Barbara Slater (December 17, 1920 – October 14, 1997) was an American film actress. She appeared in over 20 films between 1941 and 1947.
Early years
Slater's father was Edward Slater, who was described in a 1942 newspaper article as a "celebrated painter", and her mother was an actress.
[ ] Slater's education came in Switzerland.
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Career
Slater initially had a contract with Paramount, but she received her release after a year and began working for other studios.[
Modern viewers will recognize Slater for her roles in two ]Three Stooges
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films from the 1940s. She was the rumba
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dancing partner of Curly Howard
Jerome Lester Horwitz (; October 22, 1903 – January 18, 1952), known professionally as Curly Howard, was an American actor and comedian. He was best known as a member of the American comedy team the Three Stooges, which also featured his elder ...
in ''Three Smart Saps
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''. Standing nearly six feet tall, Slater towers over the short Stooge, and then manages to tear off his trousers, thanks to the pants being loosely basted. Slater also appeared as Lulu Quackenbush in ''Half-Wits Holiday
''Half-Wits Holiday'' is a 1947 short subject directed by Jules White starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard in his final starring role). It is the 97th entry in the series released by C ...
'', with Curly eating her lipstick, thinking it is edible. Thanks to the popularity of the Stooges, Slater is seen almost daily worldwide due to the films' constant television broadcasts.
Slater also appears in Charlie Chaplin
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's ''Monsieur Verdoux
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,'' as the florist who eavesdrops on Monsieur Verdoux's telephone seduction of his next intended victim.
In addition to her film work, Slater was a model at the John Robert Powers Agency in the early 1940s.
Personal life
Slater left Hollywood in 1947, and married character actor Robert Foulk
Robert C. Foulk (May 5, 1908 – February 25, 1989) was an American television and film character actor who portrayed Sheriff H. Miller in the CBS series '' Lassie'' from 1958 to 1962.
Early years
Foulk attended the University of Pennsylva ...
on July 3 of that year.[Capello, Bill. ''The Three Stooges Journal'' #93 (Spring 2000)]
References
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1920 births
1997 deaths
American film actresses
20th-century American actresses
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