Barbara Billingsley - Archive Interview Part 1 of 6

[septip123]

she looks very good. A classy lady.

[Excalion88]

I SPEAK JIVE!

[Kaykay940]

imdb.com says Barbara Billingsley is 95 years old! She's still lovely, isn't she?

[Jeff98177]

This is why Leave It To Beaver is still remembered and loved, while few sitcoms since have stood the test of time. The entire series is coming out on DVD this summer and I can't wait! God bless you, Barbara!

[txquis]

What a marvelous, sharp and delightful lady. I've always read that until the 70's, actors were only paid for the first 5 reruns, and that residuals were not what they are now...so I'm unsure of her "millions", as someone noted. I think perhaps she also married well, or invested well.

[chkjns]

She is about 85 years old here, and deserving of every bit of the praise in the comments below and MORE!

[JubalCalif]

This is a woman with true class. Witty, intelligent, sweet, humble, gentle, kind & sassy. A real lady....and a talented actress. Perfectly cast as June Cleaver. And she looks wonderful here! Thank you very much for sharing this informative & entertaining footage with us!

[Andy1972206]

So sorry to hear of your illness. May God Bless you. You are in our thoughts and prayers.

[Clairevoiyance08]

She looks better than most 50 60 70 and 80 year olds out here. Money can keep you looking good and alive and trust me this woman dont have to worry about any financial problems. the onley thing she has to worry about is where she gonna put her next 100 million dollars load at.... Why because every time tv corporation play those reruns they have to pay her.... and damn it they been playing for 50 F*&^%%$# years,

QUentin from bay area california

925-597-0693

[babystinky]

she looks really good.

[kentamitchell]

She was great as June Cleaver

and AWESOME in Airplane!

"Stewardess, I speak Jive" LOL!

[ModxMovement]

when she spoke jive. i nearly fell outta my chair.

[Outlaw1257]

@kentamitchell

Yep, it's hard to believe that The Beaver's mother would go on to become one of the most esteemed Ebonics translators of our times!!

[Nemeses24]

I remember hearing Donna Reed talk about Barbara many years before she (Donna) died, and she remarked what a wonderfully gracious woman Barbara is, yet with a delightful sense of humor. Donna and Barbara were good friends since the '50's until Donna died. Two very lovely ladies.

[mthead65]

I just love her. extremely sharp and just as lovely as ever. Three cheers to a lovely laddie.

[mrvisserplein]

If you look up the word nice in the dictionary, she is the picture.

[iowa61]

What a charming, talented, unaffected lady! A gem. Bless her.

[mrsexappeal69]

I'm impressed by how strong her voice is for her age. Also, I would have predicted her to be in her early 60's had I not known she was in her mid 80s. I saw a more recent interview with her at the age of 91 w/ cast members from Leave it to Beaver.

[MyThrillKillKult]

very cool

[cinerama62]

Classy lady. Pure class.

[willyboi708]

She still looks like June!!!! I almost expect her to say, "Ward, I think there's something wrong with the Beaver" She is great!!!

[bowles1955]

@willyboi708

If you think "Desperate Housewives" was risque. I was watching

"Leave it to Beaver" the other day when June told Ward Cleaver,

"Ward, you were a little hard on the Beaver last night." Ward looked

proud.

[SEFYH]

Hmmm....I was always told she was born and raised in East St. Louis, IL.

[ShorpyDave]

Barbara is 84 years old in this interview, which was done in July 2000.

[Lucy4Ever11]

shes 93 she was born in 12/22/1915

[Italianlover07]

9 yrs. ago, she looked good for a woman who was 84, when 9 yrs. later, she looked even better at 93. She's still an active woman.

[Wolfenkit1]

What a gracious person! Even after all these years she portrays this powerful presence. She is very articulate and charming which is a rarety in people her age. Most old people I know are very forgetfull and bitter. It is great to see her and doing well. It seems as if her life was very "Leave it to Beaver" how her mom used to take her to the movies, wasn't afffected by the Depression. Even when she describes her divorce it seems just in passing she sees the good in life. Kudos to her!!!!

[Shifraeliezar]

She still looks beautiful and very gracious.

[oakdale19]

she looks sooo good for her age eh?? It's amazing... but she still wears those pearls because of a whole in her neck?? I love Leave it To Beaver, she is the ultimate mother

[catndryer]

Ain't she a cutie...:)

[annielwhite]

she is great. GREAT!

[doubletakeproduction]

Im not sure, but I beleive she is about 93 in this interview, although she certainly doesnt look it. I think she was born in 1915

[cmcb06]

Barbara was 84 at the time of this interview. Barbara is now 93.

[CuriousCK]

SHE LOOKS BEAUTIFUL

[mm3861]

WOW! Barbara, you're sharp as a tack and still a beauty!

[inkey2]

she looks pretty good.....maybe some good plastic surgery.....but anyway looks very classy