Occupation Actress Role Film actress | Name Marilyn Buferd | |
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Ex-spouse Franco Barbaro, Milton Stevens Movies Hands Off the Loot, Machine to Kill Bad People, Toto Tarzan, Queen of Outer Space, Beauties of the Night Similar People Mario Mattoli, Jacques Becker, Edward Bernds, Giacomo Gentilomo, Marcello Marchesi | ||
Marilyn Buferd (January 30, 1925 – March 27, 1990) was crowned Miss America in 1946 after being crowned Miss California. She appeared in several minor films in the 1950s as well as several foreign language films, including the notable Touchez pas au grisbi opposite Jean Gabin (1954).
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Biography
Buferd attended the University of California, Los Angeles. One of the sixteen finalists she defeated in the Miss America 1946 pageant was future Academy Award-winning actress Cloris Leachman.
Buferd died of pancreatic cancer at age 65 in Austin, Texas, on March 27, 1990. Her son, Nick Barbaro, is publisher of The Austin Chronicle and co-owner of South by Southwest.
Selected filmography
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