Marilyn Buferd

Marilyn Buferd

Born	January 30, 1925
Died	March 27, 1990
Occupation	Actress
Title	Miss America 1946
Predecessor	Bess Myerson
Successor	Barbara Jo Walker
Spouse(s)	Franco Barbaro Milton Steven

Marilyn Buferd (January 30, 1925 – March 27, 1990) was crowned Miss America in 1946 after being crowned Miss California.^[1] She appeared in several minor films in the 1950s as well as several foreign language films, including the notable Touchez pas au grisbi opposite Jean Gabin (1954).

Buferd, from Los Angeles, California, attended college at UCLA. One of the 16 finalists she defeated in the Miss America 1946 pageant was future Academy Award-winning actress Cloris Leachman.

Buferd was married first to Franco Barbaro and secondly to Milton Stevens. She died of pancreatic cancer at age 65 in Austin, Texas, on March 27, 1990.^[2] Her son, Nick Barbaro, is publisher of The Austin Chronicle and co-owner of South by Southwest.

Selected filmography

A Night of Fame (1949)
Totò Tarzan (1950)
The Blind Woman of Sorrento (1952)
Les Belles de nuit (1952) directed by Rene Clair
La macchina ammazzacattivi (1952) directed by Roberto Rossellini
Touchez pas au grisbi (1954) directed by Jacques Becker
The Unearthly (1957)
Queen of Outer Space (1958)

References

↑ "Miss California History". Miss California. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
↑ "Miss America History 1946". Archived from the original on December 21, 2006. Retrieved 2006-12-30.

External links

Marilyn Buferd at IMDB

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Bess Myerson	Miss America 1946	Succeeded by Barbara Jo Walker
Preceded by Polly Ellis	Miss California 1946	Succeeded by Laura Emery

Miss America titleholders (1940–1959)

California pageant winners

Miss California	Fay Lanphier (1924-25) Phyllis Randall (1937) Marguerite Skliris (1939) Rosemary LaPlanche (1940-41) Lucille Lambert (1942) Jean Bartel (1943) Marilyn Buferd (1946) Lee Meriwether (1954) Sandra Lynne Becker (1965) Charlene Dallas (1966) Susan Anton (1969) Debra Maffett (1982) Lisa Davenport (1985) Wendy Berry (1989) Paige Adams (1991) Patricia Northrup (1992) Lisa Michelle Duncan (1993) Jennifer Hanson (1994) Tiffany Stoker (1995) Lyndsay Kahler (1996) Rebekah Ann Keller (1997) Danielle Coney (1998) MaryAnne Sapio (1999) Rita Ng (2000) Stephanie Baldwin (2001) Jennifer Glover (2002) Nicole Lamarche (2003) Veena Goel (2004) Dustin-Leigh Konzelman (2005) Jacquelynne Fontaine (2006) Melissa Chaty (2007) Jackie Geist (2008) Kristy Cavinder (2009) Arianna Afsar (2010) Noelle Freeman (2011) Leah Cecil (2012) Crystal Lee (2013) Bree Morse (2015)

Miss California USA	Terry Huntingdon (1959) Maria Remenyi (1966) Summer Bartholomew (1975) Julie Hayek (1983) Kelly Parsons (1986) Shannon Marketic (1992) Shauna Gambill (1998) Rebekah Ann Keller (2000) Jennifer Glover (2001) Candice Sanders (2003) Ellen Chapman (2004) Brittany Hogan (2005) Tamiko Nash (2006) Meagan Tandy (2007) Raquel Beezley (2008) Carrie Prejean (2009) Tami Farrell (2009) Nicole Michele Johnson (2010) Alyssa Campanella/Katie Blair (2011) Natalie Pack (2012) Nadia Mejia (2016)

Miss California Teen USA	Shauna Gambill (1994) Kylee Lin (2007) Cassidy Wolf (2013)

Miss California's Outstanding Teen	Arianna Afsar (2005) Crystal Lee (2008)

Miss America

1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Titleholders Award winners Outstanding Teen MAOT State pageants

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 299040042

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