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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.
The roles that explain the career.
28 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Harvest | Yetta Monopoli | Film |
| 2011 | Twelve Thirty | Eve | Film |
| 2009 | The Six Wives of Henry Lefay | Mae | Film |
| 2009 | Frame Of Mind | Thelma | Film |
| 2005 | Fathers and Sons | Ruth | Film |
| 2004 | Second Best | Dorothea | Film |
| 1999 | Judy Berlin | Sue Berlin | Film |
| 1998 | A Chance of Snow | Ruth Pulmer | Film |
| 1997 | Hercules | Alcmene (voice) | Film |
| 1996 | Suddenly Susan | Helen 'Nana' Keane | TV |
| 1992 | First Impressions | Anne Charney | Film |
| 1990 | UFO Cafe | Delores | Film |
| 1988 | My First Love | Ruth Waxman | Film |
| 1987 | End of the Line | Jean Haney | Film |
| 1987 | Real Men | Mom Pirandello | Film |
| 1984 | Double Trouble | Margo Foster | Film |
| 1982 | Tucker's Witch | Ellen Hobbes | TV |
| 1981 | The Children Nobody Wanted | Hanna | Film |
| 1980 | To Race the Wind | Mrs. Krents | Film |
| 1980 | Private Benjamin | Harriet Benjamin | Film |
| 1979 | Backstairs at the White House | Mamie Eisenhower | TV |
| 1979 | Breaking Away | Evelyn Stoller | Film |
| 1979 | The Bell Jar | Jay Cee | Film |
| 1978 | Summer of My German Soldier | Mrs. Bergen | Film |
| 1978 | Child of Glass | Emily Armsworth | Film |
| 1970 | Original Cast Album: Company | Self / Sarah | Film |
| 1964 | One Potato, Two Potato | Julie Cullen Richards | Film |
| 1963 | The Caretakers | Edna | Film |
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