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Sharon Barr
Actor
An American actress who achieved cult status in the 1970s with her participation in the neo-expressionist off-off Broadway movement with roles in Women Behind Bars and The Dirtiest Show in Town.
Barr was raised in Lake Forest, Illinois. She graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and began her career in the 1971 Los Angeles production of Tom Eyen's Dirtiest Show in Town. She went on to star in Eyen's Women Behind Bars, and play Anita Bryant in Ronald Tavel's The Ovens of Anita Orange Juice at Williamstown Theater Festival and later again in New York, among many other productions. She also appeared in Eyen's White Whore and the Bit Player, Ms Neffertiti Regrets and Give My Regards to Off-Off Broadway at Ellen Stewart's La MaMa ETC. And performed at Theater Genesis at St. Mark's Church in the Bowery, and Manhattan Theater Club.
In the early 90's Barr wrote and performed a solo performance piece titled "Protect Me From What I Want" in comedy venues around Los Angeles. Barr went on to guest star on numerous TV series, including Hill Street Blues, Night Court, Seinfeld and Cheers where she was the only actor to appear as two different characters on two separate episodes. She was a series regular on ABC's Max Headroom and also appeared in Martin Ritt's Nuts, and Dario Argento's Trauma.
Barr was raised in Lake Forest, Illinois. She graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and began her career in the 1971 Los Angeles production of Tom Eyen's Dirtiest Show in Town. She went on to star in Eyen's Women Behind Bars, and play Anita Bryant in Ronald Tavel's The Ovens of Anita Orange Juice at Williamstown Theater Festival and later again in New York, among many other productions. She also appeared in Eyen's White Whore and the Bit Player, Ms Neffertiti Regrets and Give My Regards to Off-Off Broadway at Ellen Stewart's La MaMa ETC. And performed at Theater Genesis at St. Mark's Church in the Bowery, and Manhattan Theater Club.
In the early 90's Barr wrote and performed a solo performance piece titled "Protect Me From What I Want" in comedy venues around Los Angeles. Barr went on to guest star on numerous TV series, including Hill Street Blues, Night Court, Seinfeld and Cheers where she was the only actor to appear as two different characters on two separate episodes. She was a series regular on ABC's Max Headroom and also appeared in Martin Ritt's Nuts, and Dario Argento's Trauma.
Filmography
| 1995 | Jury Duty · as Libby Starling |
| 1993 | Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert · as Phyllis |
| 1993 | Trauma · as Hilda Volkman |
| 1992 | Galaxies Are Colliding · as Waitress |
| 1990 | Wings (TV Series) · as Colleen Thomas |
| 1989 | Double Your Pleasure · as Millie |
| 1989 | Seinfeld (TV Series) · as Trucker |
| 1989 | Dark Holiday · as Hikmet |
| 1988 | Police Story: Monster Manor · as Helen Monciano |
| 1987 | Nuts · as Dayroom Woman #1 |
| 1987 | Walker · as Darlene |
| 1987 | Full House (TV Series) · as Officer Warren |
| 1987 | Max Headroom (TV Series) · as Lauren |
| 1986 | A Fine Mess · as Director's Wife |
| 1986 | Convicted · as Terri Harter |
| 1984 | Antony and Cleopatra · as Octavia |
| 1984 | Santa Barbara (TV Series) · as Annabelle |
| 1984 | Night Court (TV Series) · as Counselor |
| 1984 | Riptide (1984) (TV Series) · as Bobbi |
| 1983 | Hardcastle and McCormick (TV Series) · as Nancy Mack |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere (TV Series) · as Mara |
| 1982 | Cheers (TV Series) · as Dot Carroll |
| 1982 | In the Custody of Strangers · as Inmate |
| 1981 | Simon & Simon (TV Series) · as Eva - Physical Therapist |
| 1981 | The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire · as Mandra The Horse Chief |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues (TV Series) · as Officer Vera Horvath |
| 1977 | Bad Georgia Road · as Chamberlin |
| 1973 | The Devil's Daughter · as Kitty |
| 1972 | The ABC Afterschool Special (TV Series) · as Iris's Mother |
| 1965 | Days of our Lives (TV Series) · as Billie |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Loretta Bonner |