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Barbara Barrie
ActorBorn May 23, 1931 (94 years)
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.
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.
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Filmography
| 2025 | Things Like This · as Portia Anthony |
| 2023 | The Magnificent Meyersons · as Celeste |
| 2018 | Above All Things · as Maggie |
| 2011 | Enlightened (TV Series) · as Carol |
| 2010 | Harvest · as Yetta Monopoli |
| 2010 | Twelve Thirty · as Eve |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | Nurse Jackie (TV Series) · as Libby Sussman |
| 2009 | Surviving Suburbia (TV Series) · as Val |
| 2009 | Frame of Mind · as Thelma |
| 2007 | Pushing Daisies (TV Series) · as Mamma Jacobs |
| 2007 | Army Wives (TV Series) · as Virginia |
| 2005 | Fathers and Sons · as Ruth |
| 2004 | Second Best · as Dorothea |
| 2003 | Dead Like Me (TV Series) · as Phyllis |
| 1999 | Judy Berlin · as Sue Berlin |
| 1999 | Once And Again (TV Series) |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Paula Haggerty |
| 1999 | 30 Days · as Barbara Trainer |
| 1999 | Hercules: Zero to Hero · as Alcmene |
| 1999 | $pent · as Mrs. Walsh |
| 1998 | A Chance of Snow · as Ruth Pulmer |
| 1998 | Hercules (TV Series) · as Alcmene (voice) |
| 1997 | Hercules · as Alcmene (voice) |
| 1996 | Suddenly Susan (TV Series) · as Helen 'nana' Keane |
| 1994 | |
| 1994 | My Breast · as Milly |
| 1993 | The Odd Couple: Together Again · as Gloria Unger |
| 1992 | The Fifth Corner (TV Series) · as Lois |
| 1991 | The Commish (TV Series) · as Ann Palmer |
| 1990 | Guess Who's Coming for Christmas? · as Delores |
| 1990 | Law & Order (TV Series) · as Mrs. Bream |
| 1990 | Babes (TV Series) · as Mom |
| 1990 | Kojak: Flowers for Matty · as Dora Mattingly |
| 1989 | What's Alan Watching? · as Libby Hoffstetter |
| 1989 | A Fine Romance (1989) (TV Series) · as Aunt Grace |
| 1988 | My First Love · as Ruth Waxman |
| 1988 | Winnie · as Mrs. Drake |
| 1988 | After the Rain · as Rachel Bonner |
| 1987 | Thirtysomething (TV Series) |
| 1987 | Real Men · as Mom Pirandello |
| 1987 | End of the Line · as Jean Haney |
| 1987 | Mr. President (TV Series) · as Peggie |
| 1987 | I'll Take Manhattan (TV Series) · as Sarah Amberville |
| 1986 | Lovejoy (TV Series) · as Miss Lillian |
| 1985 | The Execution · as Sophie Langbein |
| 1984 | Double Trouble (TV Series) · as Margo Foster |
| 1984 | Kate & Allie (TV Series) |
| 1984 | CBS Schoolbreak Special (TV Series) · as Shirley |
| 1982 | Two of a Kind · as Dottie Minor |
| 1982 | Tucker's Witch (TV Series) · as Ellen Hobbes |
| 1982 | Not Just Another Affair · as Martha Dawson |
| 1982 | Family Ties (TV Series) · as Aunt Rosemary |
| 1982 | Barefoot in the Park · as Mrs. Banks |
| 1981 | The Children Nobody Wanted · as Hanna |
| 1981 | Private Benjamin (TV Series) · as Harriet Benjamin |
| 1980 | American Playhouse (TV Series) · as Schoolteacher |
| 1980 | Breaking Away (TV Series) · as Evelyn Stohler |
| 1980 | Private Benjamin · as Harriet Benjamin |
| 1980 | To Race the Wind · as Mrs. Krents |
| 1979 | The Bell Jar · as Jay Cee |
| 1979 | Trapper John, M.D. (TV Series) · as Dr. Kate Hanley |
| 1979 | Breaking Away · as Evelyn Stoller |
| 1979 | Roots: The Next Generations (TV Series) · as Dodie Brattle |
| 1979 | Backstairs at the White House (TV Series) · as Mamie Eisenhower |
| 1978 | Summer of My German Soldier · as Mrs. Bergen |
| 1978 | Child of Glass · as Emily Armsworth |
| 1977 | 79 Park Avenue (TV Series) · as Kaati Fludjicki |
| 1977 | Lou Grant (TV Series) · as Edna Raines |
| 1976 | Visions (1976) (TV Series) · as Eva Lewis |
| 1975 | Bronk (TV Series) |
| 1975 | Barney Miller (TV Series) · as Elizabeth Miller |
| 1975 | For the Use of the Hall · as Charlotte |
| 1973 | Diana (1973) (TV Series) · as Norma Brodnik |
| 1972 | The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (TV Series) · as Tina Bordeaux |
| 1972 | The ABC Afterschool Special (TV Series) · as Anne Charney |
| 1972 | |
| 1971 | McMillan and Wife (TV Series) · as Emily Church |
| 1971 | |
| 1970 | Play for Today (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1970 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show (TV Series) · as Judith Chandler |
| 1967 | Ironside (TV Series) |
| 1967 | The Invaders (TV Series) · as Gale Frazer |
| 1965 | Trials of O'Brien (TV Series) · as Jean Fields |
| 1964 | One Potato, Two Potato · as Julie Cullen Richards |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) · as Laurel Catlan |
| 1963 | Mr. Novak (TV Series) · as Mary Smith |
| 1963 | The Fugitive (TV Series) · as Aiemee Rennick |
| 1963 | The Caretakers · as Edna |
| 1962 | The Doctors and the Nurses (TV Series) · as Laura Crane |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) · as Dr. Jane Waterleigh |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Ellen Beecher |
| 1961 | Alcoa Premiere (TV Series) · as Virginia Stanley |
| 1961 | Ben Casey (TV Series) |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare (TV Series) · as Peggy Farrow |
| 1961 | The Defenders (TV Series) · as Shirley Lowell |
| 1961 | Great Ghost Tales (TV Series) · as Paula |
| 1961 | Kraft Mystery Theatre (TV Series) |
| 1960 | |
| 1959 | The Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Lila Frobisher |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone (TV Series) · as Myra Russell |
| 1959 | The Untouchables (TV Series) · as Cheryl Hines |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) · as Liz Harmon |
| 1958 | Naked City (TV Series) · as Rosalind Faber |
| 1957 | Decoy (TV Series) · as Mrs. Foley |
| 1957 | Suspicion (TV Series) · as Ethel |
| 1956 | Giant · as Mary Lou Decker |
| 1956 | Kaiser Aluminum Hour (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1955 | Playwrights '56 (TV Series) |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Emily Armsworth |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) · as Trina Trent |
| 1953 | Ponds Theater (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1951 | Love of Life (TV Series) |
| 1950 | The Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV Series) · as Joanna Sommers |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theatre (TV Series) · as Maggie Correll |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre (TV Series) |