Re: Leave It To Beaver

[cheeriosinabowl]

.... oops!

I meant to say the Beaver show is 50+ years old ..... not 60+ years old.

[cheeriosinabowl]

Ms. Billingsley looks absolutely great here. She has kept herself looking quite well all these years. Keep in mind the Beaver show is 60+ years old !

[PyroManiacJohnny]

Its so sad seing her all old :( she was so pretty when she was younger

[TheStanbabe]

I agree with Ms.Billingsly..that question got to be a bit of a damn bore.

[Pectoris4]

She was always a " class A" lady and fortunately she lived long enough to see how much people loved her.

[BMeister22]

Think they struck a nerve?  LOL

[eastvan88]

May God give you a room with a view in heaven!

Love you June. RIP

[nomadseawolf]

Eddie Haskell is a pall bearer.

[desireeT01]

Barbara, rest in peace; loved you for the creative wonderful actress that you were. No Jive ; ) Momma!

[youngercga1968]

she just died on October 16, 2010 at the age of 94.

[Joeysempire]

And she's still a sweet lady, love you june :)

[kalimaganeshshivan]

Remember her in the spoof movie "Airplane" when two African American men were speaking street talk to the stewardess and she couldn't understand them so Barbara Billingsley spoke up saying "excuse me stewardess, I speak jive" and proceeded to talk and translate. That's one of the funniest scenes in that movie!

[GrandMasterFreshMpls]

Kind of bitchy. 

[gymnastix]

No, Miss Billingsley had just been tired of explaining the reasons behind professional decisions for her character's apparel, that a myth had been falsely perpetuated "June Cleaver' was somehow too glamorously outfitted to be a realistically believable mother on "Leave it to Beaver."

As one raised by a 1950s and early '60s mom, I can vouch that, sans pearls and high heels while vacuuming, "June Cleaver" was a fairly authentic portrayal of motherhood in American suburbia of the period.

[gymnastix]

@GrandMasterFreshMpls And when not doing housework (or cooking and preparing lunches & dinners, or helping my sister or I with homework), my mom did sometimes wear high heels & pearls or some nice, modest, costume jewelry earrings; was always nicely groomed and dressed whenever out of the house, like at a PTA meeting or church.

[gymnastix]

@GrandMasterFreshMpls Even in the course of an average day, my mom wore a nice dress, lower heels and lipstick, always tred her best to look her best,. This was true even in the years when she was dying of cancer, when sometimes in so much pain she would sit in a chair before the stove, still trying her best to get dinner ready for my father and her kids.

[gymnastix]

@GrandMasterFreshMpls The appearances and manners of middle class mothers back then were a far cry from the sweat-pantsed soccer moms of today, many of who are the only parent in a home, usually employed by need more than choice, to pay for a family of latch-key kids or children in day care and after-school programs.

[gymnastix]

@GrandMasterFreshMpls In the 1950s & '60s, most homes had two parents--one who worked to provide for the family, and one who stayed in the home to care for it, prepare the meals and take care of the kids.

[1ceECo1d]

Love her!

[txquis]

love her.

[SuburbanDon]

Crusty broad.

[lonelygnome1]

aw. she seems sweet

[cassiejames9900]

She has really aged well. It's funny I was born in 74, so naturally I watched re-runs, but it's neat that my 9 and 8 year old, actually enjoy the show on TV Land. You don't find to many good shows these days, that have values, it is really ashame.

[vAIERIEHARPER121]

i so agree but im only 14 lol and this the Donna Reed show and i love Lucy are my favorite!

[cassiejames9900]

That is so awesome to see young teenagers enjoying these shows. Even though I myself grew up with the repeats of the show when Nick At Night first came about, which I was about your age maybe a year younger. One show you ought to find that you may like is the Patty Duke Show, I miss Donna Reed being shown also. I love the I love Lucy Show. Ethel and Lucy crack me up. :)

[Getrealpeeps]

@cassiejames9900

That is soooooooo true...... Todda'y's shows  (In a word) SUCK

[stoogeswoman]

She explains this on the GMA 50th anniversary clip too! I'm surprised she didn't get sick of having to talk about the "hollow" on her neck!

[vAIERIEHARPER121]

dosent every one have a hollow??

[2degucitas]

Yeah, but early tv could be so paranoid. Viewers would pick over every little thing that was awkward, not that we do that today! Maybe SHE herself was self conscious, and didn't want "the hollow" to be so obvious to the viewers, who knows?

[vAIERIEHARPER121]

yea i never thought about it

[StrawberryAlarmCloc1]

she has the biggest hollow in the world.

[poitrenaud]

Lovely lady-! If you ever see the movie, "Angels in the Outfield," you will see what a beautiful lady Barbara Billingsley really is!

I think she looks great in this video-

Thanks- I loved this show growing up.

[vAIERIEHARPER121]

she in that movie?