California, Los Angeles. The actress lived in Los Angeles. Languages used include English.
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• Name — Marilyn Buferd • Born — 30 January 1925 • Birthplace — Detroit, Michigan, U.S. • Died — 27 March 1990 • Place of death — Austin, Texas, U.S. • Occupation — Actress • Title — Miss America 1946 • Predecessor — Bess Myerson • Successor — Barbara Jo Walker • Children — Nick Barbaro
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Buferd attended the University of California, Los Angeles. One of the sixteen finalists she defeated in the Miss America 1946 pageant was future Academy Award-winning actress Cloris Leachman. Buferd married Franco Barbaro, an Italian submarine commander and a movie agent and producer. After divorcing she married Hans E. Orton. Her third husband was Milton Stevens. Buferd died of pancreatic cancer at age 65 in Austin, Texas, on March 27, 1990. Her son, Nick Barbaro, is publisher of The Austin Chronicle and co-founder of South by Southwest.
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• A Night of Fame (1949) • Totò Tarzan (1950) • The Elusive Twelve (1950) • I'm the Capataz (1951) • The Blind Woman of Sorrento (1952) • Les Belles de nuit (1952) directed by René Clair • The Machine to Kill Bad People (1952) directed by Roberto Rossellini • Touchez pas au grisbi (1954) directed by Jacques Becker • The Unearthly (1957) • Queen of Outer Space (1958)
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