Barbara Barrie

Barbara Barrie

Born 1931-05-23 (age 95) Chicago, Illinois, USA
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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.

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Known For

Hercules
Hercules

1997

as Alcmene (voice)

Giant
Giant

1956

as Mary Lou Decker

Second Best
Second Best

2004

as Dorothea

Real Men
Real Men

1987

as Mom Pirandello

Breaking Away
Breaking Away

1979

as Evelyn Stoller

Private Benjamin
Private Benjamin

1980

as Harriet Benjamin

End of the Line
End of the Line

1987

as Jean Haney

30 Days
30 Days

1999

as Barbara Trainer

Fathers and Sons
Fathers and Sons

2005

as Ruth

Six by Sondheim
Six by Sondheim

2013

as Self (archive footage)

My First Love
My First Love

1988

as Ruth Waxman

The Magnificent Meyersons
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
Two of a Kind
Two of a Kind

1982

as Dottie Minor

Frame Of Mind
Frame Of Mind

2009

as Thelma

Keeping Company with Sondheim
Working
Working

1982

as Schoolteacher

My Breast
My Breast

1994

as Milly

The Execution
The Execution

1985

as Sophie Langbein

Kojak: Flowers For Matty
Kojak: Flowers For Matty

1990

as Dora Mattingly