Barbara Rush, veteran Hollywood star dies at 97

Barbara Rush, the veteran Hollywood star, known for her role in the 1953’s classic sci-fi It Came from Outer Space, passed away at the age of 97.

Her daughter Claudia Cowan, confirmed her passing on Sunday March 31st as reported by Fox News by saying, "My wonderful mother passed away peacefully at 5:28 this evening, I was with her this morning and know she was waiting for me to return home safely to transition.”

She added, “It’s fitting she chose to leave on Easter as it was one of her favorite holidays and now, of course, Easter will have a deeper significance for me and my family.”

Rush made her film debut in the Goldbergs in 1950 and won the Golden Globe in the category of Most Promising Female Newcomer for her work in the film It Came from Outer Space. 

Throughout her career, Rush starred in different roles such as in the films Magnificent Obsession (1954), directed by Douglas Sirk and even worked in Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964), starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Bing Crosby and many more.

On TV she starred as Nora Clavicle in Batman in 1968.

She retired in 2007 after 10 episodes of 7th Heaven and made only one last appearance in the comic short Bleeding Hearts: The Arteries of Glenda Bryant alongside her niece, Carolyn Hennesy.

Rush married three times but all three ended in divorce. She is the mother of two children, son, Christopher Hunter whom she shares with late actor Jeffrey Hunter and daughter, Claudia Cowan whom she shares with publicist Warren Cowan.