1. Barbara Barrie was born on Barbara Ann Berman; May 23,1931 and is an American actress and author.
37 Facts About Barbara Barrie
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Barbara Barrie is best known for her role as Evelyn Stohler 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.
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On television, Barrie is perhaps best known for her portrayal of the wife of the namesake captain in the detective sitcom Barney Miller between 1975 and 1978.
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Barbara Barrie 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.
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One of Barbara Barrie's first professional stage jobs was a resident actress for one season for a theatre company in Corning, New York, where she played the lead in The Moon is Blue in 1953.
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Barbara Barrie made her Broadway debut in the 1955 play The Wooden Dish with Louis Calhern.
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Barbara Barrie was a repertory member of the American Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford for the 1958 and 1959 seasons, playing numerous Shakespearean roles to critical acclaim.
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In 1970, Barbara Barrie originated the role of Sarah in Stephen Sondheim's musical Company, in a cast that included Elaine Stritch and Susan Browning.
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Company won the Tony Award for Best Musical and Barbara Barrie was nominated for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.
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In 1974, Barbara Barrie earned critical acclaim for her Off-Broadway performance as Sparky in The Killdeer by Jay Broad, for which she received an Obie Award for Best Actress and a Drama Desk Award for Most Outstanding Performance.
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In 1976, Barbara Barrie performed in Neil Simon's successful Broadway play California Suite.
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In 1995, Barbara Barrie performed in After-Play, written by Anne Meara at the Manhattan Theatre Club.
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In 2004, Barbara Barrie was announced to play Yente in David Leveaux's Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof, and played the role during previews, but she departed over "creative differences" and was replaced by Nancy Opel.
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In 2014, Barbara Barrie performed in I Remember Mama Off-Broadway, receiving an Outer Critics Circle nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play.
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Barbara Barrie appeared in the Joshua Harmon play Significant Other at the Booth Theatre on Broadway in 2017.
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Barbara Barrie had appeared in the play's premiere in the Roundabout Theatre Company's Off-Broadway production in 2015.
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Barbara Barrie's first credited role was as Edna in The Caretakers in 1963.
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Barbara Barrie won the Cannes Best Actress Award for her performance.
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In 1979, Barbara Barrie received critical acclaim for her role as Evelyn Stohler, the small-town mother of a young man who dreams of becoming an Italian bicycle racer in Breaking Away.
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Barbara Barrie made her television debut in 1955 performing on Kraft Television Theatre.
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Barbara Barrie appeared in three episodes of The Defenders and two episodes of Ben Casey.
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In 1964, Barbara Barrie appeared in two episodes of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.
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The first episode was "Isabel", in which Barbara Barrie performed the title role of Isabel Smith, the murder target of her husband Howard, played by Bradford Dillman.
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In 1965 Barbara Barrie guest starred as Aimee Rennick in The Fugitive.
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In 1975 Barbara Barrie was directed by Lee Grant in the television film For The Use Of The Hall as "Charlotte".
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From 1975 to 1978, Barbara Barrie was credited in 37 episodes of Barney Miller, starring Hal Linden, as Barney's wife Elizabeth.
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Barbara Barrie reprised her role as Harriet Benjamin in the 1981 television series Private Benjamin, which was based on the 1980 film of the same name.
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Also in 1981, Barbara Barrie played Ethel Banks in a televised version of the play Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon and appeared in the television film The Children Nobody Wanted in December of that year.
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Barbara Barrie guest-starred on a 1987 episode of Family Ties as Aunt Rosemary.
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Barbara Barrie was credited in 92 episodes of the television series Suddenly Susan as Brooke Shields character's grandmother, Aileen Keane.
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Barbara Barrie was born in Chicago, Illinois, but raised in Corpus Christi, Texas, where she graduated from Corpus Christi Senior High School in 1948.
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Barbara Barrie briefly attended Del Mar College as a journalism major, and then transferred to The University of Texas at Austin, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Drama in 1952.
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Barbara Barrie then moved to New York to begin her professional career.
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Barbara Barrie married director, actor, and producer Jay Malcolm Harnick in July 1964.
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Barbara Barrie was treated successfully for rectal cancer in 1994.
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In September 2014, Barbara Barrie announced she had been diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, an incurable lung disease.
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Subsequently, Barbara Barrie has indicated that she does not have idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis after being contacted by this author by mail to ask about the disease.