Barbara Bosson

Barbara Bosson was an American actress who also wrote. Born in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, and raised in Belle Vernon, she trained with Herbert Berghof and Milton Katselas and later attended Carnegie Mellon University. Her screen debut came in Bullitt, a 1968 crime thriller. During the 1970s she appeared in guest roles on Mannix, Emergency!, Ironside, and McMillan & Wife, and she was part of the improvisation group The Committee, also appearing on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour between 1968 and 1969. Her film work included The Last Starfighter (1984) and Capricorn One (1978), along with Mame (1974). She became best known for playing Fay Furillo on Hill Street Blues from 1981 to 1986, earning five Primetime Emmy nominations, and prosecutor Miriam Grasso on Murder One from 1995 to 1997, which brought another Emmy nomination. She also worked on Hooperman, Cop Rock, Civil Wars, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Lois & Clark. She died in 2023.