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Barbara Billingsley (born Barbara Lillian Combes
on December 22, 1922 in Los Angeles, California)
is an American actor|actress. Her professional
name comes from the last name of her first
husband, Glenn Billingsley. She was sometimes
credited as Barbara Billinsley.

She started her career in New York City, appearing
in the Broadway play, Straw Hat, and then worked
as a fashion model. As an actress on the silver
screen, she had usually uncredited roles in major
motion picture productions in the 1940s. These
roles continued into the first half of the 1950s
and led to lead roles on the sitcoms Professional
Father and The Brothers.

She is best known for her role as matriarch June
Cleaver on the sitcom Leave It to Beaver. The show
ran from 1957 to 1963 and proved to be very
lucrative for Billingsley. However, when the show
ended, she was typecasting (acting)|typecast as
saccharine sweet, and did not receive any acting
jobs for years. After a long absence from the
public eye, she appeared in the movie Airplane! in
1980. Her most famous line from the film, in which
she said "Stewardess? I speak jive!" was quoted in
popular culture for many years after the fact.

She appeared in a Leave It to Beaver reunion movie
and in a subsequent revival television series,
Still the Beaver. At the same time, she did the
voice of Nanny on Muppet Babies from 1984 to 1991,
and gained a new audience completely.

She and her first husband, Glenn Billingsley, had
two sons, Drew and Brud.  After their divorce, she
married Roy Kellino, and, after his death, she
married Dr. William Mortenson. 

== Some credited film roles == 
*The Lady Wants Mink (1953) 
*Woman in the Dark (1952) 
*Invitation (1952)
*Pretty Baby (1950) 
*I Cheated the Law (1949)

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Barbara Billingsley (born Barbara Lillian Combes
on December 22, 1922 in Los Angeles, California)
is an American actor|actress. Her professional
name comes from the last name of her first
husband, Glenn Billingsley. She was sometimes
credited as Barbara Billinsley.

She started her career in New York City, appearing
in the Broadway play, Straw Hat, and then worked
as a fashion model. As an actress on the silver
screen, she had usually uncredited roles in major
motion picture productions in the 1940s. These
roles continued into the first half of the 1950s
and led to lead roles on the sitcoms Professional
Father and The Brothers.

She is best known for her role as matriarch June
Cleaver on the sitcom Leave It to Beaver. The show
ran from 1957 to 1963 and proved to be very
lucrative for Billingsley. However, when the show
ended, she was typecasting (acting)|typecast as
saccharine sweet, and did not receive any acting
jobs for years. After a long absence from the
public eye, she appeared in the movie Airplane! in
1980. Her most famous line from the film, in which
she said "Stewardess? I speak jive!" was quoted in
popular culture for many years after the fact.

She appeared in a Leave It to Beaver reunion movie
and in a subsequent revival television series,
Still the Beaver. At the same time, she did the
voice of Nanny on Muppet Babies from 1984 to 1991,
and gained a new audience completely.

She and her first husband, Glenn Billingsley, had
two sons, Drew and Brud.  After their divorce, she
married Roy Kellino, and, after his death, she
married Dr. William Mortenson. 

== Some credited film roles == 
*The Lady Wants Mink (1953) 
*Woman in the Dark (1952) 
*Invitation (1952)
*Pretty Baby (1950) 
*I Cheated the Law (1949)