Little Known Spaghetti Western Actors ~Marilyn Buferd

[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]

Marilyn Buferd was the 1946 Miss America after winning Miss California that same year. She was born in Detroit, Michigan on January 30, 1925. She won the crowns while a student at UCLA. Marilyn used her scholarship money to study languages at the University of Berlitz in Rome. She soon became employed modeling prototype bikinis on the runways of Paris, then moved to Italy where she appeared in numerous Italian films with famous directors like Roberto Rossellini and Oscar winner Pietro Germi. 

In 1951, Marilyn married Franco Barbaro, a former submarine commander under Mussolini. Later that year, back in Santa Monica, she gave birth to her only child, the future Austin Chronicle publisher Nick Barbaro. Divorced soon after, Marilyn returned to California, where she raised her son while appearing in films and TV shows. Later she married plumbing magnate Milton Stevens, Marilyn supplied critical financial backing to the respected Austin Chronicle in the early years.

In 1988, Marilyn was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and moved to Austin, Texas to live with Nick and his wife Susan. Here Stevens died in Austin, Texas on March 27, 1990, at the age of 65.

Marilyn appeared in only one Euro-western as Moira in 1950’s “Io sono il capataz” (The Return of Pancho Villa).

BUFERD, Marilyn (aka Marylin Buferd, Marylyn Buferd, Marilyn Bufferd, Marylin Bufferd, (Marilyn Jean Buferd) [1/30/1925, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. – 3/27/1990, Austin, Texas, U.S.A. (pancreatic cancer)] – Miss California 1946, Miss America 1946, model, nightclub performer, film, TV actress, married to producer, agent Franco Barbaro (Count Francesco Barbaros) [1910-19??] (1951-1954) mother of publisher Nicolo Raffaele Barbaro [1951-    ], married to restaurateur Hans E. Orton [1908-19??] (1958-1959), married to industrialist Milton J. Stevens (Milton J. Shabat) [1911-1969] (1960-1969).

The Return of Pancho Villa – 1950 (Moira)