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Barbara Sharma
ActorBorn September 14, 1938 (86 years)
Barbara Sharma is an American actress and dancer of the stage, television, and film. As a dancer she had a close working relationship with Bob Fosse, working as a lead dancer in his company for five seasons. She is best known for creating roles in the Original Broadway productions of several prominent musicals during the 1960s, including Rosie in Sweet Charity and Mary in Hallelujah, Baby!, and as a regular performer on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In from 1970-1972. She also portrayed Shelley Sealy as a main cast member of the short lived TV series Glitter in 1984-1985, and performed the recurring roles of Mrs. Recinos on Becker, Mrs. Douglas on Frasier, Amanda Wilkerson on Chico and the Man, and Myrna Morgenstein in Rhoda. She frequently appeared in commercials from the 1950s-2000s, including commercials for Folgers, Glass Plus, and State Farm.
Filmography
| 2000 | Time Share · as Harriett |
| 1998 | Becker (TV Series) · as Mrs. Recinos |
| 1997 | Con Air · as Woman In Car |
| 1994 | Muddling Through (TV Series) · as Mrs. Cooper |
| 1993 | Frasier (TV Series) · as Mrs. Douglas |
| 1986 | Perfect Strangers (TV Series) · as Ms. Abrams |
| 1985 | Shadow Chasers (TV Series) |
| 1985 | Amazing Stories (1985) (TV Series) · as Mrs. Bender |
| 1984 | Glitter (TV Series) · as Shelley Sealy |
| 1979 | Hart to Hart (TV Series) · as Midge Jackson |
| 1979 | The Facts of Life (TV Series) · as Elayne |
| 1977 | ABC Weekend Special (TV Series) · as Mom |
| 1976 | Norman... Is That You? · as Bookstore Clerk |
| 1976 | Alice (TV Series) · as Helen Dovey |
| 1976 | Tabitha (TV Series) · as Renee Cummings |
| 1975 | One Day at a Time (TV Series) · as Tina |
| 1974 | Chico and the Man (TV Series) · as Amanda Wilkerson |
| 1974 | Rhoda (TV Series) · as Myrna Morgenstein |
| 1970 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show (TV Series) · as Randy Willner |
| 1967 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV Series) · as Regular Performer |
| 1960 | Insight (TV Series) · as Helen Dutton |
| 1955 | Captain Kangaroo (TV Series) · as Cast |