Barbara Barrie
Biography
Barbara Barrie is an American actress and author who was born in Chicago and began her career on the stage, making her Broadway debut in 1955 in The Wooden Dish. She won a Best Actress prize at Cannes for One Potato, Two Potato (1964), and her role as Evelyn Stohler in Breaking Away (1979) brought her an Academy Award nomination and, later, an Emmy nomination when she reprised it on television. She played Elizabeth, the captain's wife, on Barney Miller from 1975 to 1978 and was nominated for a Tony for originating Sarah in Stephen Sondheim's Company. Her other screen credits include Private Benjamin (1980) and the voice of Alcmene in Hercules (1997). She has also written books for children.
95years old
Turns 96 on May 23in 222 days
- Born Chicago
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 10
- Career span
- 61 years1964 to 2025
Genres
- Comedy50%, 5 films
- Drama30%, 3 films
- Documentary20%, 2 films
- Action10%, 1 film
- Adventure10%, 1 film
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A role that slipped away
In 2004, Barrie was cast as Yente in David Leveaux's Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof. She performed the part in previews but left over "creative differences," and Nancy Opel took over.
A first
In 1970, Barrie was the first to play Sarah in Stephen Sondheim's musical Company, alongside Elaine Stritch and Susan Browning. Company took the Tony for Best Musical, and Barrie earned a Best Featured Actress in a Musical nomination.
First role
Barrie's first professional stage work included a season as a resident actress with a theater company in Corning, New York, where in 1953 she took the lead in The Moon is Blue.
Barbara Barrie movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Hercules1997 Adventure, Animation, Comedyas Alcmene; Hercules' Foster Mothervoice
IMDb rating 7.3284K votes
Most often with
Four actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Dean Jones's page
Stephen Sondheim's page
Susan Browning's page
Charles Braswell's page
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.