Barbara Ann Brown (October 18, 1901 â€" July 7, 1975) was an American
actress.Barbara Brown was born in 1901 in Los Angeles, California, to
Selma C. (née Teutschmann; 1874â€"1947) and Edward Brown. Her mother
was the daughter of German immigrants.Brown began acting on the stage
in California. In 1922, she had leading roles in Oliver Morosco's
productions Wait Till We're Married and Abie's Irish Rose. She went on
to act in Broadway plays such as Relations (1928), Mother Lode (1934),
Play, Genius, Play! (1935), Behind Red Lights (1937), Sun Kissed
(1937), Our Town (1938), and Liberty Jones (1941).Brown began
appearing in films in the early 1940s. She played Mrs. Delfina Acuña,
the mother of Rita Hayworth's character, in You Were Never Lovelier
(1942), starring Fred Astaire and Hayworth. In 1944, she was cast in
Janie and Hollywood Canteen. She and Ray Collins played Ma and Pa
Kettle's in-laws in the comedies Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
(1951) and Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1953). She had a supporting
role in the Abbott and Costello comedy Jack and the Beanstalk (1952).
actress.Barbara Brown was born in 1901 in Los Angeles, California, to
Selma C. (née Teutschmann; 1874â€"1947) and Edward Brown. Her mother
was the daughter of German immigrants.Brown began acting on the stage
in California. In 1922, she had leading roles in Oliver Morosco's
productions Wait Till We're Married and Abie's Irish Rose. She went on
to act in Broadway plays such as Relations (1928), Mother Lode (1934),
Play, Genius, Play! (1935), Behind Red Lights (1937), Sun Kissed
(1937), Our Town (1938), and Liberty Jones (1941).Brown began
appearing in films in the early 1940s. She played Mrs. Delfina Acuña,
the mother of Rita Hayworth's character, in You Were Never Lovelier
(1942), starring Fred Astaire and Hayworth. In 1944, she was cast in
Janie and Hollywood Canteen. She and Ray Collins played Ma and Pa
Kettle's in-laws in the comedies Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
(1951) and Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1953). She had a supporting
role in the Abbott and Costello comedy Jack and the Beanstalk (1952).
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