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Recent Role:: Mrs. Cleaver on Candid Camera

Gender:: Female

Born:: 12-22-1915

Died:: 10-16-2010 (rheumatoid disease. )

Birthplace:: Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Birth Name:: Barbara Lillian Combes

AKA:: Barbara Billinsley

Before becoming one of TV's most recognizable moms, Barbara Billingsley appeared in a number of forgettable feature films as well as the 1955 TV series Professional Father. After Leave It to Beaver, Billingsley went into semi-retirement, opting to concentrate on raising her two sons and traveling with her husband. An early '80s resurgence in Beaver's popularity brought Billingsley back to acting with parts in Airplane!, Still the Beaver and Back to the Beach. Since then, she's made guest appearances on Murphy Brown, Roseanne and just about every tribute to TV moms. Most recently, Billingsley… More played Aunt Martha in the 1997 feature update of Leave It to Beaver

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With two of TV's best parents recently passing away, we pick the television moms and dads that we'd love to be babied by.
- 10/20/10 2:35 PM
- TV.com Staff
Happy Days Dad Tom Bosley Passes Away
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- 10/20/10 3:05 AM
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- 10/18/10 10:51 AM
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