Barbara Rush, Golden Globe-winning actress from 'It Came from Outer Space,' dies at 97

Barbara Rush, a Golden Globe-winning actress known for roles in "It Came from Outer Space" and "Peyton Place," has died. She was 97.

Rush's daughter Claudia Cowan, a Fox News senior correspondent, confirmed her mother's death to USA TODAY Monday.

Cowan said her "sweet, beautiful" mother died Sunday at a senior care center in Westlake Village, California.

"She's battled dementia for a long time and I know she’s at peace in a better place," she said. "She was … among the last of Old Hollywood royalty. Luckily we have our memories and of course her movies to keep her alive in our hearts."

Cowan also told Fox News Digital that her death on Easter Sunday was significant.

"I was with her this morning and know she was waiting for me to return home safely to transition," Cowan told the outlet. "It's fitting she chose to leave on Easter as it was one of her favorite holidays and now, of course, Easter will have a deeper significance for me and my family."

The Denver-born actress starred in the 1953 film "It Came from Outspace," for which she won a Golden Globe for most promising female newcomer. She would go on to star with Dean Martin and Marlon Brando in the 1958 war film "The Young Lions" and with Paul Newman in the 1959 legal drama "The Young Philadelphians."

Later, she joined Rat Pack members Frank Sinatra, Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. with Bing Crosby in the 1964 film "Robin and the 7 Hoods." The same year, she began starring in the 1960s nighttime soap opera "Peyton Place" as Marsha Russell, in Seasons 4 and 5.

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Rush continued to work in the TV industry for decades, appearing in TV movies and series including "The Love Boat," "Maude," "Knight Rider," "Magnum, P.I." and "All My Children," the latter of which she starred as Nola Orsini from 1992 to 1994.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, she starred as Ruth Camden in "7th Heaven." Her last acting credit was in the 2017 comedy short "Bleeding Hearts."

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On stage, Rush starred in the one-woman show "A Woman of Independent Means," as well as "Private Lives" and "Steel Magnolias."

The actress is survived by two children, Christopher Hunter, from her first marriage to Jeffrey Hunter, and Cowan, from her second marriage to Warren Cowan. Rush was married a third time, to Jim Gruzalski, from 1970 to 1973.