Binnie Barnes
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Gittel Enoyce "Binnie" Barnes (25 May 1903 – 27 July 1998), later known as Gertrude Maude Barnes, was an English actress.
She was born in Islington to a Jewish father and an Italian mother and was brought up as a Jew. She worked on a farm and in hospital as a probationer. She then became a ballroom dancer and Tex McLeod's stage partner. Later she was in cabaret and revue.
She began her acting career in films in 1923, appearing in a short film made by Lee De Forest in his Phonofilm sound-on-film process. Her film career continued in Britain, then in Hollywood, until 1973, with her final role in the comedy 40 Carats. Her most famous film was probably The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933), starring Charles Laughton in the title role, with Barnes as Katherine Howard.
She was married to film producer Mike Frankovich and became an American citizen. They adopted three children.
She died of natural causes at the age of 95 in Beverly Hills, California, in 1998, survived by her three children, including production manager Mike Frankovich Jr. and producer Peter Frankovich. Her interment was in Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Acting
Movie
Holiday
as Laura Cram
1938
Movie
The Private Life of Henry VIII
as Katherine Howard
1933
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
Movie
The Trouble with Angels
as Sister Celestine
1966
Movie
The Time of Their Lives
as Mildred Dean
1946
Movie
The Last of the Mohicans
as Alice Munro
1936
Movie
In Old California
as Lacey Miller
1942
Movie
The Spanish Main
as Anne Bonney
1945
Movie
Frontier Marshal
as Jerry
1939
Movie
The Divorce of Lady X
as Lady Claire Mere
1938
Movie
Three Smart Girls
as Donna Lyons
1936
Movie
The Private Life of Don Juan
as Rosita, a Maid Pure and Simple
1934
Movie
40 Carats
as Maud Ericson
1973
TV
The Donna Reed Show
1958
Movie
Day-time Wife
as Blanche
1939
Movie
The Adventures of Marco Polo
as Nazama
1938
Movie
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
as Sister Celestine
1968
Movie
Broadway Melody of 1938
as Caroline Whipple
1937
Movie
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
as Self
1935
Movie
Rendezvous
as Olivia Karloff
1935
Movie
Small Town Girl
as Priscilla Hyde
1936
Movie
The Three Musketeers
as Milady De Winter
1939
Movie
'Til We Meet Again
as Comtesse de Bresac
1940
Movie
Always Goodbye
as Harriet Martin
1938
