When Barbara Ann Wardell was born on 11 September 1932, in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States, her father, Albert Agar Wardell, was 35 and her mother, Mary Magdalene Olsen, was 28. She married J Leon Ferrin on 31 August 1953, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 7 February 1998, in Canoga Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.