Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Barbara Billingsley

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actress Barbara Billingsley.
Last updated on April 22, 2025.
Barbara Billingsley

Barbara Billingsley was an American film, television, voice, and stage actress. She began her career with uncredited roles in Three Guys Named Mike (1951), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), and Invaders from Mars (1953), and was featured in the 1957 film The Careless Years opposite Natalie Trundy. She then appeared in recurring TV roles, such as The Brothers.

I have to tell you that June Cleaver had a job in 'The New Leave It to Beaver.' She did. Sure, she was a council woman. She went to work. She wasn't a sit-at-home grandma. She went out, got a job.
Don't think your dreams don't come true, because they do. You'd better be careful what you wish for. And I truly and honestly - one day I am doing the 'Beaver' show and I said, 'This is the show I have always wanted to do.'
Yes, I always played the bad woman. I actually did. — © Barbara Billingsley
Yes, I always played the bad woman. I actually did.
People stopped me on the street and said 'I can't live up to you.' Of course, they're referring to June Cleaver.
I feel that I can't do certain things that have sent to me, scripts, because I think that really - I've been June Cleaver for so many years, because we went back, you know, and we did - 20-year hiatus we had - and we went back and made 105 new ones. And so I really feel very strongly that there are certain things I won't do.
June Cleaver didn't keep her house in perfect order, the prop man did it.
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