Ma Barker — Ma Barker's Killer Brood Character Profile

About Ma Barker

The ruthless matriarch who trains her sons in crime, leads the gang's operations, and orchestrates major kidnappings. She uses allies like Alvin Karpis to eliminate threats and ultimately dies in a shootout with the FBI.

Ma Barker — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Lurene Tuttle

Appears in

Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (5)

• Ma Barker — Family Mother — Doc Barker (Ron Foster)

  Maternal bond exploited by rivals and ultimately severed by law enforcement.

• Ma Barker — Professional Criminal Associate — Machine Gun Kelly (Victor Lundin)

  Professional criminal partnership based on shared underworld operations.

• Ma Barker — Power Dominant Boss — Lou (Myrna Dell)

  Authoritative matriarch and subordinate who faces public humiliation.

• Ma Barker — Professional Employer — Alvin Karpis (Paul Dubov)

  Criminal boss and hired enforcer relationship focused on gang purification.

• Ma Barker — Family Husband — Arthur Dunlop (Tristram Coffin)

  Married couple bound by crime, ending in betrayal and execution.

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More characters from Ma Barker's Killer Brood

• Arthur Dunlop (Tristram Coffin)
• Alvin Karpis (Paul Dubov)
• George Barker (Nelson Leigh)
• Lou (Myrna Dell)
• Machine Gun Kelly (Victor Lundin)
• Fred - as a Boy (Michael Smith)
• Doc - as a Boy (Gary Ammann)
• Lloyd Barker (Roye Baker)
• Doc Barker (Ron Foster)
• Herman as a Boy (Don Grady)
• Baby Face Nelson (Robert Kendall)
• Mr. Khortney (John McNamara)