Portrait of Barbara Rush

Acting

Barbara Rush

Career

Active from 1951 to 1996, busiest in 1972 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
24
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for Bigger Than Life
Bigger Than Life
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 67 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Barbara Rush Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    4.1, average 5.4
  • Dark Humor
    1.6, average 2.8
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.1, average 2.0
  • Cringe Humor
    1.2, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 4
  • Nostalgic 3
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Classic Western 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Suspenseful Atmosphere 2
  • Historical Setting 2
  • Psychological Drama 2
  • Classic Sci-Fi 2
  • Cold War Era 2
  • Romantic Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

99
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1990s

7 titles ยท average score 68
7th Heaven
7th Heaven (1996)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Ruth Camden

Widow's Kiss
Widow's Kiss (1996)
GoodWatch score 47

as Edith Fitzpatrick

Relativity
Relativity (1996)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Helen Lukens

The Outer Limits
The Outer Limits (1995)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Barbara Matheson

Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (1995)
GoodWatch score 83

as Helen Fields (archive footage) (uncredited)

Burke's Law
Burke's Law (1994)
GoodWatch score 55

TV show ยท as Marion Darrow

Web of Deceit
Web of Deceit (1990)

as Judith Hale

1980s

14 titles ยท average score 62
Paradise
Paradise (1988)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Patricia Forrester

Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Eva Taylor

Finder of Lost Loves
Finder of Lost Loves (1984)

TV show ยท as Marion Owens Norris

Masquerade
Masquerade (1983)

TV show

Summer Lovers
Summer Lovers (1982)
GoodWatch score 41

as Jean Featherstone

Knight Rider
Knight Rider (1982)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Elizabeth Knight

Hotel
Hotel (1982)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท as Nell Korsak

Matt Houston
Matt Houston (1982)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Lady Celeste Abercrombie

Flamingo Road
Flamingo Road (1981)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Eudora Flowers

Magnum, P.I.
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Ann Carrington / Phoebe Sullivan

The Night the Bridge Fell Down
The Night the Bridge Fell Down (1980)
GoodWatch score 56

as Elaine Howard

Can't Stop the Music
Can't Stop the Music (1980)
GoodWatch score 32

as Norma White

1970s

24 titles ยท average score 60
Death Car on the Freeway
Death Car on the Freeway (1979)
GoodWatch score 44

as Rosemary

Fantasy Island
Fantasy Island (1978)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show ยท as Professor Smith-Myles

The Love Boat
The Love Boat (1977)
GoodWatch score 53

TV show ยท as Eleanor Gardiner / Eleanor Gardner

The Bionic Woman
The Bionic Woman (1976)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show

The Last Day
The Last Day (1975)
GoodWatch score 64

as Betty Spence

Superdad
Superdad (1973)
GoodWatch score 48

as Sue McCready

Moon of the Wolf
Moon of the Wolf (1972)
GoodWatch score 37

as Louise Rodanthe

The Eyes of Charles Sand
The Eyes of Charles Sand (1972)
GoodWatch score 61

as Katharine Winslow

Cutter
Cutter (1972)

as Linda

Suddenly Single
Suddenly Single (1971)

as Evelyn Baxter

Cannon
Cannon (1971)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show

Night Gallery
Night Gallery (1970)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show ยท as Agatha Howard

1960s

27 titles ยท average score 64
Strategy of Terror
Strategy of Terror (1969)

as Karen Lownes

Love, American Style
Love, American Style (1969)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show ยท as Carol

Hombre
Hombre (1967)
GoodWatch score 79

as Audra Favor

Ironside
Ironside (1967)
GoodWatch score 45

TV show ยท as Mme. Jabez / Lorraine Simms

Mannix
Mannix (1967)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Celia Bell / Rebekah Bigelow

Batman
Batman (1966)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Nora Clavicle

The Unknown
The Unknown (1964)

as Leonora Edmond

Robin and the 7 Hoods
Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
GoodWatch score 52

as Marian

The Fugitive
The Fugitive (1963)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show ยท as Marie Lindsey Gerard

Come Blow Your Horn
Come Blow Your Horn (1963)
GoodWatch score 66

as Connie

Strangers When We Meet
Strangers When We Meet (1960)
GoodWatch score 63

as Eve Coe

The Bramble Bush
The Bramble Bush (1960)
GoodWatch score 55

as Margaret 'Mar' McFie

1950s

27 titles ยท average score 65
The Young Philadelphians
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
GoodWatch score 73

as Joan Dickinson

The Young Lions
The Young Lions (1958)
GoodWatch score 73

as Margaret Freemantle

Harry Black and the Tiger
Harry Black and the Tiger (1958)
GoodWatch score 64

as Christian Tanner

Bigger Than Life
Bigger Than Life (1956)
GoodWatch score 83

as Lou Avery

Flight to Hong Kong
Flight to Hong Kong (1956)
GoodWatch score 65

as Pamela Vincent

World in My Corner
World in My Corner (1956)
GoodWatch score 60

as Dorothy Mallison

Captain Lightfoot
Captain Lightfoot (1955)
GoodWatch score 52

as Aga Doherty

Magnificent Obsession
Magnificent Obsession (1954)
GoodWatch score 67

as Joyce Phillips

Taza, Son of Cochise
Taza, Son of Cochise (1954)
GoodWatch score 45

as Oona

It Came from Outer Space
It Came from Outer Space (1953)
GoodWatch score 69

as Ellen Fields

When Worlds Collide
When Worlds Collide (1951)
GoodWatch score 56

as Joyce Hendron

Quebec
Quebec (1951)

as Madelon