<P> Barbra ( Judith O'Dea ) and Johnny Blair ( Russell Streiner ) drive to rural Pennsylvania for an annual visit to their father 's grave . Barbra is attacked by a strange man ( Bill Hinzman ) walking in the cemetery . Johnny tries to rescue his sister , but the man throws him against a gravestone ; Johnny strikes his head on the stone and is killed . After a mishap with the car , Barbra escapes on foot , with the stranger in pursuit , and later arrives at a farmhouse , where she discovers a woman 's mangled corpse . Fleeing from the house , she is confronted by strange menacing figures like the man in the graveyard . Ben ( Duane Jones ) arrives and takes her into the house , driving the `` monsters '' away and sealing the doors and windows . Throughout the night , Barbra slowly descends into a stupor of shock and insanity . </P>
<P> Barbra ( Judith O'Dea ) and Johnny Blair ( Russell Streiner ) drive to rural Pennsylvania for an annual visit to their father 's grave . Barbra is attacked by a strange man ( Bill Hinzman ) walking in the cemetery . Johnny tries to rescue his sister , but the man throws him against a gravestone ; Johnny strikes his head on the stone and is killed . After a mishap with the car , Barbra escapes on foot , with the stranger in pursuit , and later arrives at a farmhouse , where she discovers a woman 's mangled corpse . Fleeing from the house , she is confronted by strange menacing figures like the man in the graveyard . Ben ( Duane Jones ) arrives and takes her into the house , driving the `` monsters '' away and sealing the doors and windows . Throughout the night , Barbra slowly descends into a stupor of shock and insanity . </P>
who played barbara in night of the living dead
who played barbara in night of the living dead
Judith O'Dea
Judith O'Dea