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She played Carrie Pipperidge in the film version of Carousel (1956) and Esmerelda, one of the wicked stepsisters, in the 1965 TV version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella . Personal life. Ruick married actor Robert Horton in 1953. [8] . She had co-starred with Horton in the movie Apache War Smoke the previous year.
Barbara died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage on March 3, 1974 in Reno, Nevada. Although her musical gifts were shamefully underused by MGM in the early 1950s, her comeback role in Carousel (1956) will endure and remain a film treasure.
- January 1, 1
- Pasadena, California, USA
- January 1, 1
- Reno, Nevada, USA
Carousel: Directed by Henry King. With Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Cameron Mitchell, Barbara Ruick. Fifteen years after his death, a carousel barker is granted permission to return to Earth for one day to make amends to his widow and their daughter.
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- Drama, Fantasy, Musical
- Henry King
- 1956-02-16
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Barbara Ruick. Actress: Carousel. A bundle of bright sunshine and unabashed energy, lovely musical actress Barbara Ruick delighted audiences for over two decades. The brown-eyed singer/actress who admittedly came up short in the dancing department nevertheless toyed with top musical stardom in mid-1950s films and almost nabbed it.
- December 23, 1932
- March 3, 1974
Carousel is a 1956 American drama fantasy musical film based on the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein stage musical of the same name, which in turn was based on Ferenc Molnár 's 1909 non-musical play Liliom. The film stars Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones and was directed by Henry King .
- Richard Rodgers
- Henry Ephron, Darryl F. Zanuck
- February 16, 1956
Barbara Ruick. Carrie Pipperidge Snow. Claramae Turner. Cousin Nettie. Photos & Videos. View All. 3 Photos. Film Details. Also Known As. Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel. Genre. Musical. Adaptation. Drama. Release Date. Feb 1956. Premiere Information.
