Claudia Barrett Original Abstract Modern and similar items

CLAUDIA BARRETT (20th Century) "Abstract Floral Still Life" Original Watercolor MODERN ABSTRACT IMPRESSIONIST Excellent Vintage Condition Hand Signed Matted and Framed in Original Wood Glass 19" x 16" Vibrant colors in pastel shades. Email with any questions.....thank you. CLAUDIA BARRETT (1929-2021): Claudia Barrett was born Imagene Williams in West Los Angeles on Nov. 3, 1929. Her parents, Arvilla and Iman, ran a lunch counter on Sepulveda Boulevard near the Veterans Administration headquarters. After the family moved to Van Nuys to start a business processing and wholesaling eggs, she won a Miss Sherman Oaks pageant, studied acting for a year at the Pasadena Playhouse and signed with Warner Bros. following a screen test in 1949. She appeared in such films as White Heat (1949), The Story of Seabiscuit (1949), Chain Lightning (1950), The Great Jewel Robbery (1950) and Rustlers on Horseback (1950), also featuring George Nader, her Robot Monster co-star. Barrett went on to work in such other movies as Chain of Evidence (1957), Seven Ways From Sundown (1960), The Last Time I Saw Archie (1961) and Taggart (1964) and on TV shows including Highway Patrol, The Lone Ranger, The Millionaire, Death Valley Days, Peter Gunn and 77 Sunset Strip. She could ride horses and did lots of Westerns. Barrett quit acting in the mid-?60s and worked in film distribution and publicity before joining the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences She also taught Method acting at a drama school started by Mickey Rooney. Retiring from acting, Barrett worked for 14 years in the research department of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the division that awards scientific and technical achievements, but not before pursuing poetry and watercolor painting, becoming a noted local artist in Palm Desert, California, where she resided in her later years -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Email or Text any Questions.....thank you. Due to special packing necessities for framed art items, shipping times may take a few days longer depending on the item and shipping destination location. Email through for more information.