Barbara Bain
Biography
Barbara Bain is an American actress who was born Mildred Fogel in Chicago in 1931. She moved to New York, worked as a model, and studied dance before turning to acting, training at the Theater Studio under Curt Conway and Lonny Chapman and later at the Actors Studio with Lee Strasberg. Her first acting role was in Middle of the Night, a play by Paddy Chayevsky that toured nationally from 1957. She is best known as Cinnamon Carter on the action series Mission: Impossible from 1966 to 1969, a part that won her three consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe nomination. She then starred as Dr. Helena Russell on the science-fiction series Space: 1999 from 1975 to 1977. Her later films include Panic (2000) and On the Rocks (2020). In 2016 she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
95years old
Turns 96 on September 13in 336 days
- Born Chicago
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Also credited as Millicent Fogel
Movie Career
- Films
- 8
- Career span
- 51 years1969 to 2020
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Early training
Bain trained at the Actors Studio under Lee Strasberg after first studying acting at the Theater Studio with Curt Conway and Lonny Chapman.
First role
Barbara Bain's first acting job was in the play Middle of the Night, written by Paddy Chayevsky. That production started a national tour in October 1957.
A change of course
Before acting, Bain studied dance with Martha Graham in New York City, then worked as a model for Vogue and Harper's.
Barbara Bain movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Martin Landau appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Martin Landau's page
Nick Tate's page
Catherine Schell's page
Jeffery Kissoon's page
Tony Anholt's page
Zienia Merton's page
Awards
Four awards and honors from 1967 to 2016, three of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmy Awards | |||
| 1969 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Mission: Impossible | Won |
| 1968 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Mission: Impossible | Won |
| 1967 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Mission: Impossible | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| 2016 | Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame | Honored | |
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Official profiles and reference pages.