Born in Los Angeles in 1915 Billingsley, who began her career as a model in New York City before her big break on 'Leave it Beaver,' has passed away in her Santa Monica, Calif., home after a long illness.
Barbara Billingsley portrayed June Cleaver, the idealized mother of the early sixties. With her stiff taffeta dresses and pearls- in high he
most part, hardly anything like the Beav's. For me, it was merely a daily dose of perfection with all problems resolved by the closing credits. There weren't any bad guys-(Eddie Haskell was only a weasel) and suburbia was just about as close to heaven as one could wish for.
this reminds me the show: Cosby Show. I remember watching it and asking "Why isn't my home anything like that?". I dont mean the house itself of course, but the family relations represented in the show.
ReplyDeleteInterestingly, i had a chance to translate some of the episodes of the show, many years later, for a network which was going to re-run the show. well, while translting it, i felt like it wasnt and glamorous as i remembered.
As for Mrs. Billingsley, i dont really know her but may she rest in peace.
Here is a clip of the pilot episode. The thing that I always found most interesting about this show was the ease in which the writers put themselves into the mind of a child.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqMQDb9aG4A