Barbara Barrie

Barbara Barrie

92 · Born: May 23, 1931

2003
1985
1982
1979
1975
1964
1963
1960

Personal Details

Born May 23, 1931 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.

Career

2021
The Magnificent Meyersons
The Magnificent Meyersons as Celeste
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2018
Above All Things
Above All Things as Maggie
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2011
Harvest
Harvest as Yetta Monopoli
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Twelve Thirty
Twelve Thirty as Eve
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2009
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
Frame of Mind
Frame of Mind as Thelma
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2007
Pushing Daisies
Pushing Daisies as Mamma Jacobs
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2004
Second Best
Second Best as Dorothea
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Dead Like Me
Dead Like Me as Phyllis
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2002
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Paula Haggerty
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2000
$pent
$pent as Mrs. Walsh
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1999
Judy Berlin
Judy Berlin as Sue Berlin
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30 Days
30 Days as Barbara Trainer
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Hercules: Zero to Hero
Hercules: Zero to Hero as Alcmene
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1998
A Chance of Snow
A Chance of Snow as Ruth Pulmer
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1997
Hercules
Hercules as Alcmene
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1996
Suddenly Susan
Suddenly Susan as Helen 'Nana' Keane
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1994
My Breast
My Breast as Milly
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Scarlett
Scarlett
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1993
The Odd Couple: Together Again
The Odd Couple: Together Again as Gloria Unger
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Lovejoy
Lovejoy as Miss Lillian
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1991
Law & Order
Law & Order as Mrs. Bream
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1990
Guess Who's Coming for Christmas?
Guess Who's Coming for Christmas? as Delores
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1988
Winnie
Winnie as Mrs. Drake
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My First Love
My First Love as Ruth Waxman
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1987
End of the Line
End of the Line as Jean Haney
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Real Men
Real Men as Mom Pirandello
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I'll Take Manhattan
I'll Take Manhattan as Sarah Amberville
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1986
Vital Signs
Vital Signs as Frances
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1985
The Execution
The Execution as Sophie Langbein
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1984
Double Trouble
Double Trouble as Margo Foster
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1983
Reggie
Reggie as Elizabeth Potter
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1982
Barefoot in the Park
Barefoot in the Park as Mrs. Banks
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Two of a Kind
Two of a Kind as Dottie Minor
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American Playhouse
American Playhouse as Schoolteacher
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Tucker's Witch
Tucker's Witch as Ellen Hobbes
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1981
The Children Nobody Wanted
The Children Nobody Wanted as Hanna
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1980
To Race the Wind
To Race the Wind as Mrs. Krents
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Private Benjamin
Private Benjamin as Harriet Benjamin
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Breaking Away
Breaking Away as Evelyn Stohler
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1979
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar as Jay Cee
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Breaking Away
Breaking Away as Evelyn Stoller
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Backstairs at the White House
Backstairs at the White House as Mamie Eisenhower
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Roots: The Next Generations
Roots: The Next Generations as Dodie Brattle
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1978
Disneyland
Disneyland as Emily Armsworth
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Summer of My German Soldier
Summer of My German Soldier as Mrs. Bergen
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1975
For the Use of the Hall
For the Use of the Hall as Charlotte
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Barney Miller
Barney Miller as Elizabeth Miller
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1972
To Be Young, Gifted, and Black
1967
Ironside
Ironside
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The Invaders
The Invaders as Gale Frazer
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1964
One Potato, Two Potato
One Potato, Two Potato as Julie Cullen Richards
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The Fugitive
The Fugitive as Aiemee Rennick
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1963
The Caretakers
The Caretakers as Edna
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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Isabel Smith
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The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone
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2013
Six by Sondheim
Six by Sondheim
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1970
Original Cast Album: Company