Barbara Colby

Barbara Colby (July 2, 1940 – July 24, 1975) was an American actress. Born in New York City on July 2, 1940, she started her acting career in the theater. Following a solid performance in Six Characters in Search of an Author in 1964, she moved to Broadway with a debut in The Devils the following year. Throughout the rest of the decade, she appeared in such plays as Under Milk Wood, Murder in the Cathedral and Dear Liar, and garnered fine reviews for her Portia in Julius Caesar in 1966. Colby's first important television role was in an episode of the television series Columbo, titled "Murder by the Book" in 1971. Colby began a bi-coastal career and played a host of support/guest roles on such established shows as The Odd Couple,...