Barbara Barrie
Acting
- Born:
- 1931-05-23
- Place of birth:
- Chicago, 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.
Known For
Filmography
Things Like This
The Magnificent Meyersons
Keeping Company with Sondheim
Significant Other
Above All Things
Six by Sondheim
Harvest
Twelve Thirty
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
Nurse Jackie
Frame Of Mind
Pushing Daisies
Army Wives
Fathers and Sons
Second Best
Dead Like Me
Judy Berlin
Once and Again
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
30 Days
$pent
A Chance of Snow
Hercules
Hercules
Suddenly Susan
Scarlett
My Breast
The Odd Couple: Together Again
First Impressions
The Commish
UFO Cafe
Law & Order
Kojak: Flowers For Matty
My First Love
Winnie
The Passage
thirtysomething
Real Men
End of the Line
I'll Take Manhattan
Vital Signs
Lovejoy
The Execution
Double Trouble
Kate & Allie
Reggie
Two of a Kind
Tucker's Witch
Not Just Another Affair
Family Ties
Working
Barefoot In the Park
American Playhouse
The Children Nobody Wanted
Breaking Away
Private Benjamin
To Race the Wind
Breaking Away
The Bell Jar
Roots: The Next Generations
Backstairs at the White House
Summer of My German Soldier
Child of Glass
Tell Me My Name
79 Park Avenue
Lou Grant
Bronk
Barney Miller
For the Use of the Hall
Diana
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
McMillan & Wife
The Rank and File
Great Performances
Original Cast Album: Company
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Dick Cavett Show
Ironside
The Invaders
One Potato, Two Potato
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Mr. Novak
The Fugitive
The Caretakers
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Virginian
Ben Casey
Dr. Kildare
The Defenders
Kraft Mystery Theatre
Route 66
The Twilight Zone
Rawhide
Naked City
Decoy
Giant
Playwrights '56
The Wonderful World of Disney
Robert Montgomery Presents
Kraft Television Theatre