Barbara Billingsley
(December 22, 1915 – October 16, 2010)
Barbara Billingsley was an American film, television, voice and stage actress. She gained prominence in the 1950s movie The Careless Years, acting opposite Natalie Trundy, followed by her best–known role, that of June Cleaver on the television series Leave It to Beaver (1957–1963) and its sequel Still the Beaver (1985–1988, retitled in season two as The New Leave It to Beaver).
Billingsley was married three times. Her first husband was Glenn Billingsley, Sr., a restaurateur who was a nephew of Sherman Billingsley, the owner of the Stork Club. They had two sons, Drew and Glenn, Jr., who now own and operate Billingsley's Steak House in West Los Angeles, California. Her second marriage was to Roy Kellino, a British-born movie director who had previously been married to British actress Pamela Mason. He and Billingsley were married from 1953 until his death. Her third husband was Dr. William S. Mortensen (1907–1981), whom she married in 1959. By this marriage, she had stepchildren.
Billingsley died of polymyalgia at her home in Santa Monica, California. She is interred at Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California.
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