Barbara Everest

Barbara Everest was an actress who had a successful Hollywood career. In her early acting career, Everest appeared in such films as "Love in Exile" (1936), "Jump For Glory" (1937) and the drama "Commandos Strike at Dawn" (1942) with Paul Muni. She also appeared in the Anthony Collins drama "Forever and a Day" (1943) and "Mission to Moscow" (1943) with Walter Huston. She continued to work steadily in film throughout the forties, appearing in "The Phantom of the Opera" (1943) with Nelson Eddy, the Charles Boyer adaptation "Gaslight" (1944) and the Orson Welles dramatic adaptation "Jane Eyre" (1944). She also appeared in the thriller "The Uninvited" (1944) with Ray Milland and the drama "The Valley of Decision" (1945) with Greer Garson. Film continued to be her passion as she played roles in the dramatic adaptation "Frieda" (1947) with David Farrar, "The Safecracker" (1958) with Ray Milland and "El Cid" (1961). She also appeared in the Macdonald Carey adaptation "These Are the D*mned" (1962). Everest more recently acted in "Rotten to the Core" (1965). Everest passed away in February 1968 at the age of 78.