Barbara Barrie
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.
Known For
Gloria Unger
The Odd Couple: Together Again
Evelyn Stoller
Breaking Away
Alcmene (voice)
Hercules
Charlotte
For the Use of the Hall
Sue Berlin
Judy Berlin
Emily Armsworth
Child of Glass
Mae
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
Jean Haney
End of the Line
Thelma
Frame Of Mind
Yetta Monopoli
Harvest
Eve
Twelve Thirty
Dorothea
Second Best
Julie Cullen Richards
One Potato, Two Potato
Delores
Guess Who's Coming for Christmas?
Jay Cee
The Bell Jar
Self
Keeping Company with Sondheim
Dottie Minor
Two of a Kind
Martha Dawson
Not Just Another Affair
Mom Pirandello
Real Men
Mrs. Bergen
Summer of My German Soldier
Hanna
The Children Nobody Wanted
Rachel Bonner
After the Rain
Emily McPhail
Tell Me My Name
Barbara Trainer
30 Days
Edna
The Caretakers
Frances
Vital Signs
Harriet Benjamin
Private Benjamin
Portia Anthony
Things Like This
Sophie Langbein
The Execution
Milly
My Breast
Ruth Waxman
My First Love
Mrs. Banks
Barefoot In the Park
Mrs. Walsh
$pent
The Rank and File
Mrs. Drake
Winnie
Mary Lou Decker
Giant
Self (archive footage)
Six by Sondheim
Schoolteacher
Working
Self / Sarah
Original Cast Album: Company
Mrs. Krents
To Race the Wind
Helene Berman
Significant Other
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
Maggie
Somewhere Only We Know
Dora Mattingly
Kojak: Flowers For Matty
Celeste
The Magnificent Meyersons
Anne Charney
First Impressions
Ruth Pulmer
A Chance of Snow
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
47
Gender
Female
Birthday
1931-05-23
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
Барбара Барри