Barbara Bostock (born December 19, 1935) is a retired American actress. She was sometimes credited as Barbara Lawson.

Early years

Bostock was born in

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as an only child to George Bostock, a shoemaker, who came to Florida from

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, and his wife Frances. When she was 8 years old, she began dancing. Bostock went to

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Career

In 1955, Bostock appeared on

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in '' Silk Stockings'' at the

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. Afterwards, she replaced

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in the role of "Gladys" in the national tour of ''

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''. In 1957 she made her TV debut on ''

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'' and made her movie debut in 1958 when she was cast in the films ''

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'' and ''

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.'' She appeared in the

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film ''

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'' (1960) as the beatnik dancer, Desdemona, under the name Barbara Lawson. She also appears in an episode of '' The Millionaire'': Season 6, Episode 26, along with

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and

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under that stage name. Bostock was active in summer stock musicals, including '' Annie Get Your Gun'' and '' Can-Can'' in the early 1960s. The rest of her brief career was spent in television, making guest appearances in ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. She also had roles in the TV movies '' Delancey Street: The Crisis Within'' and '' The Spell'' (1977), with

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. Bostock's biggest role was in the

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comedy, ''

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'', starring

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and

Judy Carne Joyce Audrey Botterill (27 April 1939 – 3 September 2015), known professionally as Judy Carne, was an English actress best remembered for the phrase "Sock it to me!" on ''Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In''. Career Carne was born in Northampton, Eng ...

as Dave and Julie Willis, a young newlywed couple. Their neighbors and best friends were Stan (

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) and Carol Parker. As Carol, Bostock appeared in each of the 30 episodes of the series. She portrayed Margaret on '' The Farmer's Daughter'' TV series. Bostock in 1960 also was a guest star on ''

'', "Play it Glissando" (first season).

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American television actresses 1935 births Living people 21st-century American women 20th-century American actresses People from Palm Beach, Florida Actresses from Florida American stage actresses {{US-tv-actor-1930s-stub