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Marilyn Buferd (January 30, 1925 – March 27, 1990) was an American film and television actress as well as the winner of both the Miss California and Miss America pageants of 1946.[1] During the latter half of the 1940s and throughout the 1950s, she performed in nearly two dozen American, Italian, and French films, including Touchez pas au grisbi opposite Jean Gabin (1954). Buford also appears in several television series originally broadcast in the 1950s, such as The Millionaire, Highway Patrol, Schlitz Playhouse, The Ford Television Theatre, and Orient Express.

Marilyn Buferd
Buferd in 1953
Born	(1925-01-30)January 30, 1925 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Died	March 27, 1990(1990-03-27) (aged 65) Austin, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Title	Miss America 1946
Predecessor	Bess Myerson
Successor	Barbara Jo Walker
Spouses	Count Francesco Barbaro ​ ​ (m. 1951; div. 1954)​ Hans E. Orton ​ ​ (m. 1958; div. 1959)​ Milton Stevens ​ ​ (m. 1960; died 1969)​
Children	Nick Barbaro

Biography

Buferd attended the University of California, Los Angeles. One of the sixteen finalists she defeated in the Miss America 1946 pageant was future Academy Award-winning actress Cloris Leachman.

Buferd married Franco Barbaro, an Italian submarine commander and a movie agent and producer. After divorcing she married Han E. Orton. Her third husband was Milton Stevens.[2] Buferd died of pancreatic cancer at age 65 in Austin, Texas, on March 27, 1990.[3] Her son, Nick Barbaro, is publisher of The Austin Chronicle and co-founder of South by Southwest.

Selected filmography

• A Night of Fame (1949)
• Totò Tarzan (1950)
• The Elusive Twelve (1950)
• I'm the Capataz (1951)
• The Blind Woman of Sorrento (1952)
• Les Belles de nuit (1952) directed by René Clair
• The Machine to Kill Bad People (1952) directed by Roberto Rossellini
• Touchez pas au grisbi (1954) directed by Jacques Becker
• The Unearthly (1957)
• Queen of Outer Space (1958)

References

External links

• Marilyn Buferd at IMDb
• Marilyn Buferd at Find a Grave

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Bess Myerson	Miss America 1946	Succeeded by Barbara Jo Walker
Preceded by Polly Ellis	Miss California 1946	Succeeded by Laura Emery

На других языках

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[ru] Бьюфёрд, Мэрилин

Мэ́рилин Бью́фёрд[2][3][4][5][6][7] (англ. Marilyn Buferd; 30 января 1925[1], Детройт, Мичиган — 27 марта 1990[1], Остин) — американская модель и киноактриса.

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