Barbara Hamilton

Barbara Hamilton
Biographical information
Born	December 11, 1926 Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Died	February 7, 1996 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Birth name	Barbara Rose Hamilton
Family members	Patricia Hamilton (sister) Ben Carlson (nephew) Leslie Carlson (brother-in-law)
Career information
Years active	1948–1996
Character(s)	Shop Assistant Marilla Cuthbert Eulalie Bugle

Barbara Hamilton was a Canadian actress, known for her role as Marilla Cuthbert in Anne of Green Gables: The Musical (1965–1968), Anne of Green Gables (1972) and Anne of Avonlea (1975).

Hamilton starred as Eulalie Bugle in several episodes of Road to Avonlea (1990–1996). She also played Shop Assistant in the 1956 film Anne of Green Gables and in its 1958 reprise.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
1948	A Song Is Born	Woman at Dorsey Club
1950	The Lady Craved Excitement	Chorus Girl
	Come Dance with Me	Kiki
1952	Stopwatch and Listen
	Sunshine Sketches	Poet's Wife
1954	Howdy Doody	Willow
1956	Is It a Woman's World?
	Anne of Green Gables	Shop Assistant
1957	On Camera	Mother
1958	Anne of Green Gables	Shop Assistant
1959	A Dangerous Age
1960	General Motors Presents
	Just Mary
1961	One Plus One
	Razzle Dazzle	Mother Mayonnaise
1964	The Forest Rangers	Aggie Apple
1972	The Year of the Yahoo!	Barbara
	Anne of Green Gables	Marilla Cuthbert
1973	Delilah	Aunt Peggy
1974	The Naked Mind
	And That's the News, Goodnight	Various Characters
1975	Anne of Avonlea	Marilla Cuthbert
1978	Mathmakers
1979	Lost and Found	Mrs. Bryce
1980	Archie Bunker's Place	Woman #2
1981	B.C.: A Special Christmas	Fat Broad
	Sanford	Old Woman Juror
1983	Gimme a Break!	Lady Customer
1984–1985	Today's Special	Dr. Bennett
1985	Night Heat	Irma Deutch
1985–1986	Check It Out	Mrs. Cobb
1986	Seeing Things	Mrs. Coitart
1987	Adderly
1987–1988	Diamonds
1988	Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show	The Curio Shoppe Owner
	Hot Paint
	C.O.P.S.	Additional Voices
1989	Shining Time Station	Ginny
	Glory! Glory!	Selma
	Babar	Additional Voices
	Street Legal	Dr. Bernstein
1990	Clarence	Mrs. Duckworth
1990–1991	E.N.G.	Christy Callwood
1991	Katts and Dog	Mrs. Baker
1992–1996	Road to Avonlea	Eulalie Bugle
1993	Change of Heart	Aunt Bea
1994	Shining Time Station: Once Upon a Time	Ginny
	Shining Time Station: One of the Family	Ginny
	Shining Time Station: Queen for a Day	Ginny
	Shining Time Station: Second Changes	Ginny
	The Mighty Jungle	Rose Hufnagel
	Car 54, Where Are You?	Mrs. Muldoon
1996	Bogus	Mrs. Partridge

Behind the scenes

Barbara Hamilton with her sister Patricia on set of the third season of Road to Avonlea.

• Barbara's sister Patricia portrayed Rachel Lynde in Anne of Green Gables (1985), Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel (1987), Road to Avonlea (1990–1996), Happy Christmas, Miss King (1998), Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (2000) and Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning (2008). Patricia was also Rachel's voice actress in Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series (2000–2001) and in Anne: Journey to Green Gables (2005).
• Barbara's brother-in-law Leslie Carlson portrayed Mr. Lawson in Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel and Road to Avonlea. Her nephew Ben Carlson portrayed Walter Shirley in Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning (2008).
• Barbara has acted in six different Anne productions spanning from 1956 to 1996 (forty years), while her sister Patricia, by contrast, has acted in whopping eight productions from 1985 to 2008 (twenty-three years). This includes voice acting and Anne spinoffs.

Gallery

Anne of Green Gables Wiki has 3 images of Barbara Hamilton (view category).

External links

• Barbara Hamilton at the Internet Movie Database
• Barbara Hamilton on Wikipedia