Binnie Barnes

Gittel Enoyce "Binnie" Barnes (May 25, 1903 – July 27, 1998), later known as Gertrude Maude Barnes, was an English actress.

She was born in Islington to a Jewish father and an Italian mother and was raised Jewish.

She began her acting career in films in 1923 and continued until 1973 (her final role was in the comedy 40 Carats). Her most famous film was probably The Private Life of Henry VIII, which starred Charles Laughton in the title role, with Barnes as the unfortunate Katherine Howard.

She was married to film producer Mike Frankovich, for whom she converted to Roman Catholicism and became an American citizen. They adopted three children.

She died peacefully of natural causes at the age of 95 in Beverly Hills, California, in 1998, survived by her three children, including production manager Mike Frankovich Jr. and producer Peter Frankovich. Her interment was in Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.

Partial filmography

 * The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
 * The Private Life of Don Juan (1934)
 * Diamond Jim (1935)
 * Rendezvous (1935)
 * La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (1935)
 * Three Smart Girls (1936)
 * The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
 * Broadway Melody of 1938 (1938)
 * The Divorce of Lady X (1938)
 * The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
 * Holiday (1938)
 * Gateway (1938)
 * Wife, Husband and Friend (1939)
 * The Three Musketeers (1939)
 * Frontier Marshal (1939)
 * 'Til We Meet Again (1940)
 * Skylark (1941)
 * In Old California (1942)
 * Barbary Coast Gent (1944)
 * The Spanish Main (1945)
 * The Time of Their Lives (1946)
 * If Winter Comes (1947)
 * Malaga (1954)
 * Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows (1969)
 * 40 Carats (1973)