Barbara Barrie
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 23, 1931
- Died
- October 28, 2026 (aged 95)
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
Barbara Barrie (born Barbara Ann Berman, May 23, 1931 – October 28, 2026) was an American actress of film, stage and television. She was 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 was 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 was 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 was 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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Filmography
Things Like This
Movie · as Portia Anthony
The Magnificent Meyersons
Movie · as Celeste
Keeping Company with Sondheim
Movie · as Self
Significant Other
Movie · as Helene Berman
Above All Things
Movie · as Maggie
Six by Sondheim
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Harvest
Movie · as Yetta Monopoli
Twelve Thirty
Movie · as Eve
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
Movie · as Mae
Frame Of Mind
Movie · as Thelma
Nurse Jackie
TV · as Libby Sussman · 1 ep
Pushing Daisies
TV · as Mamma Jacobs · 1 ep
Army Wives
TV · as Virginia · 1 ep
Fathers and Sons
Movie · as Ruth
Second Best
Movie · as Dorothea
Dead Like Me
TV · as Phyllis · 2 eps
Judy Berlin
Movie · as Sue Berlin
30 Days
Movie · as Barbara Trainer
$pent
Movie · as Mrs. Walsh
Once and Again
TV · 1 ep
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Paula Haggerty · 1 ep
A Chance of Snow
Movie · as Ruth Pulmer
Hercules
TV · as Alcmene (voice) · 1 ep
Hercules
Movie · as Alcmene (voice)
Suddenly Susan
TV · as Helen 'Nana' Keane · 92 eps
My Breast
Movie · as Milly
Scarlett
TV · as Pauline Robillard · 2 eps
The Odd Couple: Together Again
Movie · as Gloria Unger
First Impressions
Movie · as Anne Charney
The Commish
TV · as Ann Palmer · 1 ep
UFO Cafe
Movie · as Delores
Kojak: Flowers For Matty
Movie · as Dora Mattingly
Law & Order
TV · as Mrs. Bream · 1 ep
The Passage
Movie · as Rachel Bonner
My First Love
Movie · as Ruth Waxman
Winnie
Movie · as Mrs. Drake
End of the Line
Movie · as Jean Haney
Real Men
Movie · as Mom Pirandello
thirtysomething
TV · 2 eps
I'll Take Manhattan
TV · as Sarah Amberville · 4 eps
Vital Signs
Movie · as Frances
Lovejoy
TV · as Miss Lillian · 1 ep
The Execution
Movie · as Sophie Langbein
Kate & Allie
TV · 1 ep
Double Trouble
TV · as Margo Foster · 15 eps
Reggie
TV · as Elizabeth Potter · 6 eps
Two of a Kind
Movie · as Dottie Minor
Not Just Another Affair
Movie · as Martha Dawson
Barefoot In the Park
Movie · as Mrs. Banks
Working
Movie · as Schoolteacher
Family Ties
TV · as Aunt Rosemary · 1 ep
Tucker's Witch
TV · as Ellen Hobbes · 12 eps
American Playhouse
TV · as Schoolteacher · 1 ep
The Children Nobody Wanted
Movie · as Hanna
Private Benjamin
Movie · as Harriet Benjamin
To Race the Wind
Movie · as Mrs. Krents
Breaking Away
TV · as Evelyn Stohler · 8 eps
Breaking Away
Movie · as Evelyn Stoller
The Bell Jar
Movie · as Jay Cee
Backstairs at the White House
TV · as Mamie Eisenhower · 4 eps
Roots: The Next Generations
TV · as Dodie Brattle · 1 ep
Child of Glass
Movie · as Emily Armsworth
Summer of My German Soldier
Movie · as Mrs. Bergen
Tell Me My Name
Movie · as Emily McPhail
Lou Grant
TV · as Edna Raines · 1 ep
79 Park Avenue
TV · as Kaati Fludjicki · 1 ep
For the Use of the Hall
Movie · as Charlotte
Barney Miller
TV · as Elizabeth Miller · 17 eps
Bronk
TV · 1 ep
Diana
TV · as Norma Brodnik · 15 eps
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
Movie
The Rank and File
Movie
McMillan & Wife
TV · as Emily Church · 1 ep
Great Performances
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Original Cast Album: Company
Movie · as Self / Sarah
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
TV · as Judith Chandler · 1 ep
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Ironside
TV · 1 ep
The Invaders
TV · as Gale Frazer · 1 ep
One Potato, Two Potato
Movie · as Julie Cullen Richards
The Caretakers
Movie · as Edna
The Fugitive
TV · as Aiemee Rennick · 1 ep
Mr. Novak
TV · as Mary Smith · 1 ep
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV · as Laurel Catlan · 1 ep
The Virginian
TV · as Ellen Beecher · 1 ep
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV · as Dr. Jane Waterleigh, Isabel Smith · 1 ep
Ben Casey
TV · 2 eps
Dr. Kildare
TV · as Peggy Farrow · 1 ep
The Defenders
TV · as Fran Helber, Shirley Lowell · 1 ep
Kraft Mystery Theatre
TV · 1 ep
Route 66
TV · 1 ep
Rawhide
TV · as Liz Harmon · 1 ep
The Twilight Zone
TV · as Myra Russell · 1 ep
Naked City
TV · as Rosalind Faber, Sarah Hinson, Marcia Kormack · 1 ep
Decoy
TV · as Anne, Mrs. Foley · 1 ep
Giant
Movie · as Mary Lou Decker (uncredited)
Playwrights '56
TV · 1 ep
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as Emily Armsworth · 1 ep
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV · as Maggie Correll · 1 ep
Kraft Television Theatre
TV · 1 ep