Barbara Billingsley Dies (June Cleaver)

TMZ ^ | 10-16-10

[Justaham]

Barbara Billingsley -- best known for playing June Cleaver on "Leave it to Beaver" -- passed away this morning. She was 94.

Story developing.....

[jmacusa]

You poor dear. But you’re ok now. Right? :-)

[ilovesarah2012]

And there were no homosexual characters and no profanity. Imagine.

[yarddog]

That explains a lot.

[elcid1970]

When I was in high school in the mid 1960’s, `beaver’ referred to a girl seated in a car with her miniskirt riding up until her uh, ahem, ahem, was visible (and all girls wore panties in those days).

Oh, those summer jobs pumping gas at the local Gulf station, the summers of 1965, ‘66, and ‘67. Girls driving Volkswagens offered the best possibilities. I got one gal’s address off her credit ticket and we dated for awhile.

(Sigh)

[Lazamataz]

You poor dear. But you’re ok now. Right? :-)

Everything's better except the cannibalism.

[dusttoyou]

Knew a Lumpy growing up in East Texas, Lumpy is that you???

[ilovesarah2012]

Well said. LOL

[wireman]

That was back when “gay” meant happy...

[SatinDoll]

I don’t know who Sherman Billingsley is (the name doesn’t compute!).

But there was a Billingsley who starred in a hilarious movie about a kid who wanted a BB gun for Christmas. Later as an adult he co-produced the movie, ‘Zarthustra’, I believe.

Is that who you mean?

[radiohead]

<Sad, another time, another world. I miss it.

Amen to that. RIP Ms. Billingsley.

[Inyo-Mono]

You made my point!

[VermiciousKnid]

That was Peter Billingsly. I don’t think they are related. BTW...do a search for Peter Billingsly; you will feed instantly old (but he turned out to be a handsome man).

Regards,

[MarkL]

Her bit in "Airplane" was fabulous, as the "Jive Interpreter!"

And I grew up watching her in re-runs.

Mark

[SatinDoll]

Thanks for the info.

[hattend]

She was my TV mom growing up. Well, her and Harriett Nelson

RIP Mrs Cleaver.

[SevenofNine]

RIP

[skimbell]

Dude, that’s Lucille Ball.

[JoeProBono]

To: JoeProBono

An uncanny likeness of looks to Lucille Ball IMO.

18 posted on Sat 16 Oct 2010 05:27:50 PM EST by EGPWS

[justiceseeker93]

Smoking was tolerated everywhere.

Well, not on public transit (except for designated areas) or at fuel pumps, to cite a couple of examples. Incidentally, IIRC, Ward Cleaver (Hugh Beaumont) would smoke a pipe on the show and no one thought anything of it.

[murron]

That was my favorite episode!