Barbara Bryne
Biography
Barbara Bryne was a British-American actress who worked in film, theater, and television. Born in London, she trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and moved to Canada in the early 1960s. From 1966 she performed often at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario, and she acted at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis for about fifty years, taking roles in Mother Courage, The Glass Menagerie, and Pygmalion. On Broadway she originated the parts of George's mother in Sunday in the Park with George and Jack's mother in Into the Woods. Her film and television credits included Amadeus (1984), The Bostonians (1984), the television film Sunday in the Park with George (1986), and the television film Into the Woods (1991). On television she also played Mrs. Gaffney on Love, Sidney. In 1982 she received a Drama Desk Award nomination for her performance as Kath in the first American production of Joe Orton's Entertaining Mr. Sloane. She died in 2023.
94years old at death
- Born Lambeth
- Died Minneapolis
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 7 years1984 to 1991
Every film, newest first
- 1991Into the WoodsIMDb rating 8.7
- 1986Sunday in the Park with GeorgeIMDb rating 8.3
- 1984AmadeusIMDb rating 8.4
- 1984The BostoniansIMDb rating 6.1
Genres
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Worked with
Barbara Bryne shares two films with Bernadette Peters, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Milos Forman
James LapineDirector, 1 film, 1991
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