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Barbara Colby (July 2, 1939 – July 24, 1975) was an American actress. She appeared in episodes of numerous television series before a 1974 appearance on The Mary Tyler Moore Show led to a main cast role on the new series Phyllis; after filming three episodes, she and a colleague were murdered outside an acting class, in an unsolved shooting. Career
Oct 1, 2017 · Barbara Colby had recently begun a regular role on PHYLLIS, the MTM spinoff which starred Cloris Leachman, as Phyllis’ boss, the owner of a photography studio. She’d only appeared in 3 episodes filmed summer 1975 before her tragic murder.
Barbara Colby. Actress: The Mary Tyler Moore Show. At age 36, actress Barbara Colby was on the brink of TV-character stardom when the native New Yorker was senselessly shot and killed one evening on the streets of Los Angeles.
Aug 10, 2023 · Barbara Colby was a talented television, film and Broadway actress. Her infectious personality and hard work spawned relationships with the likes of Mary Tyler Moore, Cloris Leachman and Jack...
Aug 10, 2023 · Barbara Colby was a talented television, film and Broadway actress. Her infectious personality and hard work spawned relationships with the likes of Mary Tyler Moore, Cloris Leachman and Jack Klugman. All signs pointed to her becoming a superstar until she was tragically murdered in Los Angeles, California at the age of 36.
View Interview. Glen and Les Charles on the death of Barbara Colby on Phyllis. 01:34.
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Barbara Colby is known as an Actor. Some of her work includes California Split, Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins, Columbo, Kung Fu, The Odd Couple, Gunsmoke, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and The F.B.I..
Aug 4, 2021 · Barbara Colby. Barbara Colby attended high school in New Orleans, Louisana. During her senior year, she fell in love with acting and joined a local community theater crew in the French...
Barbara Colby was a rising star in the acting industry. She had guest starred in television programs such as Columbo, The Odd Couple, The F.B.I. and Gunsmoke. In the last couple years of her life she had guest starred on two The Mary Tyler Moore Show episodes.