Barbara Barrie
Acting
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.
Born: May 23, 1931
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Portia Anthony
as Celeste
as Helene Berman
as Maggie
as Self (archive footage)
as Yetta Monopoli
as Eve
as Thelma
as Mamma Jacobs
as Virginia
as Dorothea
as Phyllis
as Sue Berlin
as Paula Haggerty
as Barbara Trainer
as Mrs. Walsh
as Ruth Pulmer
as Alcmene (voice)
as Alcmene (voice)
as Helen 'Nana' Keane
as Milly
as Gloria Unger
as Ann Palmer
as Delores
as Mrs. Bream
as Dora Mattingly
as Ruth Waxman
as Mrs. Drake
as Rachel Bonner
as Mom Pirandello
as Jean Haney
as Sarah Amberville
as Miss Lillian
as Sophie Langbein
as Margo Foster
as Elizabeth Potter
as Dottie Minor
as Ellen Hobbes
as Martha Dawson
as Aunt Rosemary
as Schoolteacher
as Mrs. Banks
as Hanna
as Evelyn Stohler
as Harriet Benjamin
as Mrs. Krents
as Evelyn Stoller
as Jay Cee
as Dodie Brattle
as Mamie Eisenhower
as Mrs. Bergen
as Emily Armsworth
as Emily McPhail
as Kaati Fludjicki
as Edna Raines
as Elizabeth Miller
as Charlotte
as Emily Church
as Self
as Self / Sarah
as Judith Chandler
as Self - Guest
as Gale Frazer
as Julie Cullen Richards
as Mary Smith
as Aiemee Rennick
as Edna
as Dr. Jane Waterleigh
as Isabel Smith
as Ellen Beecher
as Peggy Farrow
as Fran Helber
as Shirley Lowell
as Myra Russell
as Liz Harmon
as Rosalind Faber
as Sarah Hinson
as Marcia Kormack
as Anne
as Mrs. Foley
as Mary Lou Decker
as Emily Armsworth
as Maggie Correll