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Barbara Barrie

Barbara Barrie

Acting1931Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

Barbara Barrie (born Barbara Ann Berman, May 23, 1931) is an American actress of film, stage and television. She is also an accomplished author.

Her film breakthrough came in 1964 with her performance as Julie in the landmark film One Potato, Two Potato, for which she won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival. She is best known for her role as Evelyn Stoller in Breaking Away, which brought her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in 1979 and an Emmy Award nomination in 1981 when she reprised the role in the television series based on the film.

On television she is perhaps best known for her portrayal, between 1975 and 1978, of the wife of the namesake captain in the detective sitcom Barney Miller. Barrie also is known for her extensive work in the theatre, receiving a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical in 1971 for originating the role of Sarah in Stephen Sondheim's Company.

Acting History

2025
Things Like This
as Portia Anthony
2023
2022
Great Performances
TVas Self• 1 eps
2020
Significant Other
as Helene Berman
2018
2013
Six by Sondheim
as Self (archive footage)
2011
Harvest
as Yetta Monopoli
2009
Frame Of Mind
as Thelma
Army Wives
TVas Virginia• 1 eps
2007
Pushing Daisies
TVas Mamma Jacobs• 1 eps
2004
Second Best
as Dorothea
Dead Like Me
TVas Phyllis• 2 eps
2003
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TVas Paula Haggerty• 1 eps
2000
1999
Judy Berlin
as Sue Berlin
$pent
as Mrs. Walsh
30 Days
as Barbara Trainer
1998
A Chance of Snow
as Ruth Pulmer
Hercules
TVas Alcmene (voice)• 1 eps
1997
Hercules
as Alcmene (voice)
1996
Suddenly Susan
TVas Helen 'Nana' Keane• 92 eps
1994
My Breast
as Milly
The Commish
TVas Ann Palmer• 1 eps
Scarlett
TVas Pauline Robillard
1993
Lovejoy
TVas Miss Lillian• 1 eps
1992
First Impressions
as Anne Charney
Law & Order
TVas Mrs. Bream• 1 eps
1990
Kojak: Flowers For Matty
as Dora Mattingly
UFO Cafe
as Delores
1988
My First Love
as Ruth Waxman
Winnie
as Mrs. Drake
After the Rain
as Rachel Bonner
1987
End of the Line
as Jean Haney
Real Men
as Mom Pirandello
I'll Take Manhattan
TVas Sarah Amberville
Family Ties
TVas Aunt Rosemary• 1 eps
1986
Vital Signs
as Frances
1985
The Execution
as Sophie Langbein
1984
Double Trouble
TVas Margo Foster
1983
Reggie
TVas Elizabeth Potter
1982
Not Just Another Affair
as Martha Dawson
Working
as Schoolteacher
Two of a Kind
as Dottie Minor
Tucker's Witch
TVas Ellen Hobbes
1981
1980
Private Benjamin
as Harriet Benjamin
To Race the Wind
as Mrs. Krents
Breaking Away
TVas Evelyn Stohler
1979
Breaking Away
as Evelyn Stoller
The Bell Jar
as Jay Cee
Roots: The Next Generations
TVas Dodie Brattle
Lou Grant
TVas Edna Raines• 1 eps
Backstairs at the White House
TVas Mamie Eisenhower
1978
Child of Glass
as Emily Armsworth
1977
Tell Me My Name
as Emily McPhail
79 Park Avenue
TVas Kaati Fludjicki
1975
Barney Miller
TVas Elizabeth Miller• 17 eps
McMillan & Wife
TVas Emily Church• 1 eps
1974
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
TVas Judith Chandler• 1 eps
1973
Diana
TVas Norma Brodnik
1972
The Dick Cavett Show
TVas Self - Guest• 1 eps
1971
1970
1967
The Invaders
TVas Gale Frazer• 1 eps
1966
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TVas Laurel Catlan• 1 eps
1965
The Fugitive
TVas Aiemee Rennick• 1 eps
Rawhide
TVas Liz Harmon• 1 eps
1964
One Potato, Two Potato
as Julie Cullen Richards
The Defenders
TVas Shirley Lowell / Fran Helber• 2 eps
Mr. Novak
TVas Mary Smith• 1 eps
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TVas Dr. Jane Waterleigh / Isabel Smith• 1 eps
1963
The Virginian
TVas Ellen Beecher• 1 eps
Dr. Kildare
TVas Peggy Farrow• 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
TVas Myra Russell• 1 eps
1962
Naked City
TVas Marcia Kormack• 1 eps
1961
1957
Robert Montgomery Presents
TVas Maggie Correll• 1 eps
Decoy
TVas Mrs. Foley / Anne
1956
Giant
as Mary Lou Decker
1955
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
TVas Emily Armsworth
1951

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
5/23/1931(94 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA