BINNIE BARNES BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Binnie Barnes was born on march 25th, 1903 in Finsbury, London in the United Kingdom with the birth name Gittel Enoyce Barnes, born to Rosa Enoyce and George Barnes.
After high school she made a living as a nurse, milk maid and later a chorus girl, dance hostess and a vaudeville rope-twirling act in which she was known as "Texas Binnie Barnes" where she began to develop an interest in the entertainment industry.
Barnes then decided to try vaudeville and then started appearing in comedy shorts with comedian, Stanley Lupino. She worked on twenty six comedy shorts total. After gaining some more experience, Barnes then began appearing in a number of films such as, "Out of the Blue" starring Gene Gerrard, Jessie Matthews and Kay Hammond, "Night in Montmartre" starring Horace Hodges, Franklin Dyall, Hugh Williams, Reginald Purdell, Heather Angel and Austin Trevor and "Love Lies" starring Stanley Lupino, Dorothy Boyd, Jack Hobbs and Dennis Hoey, (all 1931).
She first gained recognition with her role in the film, "The Private Life of Henry VIII" (1933) starring Charles Laughton, won the 1933 Academy Award as Best Actor for his performance as Henry, and including Merle Oberon, Robert Donat, Wendy Barrie, Elsa Lanchester, John Loder and Franklin Dyall. Now earning the attention of Hollywood, Barnes relocated to California and began adding more substantial film roles to her resume such as, "Diamond Jim" (1935) starring Edward Arnold, Jean Arthur, Cesar Romero, William Demarest and Tully Marshall, "The Adventures of Marco Polo" (1938) starring Gary Cooper, Ernest Truex, Sigrid Gurie, Basil Rathbone, H. B. Warner, Stanley Fields, George Barbier and Lana Turner, "The Three Musketeers" (1939) also starring Don Ameche, Gloria Stuart, Joseph Schildkraut, Douglass Dumbrille, Lionel Atwill, John Carradine, Miles Mander, C. Montague Shaw, Russell Hicks, John 'Dusty' King, Pauline Moore and The Ritz Brothers, "Skylark" (1941) starring Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Walter Abel, Grant Mitchell, Irving Bacon and Brian Aherne, "The Man from Down Under" (1943) starring with Charles Laughton, Donna Reed, Stephen McNally, Arthur Shields and Richard Carlson and "The Spanish Main" (1945) starring Paul Henreid, Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak, John Emery and Barton MacLane.
In 1940 she married, M.J. Frankovich a professional football player and later the couple relocated to Italy where she continued working in the entertainment industry. On occasion, she returned to the United States to add more films to her credits. They had three adopted children together. She married once before from 1931 through 1936 to Samuel Joseph but had no children during this marriage.
Along with film work she made occasional television appearances on such shows as, "General Electric Guest House" and "Lux Video Theatre".
In 1954, Barnes retired from acting after filming, "Malaga" starring Maureen O'Hara and Macdonald Carey, and became involved with a variety of charities. She did come out of retirement and appeared on the television series, "The Donna Reed Show" as well as the films, "The Trouble with Angels" (1966) starring Rosalind Russell, Hayley Mills, June Harding, Gypsy Rose Lee and Jim Hutton, "Where Angels Go Trouble Follows!" (1968) starring Rosalind Russell, Stella Stevens, Milton Berle, Arthur Godfrey, Robert Taylor, Susan Saint James and Van Johnson and her final film role in 1973 in, "40 Carats" co-starring with Liv Ullman, Edward Albert, Gene Kelly, Deborah Raffin, Nancy Walker and Natalie Schafer.
Barnes passed away at the age of ninety five, on July 27th, 1998 in Beverly Hills, California from natural causes. Her remains are buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, California.
Filmography
1973 40 Carats
1968 Where Angels Go Trouble Follows!
1966 The Trouble with Angels
1963-1966 The Donna Reed Show
1954 Malaga
1951-1953 Lux Video Theatre
1953 Decameron Nights
1951 General Electric Guest House
1950 Shadow of the Eagle
1950 La strada buia
1949 I pirati di Capri
1949 My Own True Love
1948 The Dude Goes West
1947 If Winter Comes
1946 The Time of Their Lives
1945 Getting Gertie's Garter
1945 The Spanish Main
1945 It's in the Bag!
1944 Barbary Coast Gent
1944 The Hour Before the Dawn
1944 Up in Mabel's Room
1943 The Man from Down Under
1942 I Married an Angel
1942 In Old California
1942 Call Out the Marines
1941 Skylark
1941 Three Girls About Town
1941 New Wine
1941 Tight Shoes
1941 Angels with Broken Wings
1940 This Thing Called Love
1940 'Til We Meet Again
1939 Day-Time Wife
1939 Frontier Marshal
1939 Man About Town
1939 Wife, Husband and Friend
1939 The Three Musketeers
1938 Thanks for Everything
1938 Gateway
1938 Tropic Holiday
1938 Always Goodbye
1938 Three Blind Mice
1938 Holiday
1938 The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938 The First Hundred Years
1938 The Divorce of Lady X
1937 Broadway Melody of 1938
1937 Breezing Home
1936 Three Smart Girls
1936 Magnificent Brute
1936 The Last of the Mohicans
1936 Small Town Girl
1936 Sutter's Gold
1935 Rendezvous
1935 Diamond Jim
1934 There's Always Tomorrow
1934 Forbidden Territory
1934 One Exciting Adventure
1934 Gift of Gab
1934 The Private Life of Don Juan
1934 The Lady Is Willing
1934 No Escape
1934 Nine Forty-Five
1934 The Silver Spoon
1933 The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933 The Charming Deceiver
1933 Counsel's Opinion
1933 Taxi to Paradise
1933 Their Night Out
1932 Strip! Strip! Hooray!!!
1932 Down Our Street
1932 Why Saps Leave Home
1932 Murder at Covent Garden
1932 Old Spanish Customers
1932 The Last Coupon
1932 Partners Please
1931 Dr. Josser, K.C.
1931 Love Lies
1931 Night in Montmartre
1931 Out of the Blue
1923 Phonofilm
