Nina Bara

Nina Bara (born Frances Joan Baur She was educated in Germany, Austria, and Italy.

Film While acting in The Gay Senorita (1945), Bara helped Brooklyn-born Adele Jergens adopt a Latin accent for her role in that film. Concurrently, Bara worked to lose her own accent to make herself acceptable for a wider range of roles. The former Space Patrol actress also had roles in numerous motion pictures for Columbia, MGM, Universal, 20th Century-Fox and Monogram Studios. She also was heard on Tell It Again, Mr. President and The Adventures of Bill Lance. She also appeared on Retribution, and Meet the Missus. In 1954, after she had left Space Patrol, Bara filed suit for invasion of privacy and breach of contract against the producers of the program and other parties. The suit alleged that kinescopes of the program were released without her consent. It also asked for an injunction to prevent use of her likeness on cereal boxes and toys.

In the mid-1950s, Bara was co-host of Familiar Faces, a game show on KABC-TV in Los Angeles.

In addition to co-starring in Personal Appearance Theater for ABC-TV, Bara was also the featured comedienne with the Allan Young Show in guest spots and participated in several Life with Elizabeth films for Guild Films. On July 14, 1956, she married Richard Winslow Johnson, a musician. They separated on May 4, 1957, and divorced on April 14, 1958.

Later years In the early 1960s, Bara made the dean's honor list at Los Angeles City College, where she majored in psychology. After leaving show business in the 1960s, she pursued a second career as a librarian, earning a master's degree in library science at the University of Southern California, and then established a corporate library at Blue Cross of Southern California. After retiring from there in 1985, she worked as a substitute in the city library system.

Death On August 15, 1990, Bara died of cancer at Glendale Adventist Medical Center. She was 70.