Barbara Whiting

Barbara Whiting was born in Los Angeles on May 19, 1931. Her father was the composer Richard A. Whiting and her older sister was the singer Margaret Whiting. Source: Wikipedia: Barbara Whiting

In 1946 she was in the cast when CBS's Hollywood Star Time (March 24) and The Lady Esther Screen Guild Theatre (September 30) each aired a half-hour radio version of the film Junior Miss. Source: RadioGOLDINdex (UMKC)

She took the title role of Judy Graves in a new Junior Miss radio series that began in 1948. Lever Brothers sponsored the run, which lasted from April 3, 1948, to December 30, 1950. She had played Fuffy Adams in the 1945 film version. Source: Wikipedia: Junior Miss

Junior Miss returned between October 2, 1952, and July 1, 1954, in several formats and time slots, and the 1948-50 cast came back with it. Source: Wikipedia: Junior Miss

RadioGOLDINdex lists her on three CBS broadcasts of Meet Corliss Archer in 1946 and 1947 but does not name her character. Source: RadioGOLDINdex (UMKC)

She turns up again and again in NBC's The Great Gildersleeve. RadioGOLDINdex logs her on episodes from March 1949 to March 1954. Source: RadioGOLDINdex (UMKC)

She also took parts in CBS dramas, among them Escape ("The Red Mark", February 21, 1950), Suspense ("Death On My Hands", May 10, 1951), Broadway Is My Beat (July 8, 1951) and Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar ("The Horace Lockhart Matter", August 1, 1951). Source: RadioGOLDINdex (UMKC)

On screen, she started in films with Junior Miss (1945) and later co-starred with her sister in the CBS television series Those Whiting Girls (1955-1957). Source: Wikipedia: Barbara Whiting

She died of cancer in Pontiac, Michigan, on June 9, 2004, at age 73. Source: Wikipedia: Barbara Whiting