Background
MacLean, Barbara Barondess was born on July 4, 1907 in New York City. Daughter of Benjamin Gregor and Stella (Sirkis) Barondess.
MacLean, Barbara Barondess was born on July 4, 1907 in New York City. Daughter of Benjamin Gregor and Stella (Sirkis) Barondess.
Student, New York University, 1925—1926. Student, University of California at Los Angeles, 1936—1940. Student, Art School, Paris, 1952—1954.
Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Mercy College, 1988.
Performer, Broadway stage play Gay Paree, 1926, Crime, 1927, Riddle Me This, Garden of Eden, Topaze, 1929—1931, A Thousand Summers, 1932, Death Takes a Holiday, 1932, Faithfully Yours, 1951. Performer, motion pictures Rasputin, Hold Your Man, Merry Widow, Tale of Two Cities, Plot Thickens, Easy Money, Queen Christina, Soldiers of the Storm, When Strangers Marry, 1932—1938. Performer, television film The Open Cage, 1982.
Interior & textile designer Beverly Hills, California, New York, 1938—1978. Founder & president, cosmetics company Barondess Incorporated, New York York City. Columnist Little Bo Peep on Broadway, Morning Telegraph, 1929—1931.
President Barbara Barondess MacLean Ltd. Inc., 1947—1973, Discovery Unlimited, Palm Beach, Florida, from 1973. Designed & manufactured clothes, 1947—1952.
Founder Barbara Barondess Theatre Laboratory, 1982.
Teacher 1st Aid American Red Cross, 1941—1946. Member of American Federation of television and Radio Artists, American Society Interior Designers, Actors Equity, Screen Actors Guild.
Married Douglas MacLean, June 1936 (deceased). Married Leonard J. Knaster, August 22, 1955 (divorced August 1974).