Barbara Nichols

In Episodes # 35 - Walk a Crooked Arrow and #36 - Walk The Straight and Narrow, Art Carney as the Archer had an assistant, Maid Marilyn. She spent most of her time eating and complaining. Marilyn was played by Blonde - Barbara Nichols.

Barbara started out as a stripper and was quite popular as a pin-up girl in the late 1940's. By 1951, she landed a role on " Broadway Open House" which started her actress career. She had a way about her- chewing gum and her thick Brooklyn accent gave her away Her voice always reminds me of Fran Dresser and she even had an annoying laugh to go with it. She usually played " The girl you don't take home to mother"- strippers, gun molls, and " dames" . Her performances were always entertaining and she was a regular on The Jack Benny Show where Benny, would frequently cast Ms. Nichols as his brash, gum-chewing steady date on the weekly TV series. Her performances always had great comedic timing and had a lot of heart. 1956 was her most active year in acting, appearing in 5 major motion pictures with 1965 being a runner up with 4. She appeared on TV in shows such as - "Maverick" (1957) , ", The Untouchables" (1959) ,"Laredo" (1965) ,"The Wild, Wild West, " (1965) and "Emergency!" (1972) . Her last on screen performance was in the movie "Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976) which also had Art Carney as a star as well as 10 other actors that appeared in Batman-Doodles Weaver who was a villain in the " Archer" episode also appeared !

She was a real talent but she cut back on her appearances on TV and the movies in the 70's due to liver disease. It would sadly eventually end her live in 1976.

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