{"id":48820,"date":"2024-04-01T11:31:28","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T09:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2018126"},"modified":"2024-04-01T12:30:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T10:30:42","slug":"barbara-rush-all-my-children-and-peyton-place-star-dies-aged-97","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/barbara-rush-all-my-children-and-peyton-place-star-dies-aged-97\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbara Rush, All My Children and Peyton Place star, dies aged 97"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rush’s career spanned almost six decades. <\/p>

By George White\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 01 April 2024 at 09:31 AM<\/p>

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Barbara Rush, star of long-running TV series All My Children and Peyton Place, has died aged 97.<\/p>\n

The screen veteran\u2019s death was confirmed to Fox News<\/a> by her daughter on Sunday (31st March).<\/p>\n

Born in 1927 in Denver, Colorado, Rush had a prolific career on the small screen across several decades, appearing in episodes of popular shows including Magnum, PI, Fantasy Island, Ellery Queen and Murder, She Wrote.<\/p>\n

She also had a recurring role in short-lived American soap opera Flamingo Road, starring as Eudora Weldon alongside familiar faces such as Emmy nominee Morgan Fairchild and Oscar nominee Kevin McCarthy.<\/p>\n

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Rock Hudson, Jane Wyman and Barbara Rush in Magnificent Obsession. Bettmann\/Getty Images<\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Before moving to the small screen, Rush made waves in cinema, picking up the Most Promising Newcomer \u2013 Female award at the 1954 Golden Globes for her turn in Jack Arnold\u2019s horror sci-fi It Came from Outer Space.<\/p>\n

The character actor followed this up by starring alongside Rock Hudson and Jane Wyman in 1954\u2019s Magnificent Obsession and going head-to-head with James Mason in Bigger Than Life two years later.<\/p>\n

Rush\u2019s daughter Claudia Cowan told Fox News Digital: \u201cMy wonderful mother passed away peacefully at 5:28 this evening. I was with her this morning and know she was waiting for me to return home safely to transition.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s fitting she chose to leave on Easter as it was one of her favourite holidays and now, of course, Easter will have a deeper significance for me and my family.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kevin McCarthy as Claude Weldon, Barbara Rush as Eudora Weldon in Flamingo Road.<\/span><\/figcaption> NBCU Photo Bank\/Getty Images<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, film expert Karen Burroughs Hannsberry led the tributes<\/a>, saying: \u201cSo sad to learn that Barbara Rush has died at the age of 97. She was something special.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carolyn Hennesy, Rush\u2019s niece and a fellow actress, simply wrote: \u201cRIP, Auntie B.\u201d<\/p>\n

RIP, Auntie B. https:\/\/t.co\/IdSpeqR7dB<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Carolyn Hennesy (@carolynhennesy) April 1, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>