Barbara Colby Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

Barbara Colby (July 2, 1940 – July 24, 1975) was an American actress. Born in New York City on July 2, 1940, she started her acting career in the theater. Following a solid performance in Six Characters in Search of an Author in 1964, she moved to Broadway with a debut in The Devils the following year. Throughout the rest of the decade, she appeared in such plays as Under Milk Wood, Murder in the Cathedral and Dear Liar, and garnered fine reviews for her Portia in Julius Caesar in 1966. Colby's first important television role was in an episode of the television series Columbo, titled " MORE

Barbara Colby (July 2, 1940 – July 24, 1975) was an American actress. Born in New York City on July 2, 1940, she started her acting career in the theater. Following a solid performance in Six Characters in Search of an Author in 1964, she moved to Broadway with a debut in The Devils the following year. Throughout the rest of the decade, she appeared in such plays as Under Milk Wood, Murder in the Cathedral and Dear Liar, and garnered fine reviews for her Portia in Julius Caesar in 1966. Colby's first important television role was in an episode of the television series Columbo, titled "Murder by the Book" in 1971. Colby began a bi-coastal career and played a host of support/guest roles on such established shows as The Odd Couple, McMillan & Wife, The F.B.I., Medical Center, Kung Fu and Gunsmoke. Colby appeared in 1970s plays such as Aubrey Beardsley the Neophyte, House of Blue Leaves, Afternoon Tea and Hot l Baltimore. She returned to the classics with an off-Broadway role as Elizabeth in Richard III, and was back on Broadway with the plays Murderous Angels in 1971 and a revival of A Doll's House in the early part of 1975. In 1974, she appeared in two films, California Split and LESS