Portrait of Barbara Bain

Barbara Bain

Acting

Biography

Barbara Bain (born Mildred Fogel; September 13, 1931) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Cinnamon Carter on the action television series Mission: Impossible (1966–1969), which earned her three Primetime Emmy Awards, as well as a Golden Globe Award nomination. She also starred as Dr. Helena Russell on the science fiction television series Space: 1999 (1975–1977). Bain has also appeared in the films Animals with the Tollkeeper (1998), Panic (2000), Forget Me Not (2009) and On the Rocks (2020). Description above from the Wikipedia article Barbara Bain, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: September 13, 1931

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Filmography

2025
Prisoners in Space

as Dr. Helena Russell

2020
2018
2016
2010
The Return of Victor Bergman

as Doctor Helena Russell (archive footage)

2010
Nothing Special

as Catherine

2009
Forget Me Not

as Sister Dolores

2009
2008
Haunted Echoes

as Lenore Gitchell

2006
Dangerous Isolation

as Elizabeth Kramer

2002
American Gun

as Anne Tillman

2001
Smash Cuts! Super Sci-Fi Shorts Fest

as Officer Ginlond (segment "Airtime")

2000
Panic

as Deidre

2000
2000
Strong Medicine

as Mrs. March

1998
Gideon

as Sarah

1997
The Visitor

as Constance MacArthur

1996
Millennium

as Lilly Unser

1994
My So-Called Life

as Vivian Wood

1993
Diagnosis: Murder

as Cinnamon Carter

1993
Walker, Texas Ranger

as Mother Superior

1990
1989
Trust Me

as Mary Casal

1989
Skinheads

as Martha

1987
CBS Summer Playhouse

as Julie Barrington

1985
Moonlighting

as Emily Greydon

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Nora Morgan

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Ellen Lombard

1982
Cosmic Princess

as Doctor Helena Russell

1982
Journey Through the Black Sun

as Doctor Helena Russell

1981
Don't Go Near the Park

as Patty / Tra / Griffith's Wife / Petranella

1980
Alien Attack

as Doctor Helena Russell

1978
Destination Moonbase-Alpha

as Doctor Helena Russell

1975
Space: 1999

as Helena Russell

1975
Space: 1999

as Helena Russell

1973
A Summer Without Boys

as Ellen Hailey

1973
Savage

as Gail Abbott

1972
Goodnight, My Love

as Susan Lakely

1971
Murder Once Removed

as Lisa Manning

1971
1969
1969
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self (uncredited)

1967
1966
1966
Mission: Impossible

as Cinnamon Carter

1959
Mr. Lucky

as Prudence

1959
Adventures in Paradise

as Martha Peterson

1959
Adventures in Paradise

as (uncredited)

1959
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

as Veronica Vanderheit

1959
Tightrope

as Sandra

1957
Perry Mason

as Madelyn Terry

1957
Perry Mason

as Elayna Scott

1957
Wagon Train

as Lucy Garrison

1951
The Red Skelton Show

as Self / Miss Mallory - Newspaperwoman