Barbara Fleming-Marmorstein

Barbara Shirley Katz, later Barbara Fleming aka Barbara Fleming-Marmorstein passed away Wednesday, August 13th 2025 at the age of 86 in Los Angeles. 

Barbara was born June 30th 1939 in Hartford Connecticut and raised in Cranston, Rhode Island. Barbara moved to NYC, joining the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes in the late 1950’s, and worked as a dancer at New York City’s famous Latin Quarter. She also toured the world as a dancer with acts like Sammy Davis Jr. joining him in Brazil for a three-month tour. 

Barbara married former dancer and budding filmmaker Stuart Forman Fleming in 1963, moving first to Miami Florida, and ultimately landing in Los Angeles in 1969 where they raised two daughters and Barbara continued dancing in films and shows. Barbara was always unstoppable working tirelessly for her daughter’s schools and advocating for women as part of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). 

Barbara is preceded in death by her both husbands, Stuart Fleming and writer Malcolm Marmorstein. She is survived by her two daughters Romy Fleming, and Dena Fleming Saraceno, stepson Christopher Fleming, her sister Ruth Friedberg, and her three granddaughters, Pilot Paisley-Rose Saraceno, Bluebelle Stuart Saraceno, and Josianne Erin Fleming. 

Services will take place at Mount Sinai Hollywood Hills Memorial Park, Friday August  15th at 11am.