A self-assured and stylish actress, Barbara Murray was born into a showbusiness family, the daughter of actors and granddaughter of professional ballroom dancers. She was first thrust into the limelight as a six year old, dancing in the family variety act. Barbara and her mother were evacuated to Wales upon the outbreak of World War II. In the immediate aftermath of the war, she found work on stage scarce and instead made ends meet as a photographic model. However, at seventeen, she successfully auditioned with the Rank Company of Youth , a dynasty of thespians in 1920's London. Barbara retired from acting in 2001 and lived the last years of her life in Spain.
She and John Justin had 3 daughters.
Second wife of John Justin.
Her second marriage, during the 1960s, was to an actor some ten years her junior, William Holmes, who, on marrying her, gave up acting and became a schoolmaster. This marriage ended in divorce.
Her photograph appears on a newspaper Paul McCartney is reading in A Hard Days Night. This is the 14th March 1964 edition of the Daily Express.
