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Barbi Benton Biography (1950-)

Born Barbara Klein, January 28, 1950, in Sacramento, CA (some sources say NewYork City); married George Gradow. Addresses: Agent--Joshua Gray andAssociates, 6736 Laurel Canyon Blvd., Suite 306, North Hollywood, CA 90212.

Nationality

American

Birth Details

January 28, 1950

Sacramento, California, United States

Famous Works

• Credits; FILM APPEARANCES
• Susan Jeremy, Hospital Massacre (also known as Ward Thirteen and Be My Valentine, or Else), Cannon, 1982.
• Codille, Deathstalker (also known as El Cazador de la Muerte), New World,1984.
• Made film debut in What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?, 1969.
• Credits; TELEVISION APPEARANCES; MOVIES
• Miss Iowa, The Great American Beauty Contest, ABC, 1973.
• Melanie, The Third Girl from the Left, ABC, 1973.
• As herself, Murder at the Mardi Gras, CBS, 1978.
• Anita Carney, For the Love of It, ABC, 1980.
• Credits; TELEVISION APPEARANCES; SERIES
• Host, Playboy after Dark, syndicated, 1969.
• Regular, Hee Haw, syndicated, 1971-76.
• Maxx Douglas, Sugar Time!, ABC, 1977-78.
• Credits; TELEVISION APPEARANCES; EPISODIC
• Gina Potter, Riptide, NBC, 1986.
• Sue Beth, Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1986.
• Also appeared on Fantasy Island, ABC; Love Boat, ABC; Vegas,ABC; McCloud,CBS; and Charlie's Angels, ABC.
• Credits; TELEVISION APPEARANCES; SPECIALS
• Barbi Benton Special: A Barbi Doll for Christmas, syndicated, 1978.
• Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes, CBS, 1979.
• A Country Christmas, CBS, 1979.
• Circus of the Stars, CBS, 1979, 1980, and 1982.
• Doug Henning's World of Magic III, NBC, 1980.
• Men Who Rate a "10," NBC, 1980.
• Dean Martin at the Wild Animal Park, NBC, 1982.
• Magic with the Stars, NBC, 1982.
• Celebrity Daredevils, ABC, 1983.
• Credits; TELEVISION APPEARANCES; PILOTS
• As herself, Bowzer, syndicated, 1981.
• Interceptor, syndicated, 1989.
• Credits; STAGE APPEARANCES
• Made stage debut in I Love My Wife, 1982; also appeared in Oklahoma!, 1982; Dames at Sea, Detroit, MI, 1991.
• Credits; ALBUMS
• Albums include Barbi Doll, Barbie Benton, Something New, and Brass Buckles.