Back home

Barbara Nichols

Date of birth: 1928-12-10

Place of birth: Mineola, New York, USA

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Barbara Marie Nickerauer

Barbara Nichols

Biography

Barbara Marie Nickerauer (December 10, 1928 - October 5, 1976), better known by her stage name, Barbara Nichols, was an American actress and model, who became prominent in the 1950s and 1960s for playing brassy, comic roles in film and television.

Movie Credits

Sweet Smell of Success
3.8

Sweet Smell of Success

1957-07-04

New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his B

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
3.4

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

1956-09-13

A newspaper publisher, wanting to prove a point about the insufficiency of circumstantial evidence,

The Photographer
3.3

The Photographer

1974-12-05

A murder story with a comedic twist. A famous photographer uses his models for more than taking pict

Pal Joey
3.1

Pal Joey

1957-10-25

An opportunistic singer woos a wealthy widow to boost his career.

The Pajama Game
3.1

The Pajama Game

1957-08-29

An Iowa pajama factory worker falls in love with an affable superintendent who had been hired by the

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
2

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

1976-07-26

A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a stu

The Human Duplicators
1.6

The Human Duplicators

1965-03-03

An alien is dispatched from a faraway galaxy to take over the Earth by "duplicating" humans and crea

Where the Boys Are
3

Where the Boys Are

1960-12-28

Good girls Merritt, Melanie, Tuggle and Angie - all students at mid-western Penmore University - are

The Naked and the Dead
3

The Naked and the Dead

1958-08-06

Fighting men in World War II learn the value of courage and quickness at the risk of losing their li

The Loved One
3.1

The Loved One

1965-10-11

Newly arrived in Hollywood from England, Dennis Barlow finds he has to arrange his uncle's interment

The Power
3.1

The Power

1968-02-21

One by one members of a special project team are being killed by telekinesis - the ability to move t

Dear Heart
3.4

Dear Heart

1965-03-07

A lonely Ohio spinster hopes to find romance when she travels to New York City for a postmasters' co

Who Was That Lady?
3.1

Who Was That Lady?

1960-04-08

In order to get back into the good graces with his wife with whom he has had a misunderstanding, a y

The George Raft Story
1.6

The George Raft Story

1961-11-22

The 1961 film biography of the nightclub dancer-turned-movie star George Raft.

Manfish
1.9

Manfish

1956-02-01

Three deep sea divers get involved in murder while searching for a lost treasure.

House of Women
2.7

House of Women

1962-04-11

An innocent, pregnant prison inmate (Shirley Knight) becomes the bad warden's (Andrew Duggan) person

River of No Return
3.3

River of No Return

1954-04-30

An itinerant farmer and his young son help a heart-of-gold saloon singer search for her estranged hu

The Scarface Mob
3.5

The Scarface Mob

1959-04-19

Story of how a group of incorruptible federal lawmen helped put 1920s' Chicago gangster Al Capone in

Looking for Love
2.5

Looking for Love

1964-08-05

An aspiring young singer unexpectedly gets her big break by inventing a specialized clothes rack.

That Kind of Woman
3

That Kind of Woman

1959-09-11

A young G.I. falls in love with a kept woman on a train to New York.

Woman Obsessed
3.1

Woman Obsessed

1959-05-27

After her husband dies in a fire, a woman (Susan Hayward) is left to tend for her young son and the

The King and Four Queens
2.8

The King and Four Queens

1956-12-21

Opportunistic con man Dan Kehoe ingratiates himself with the cantankerous mother of four outlaws and

Charley and the Angel
2.6

Charley and the Angel

1973-03-23

Charley is a workaholic family man that finds out from an angel that his "number's up" and he will b

Criminal Affair
1.8

Criminal Affair

1968-10-17

A renowned author, college professor and criminologist is given a year off in order to write his lat

Miracle in the Rain
3.4

Miracle in the Rain

1956-03-31

Wartime romance about a lonely man and woman who meet one rainy afternoon in New York.

The Disorderly Orderly
3.1

The Disorderly Orderly

1964-12-16

Poor Jerome Littlefield. He wants to be a doctor – but that's not exactly the perfect career choice

Ten North Frederick
3.5

Ten North Frederick

1958-05-22

After her father's funeral, Ann Chapin thinks back over the last five years of his life, years of ap

The Swinger
2.8

The Swinger

1966-11-13

An authoress writes a steaming sex-novel and proceeds to live out her heroine's adventures.