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  • Category Motion Pictures

    Address 1501 Vine Street

    Ceremony date 02/08/1960

About
Binnie Barnes
Born:
1903-05-25,
Islington,
London,
England
Education:
NA
Ethnicity:
Caucasian
Death Date:
-0001-11-30
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Binnie Barnes

Gittel Enoyce “Binnie” Barnes, later known as Gertrude Maude Barnes, was an English actress.

She was born in Islington to a Jewish father and an Italian mother and was raised Jewish. She worked on a farm and in hospital as a probationer. She then became a ballroom dancer and Tex McLeod’s stage partner. Later she was in cabaret and revue.

She began her acting career in films in 1923, first in Britain then later in Hollywood and continued until 1973. Her most famous film was probably The Private Life of Henry VIII, which starred Charles Laughton in the title role, with Barnes as Katherine Howard.

She was married to film producer Mike Frankovich, for whom she converted to Roman Catholicism and became an American citizen. They adopted three children.

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