Barboura Morris
Barboura Morris (October 22, 1932 - October 23, 1975) was an American actress who began her career as Barboura O'Neill.[1] She was known as "the girl with the lovely smile." Barboura Morris was born in Los Angeles, and went on to appear in many low-budget movies, such as The Wasp Woman and A Bucket of Blood, two 1959 films directed by Roger Corman. She graduated from UCLA. Barboura started her acting career at the Stumptown stock company, where her acting coach was Jeff Corey, and Roger Corman was a classmate. Corman gave Barboura a leading role in the cult classic Sorority Girl (1957), and more American International Pictures movies followed; she was cast in varied roles such as an unrequited love interest, a caring secretary, and a warrior woman. In addition to movies, Barboura did some television work. Barboura died in Santa Monica, one day after her 43rd birthday. She had been battling cancer, but actually died from a stroke.
She was married to Monte Hellman.
Filmography
- Sorority Girl (1957)
- Teenage Doll (1957)
- Rock All Night (1957)
- Machine-Gun Kelly (1958)
- Viking Women and the Sea Serpent (1959)
- The Wasp Woman (1959)
- A Bucket of Blood (1959)
- The Wild and the Innocent (1959)
- Atlas (1961)
- The Haunted Palace (1963)
- X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes (1964)
- The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967)
- The Trip (1967)
- De Sade (1969)
- The Dunwich Horror (1970)