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Barbara Nichols

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Actress

The Resume

    (December 30, 1928-October 5, 1976)
    Born in Queens, New York
    Birth name was Barbara Marie Nickerauer
    Appeared in the films 'Miracle in the Rain' (1956), 'The King and Four Queens' (1956), 'The Naked and the Dead' (1957), 'The Pajama Game' (1957), 'The Sweet Smell of Success' (1957), 'Pal Joey' (1957), 'That Kind of Woman' (1958), 'Where the Boys Are' (1960), 'The Disorderly Orderly' (1964), 'The Swinger' (1966) and 'Won Ton Ton, The Dog Who Saved Hollywood' (1976)
    Appeared on Broadway in 'Pal Joey' (1952) and 'Let It Ride' (1961)
    Measurements: 34-25-35 (in 1948)

Why she might be annoying:

    She dyed her hair and had a nose job.
    Among the beauty contests she won were 'Miss Dill Pickle' and 'Miss Welder of 1953.'
    She had a 'scratchy chalk-on-a-blackboard voice.'
    After her appearance in the series 'Climax' a critic called her 'a spectacularly endowed young lady, but possibly the worst actress ever seen on TV.'

Why she might not be annoying:

    She underwent operations to remove her spleen and repair her liver following a car accident on Long Island (1958).
    She reported that over half her fan mail came from GIs wanting pin-up poses.
    She joked about her acting reputation, 'I don't care if I never play 'The Brothers Karamazov.' '

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 12 Votes: 8.33% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 15 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 88.89% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 19 Votes: 57.89% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 45 Votes: 68.89% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 62 Votes: 75.81% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 49 Votes: 71.43% Annoying