Barbara Barrie

95, from Chicago, Illinois, USA

Artwork for HerculesImage of 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.

Timeline

2025Aged 94

  • Poster for Things Like This

    Portia Anthony

2023Aged 92

  • Poster for The Magnificent Meyersons

    Celeste

2022Aged 91

  • Poster for Keeping Company with Sondheim

    Self

2020Aged 89

  • Poster for Significant Other

    Helene Berman

2018Aged 87

  • Poster for Above All Things

    Maggie

2013Aged 82

  • Poster for Six by Sondheim

    Self (archive footage)

2011Aged 80

  • Poster for Twelve Thirty

    Eve

  • Poster for Harvest

    Yetta Monopoli

2009Aged 78

  • Poster for Frame Of Mind

    Thelma

  • Poster for The Six Wives of Henry Lefay

    Mae

2005Aged 74

  • Poster for Fathers and Sons

    Ruth

2004Aged 73

  • Poster for Second Best

    Dorothea

1999Aged 68

  • Poster for $pent

    Mrs. Walsh

  • Poster for 30 Days

    Barbara Trainer

  • Poster for Judy Berlin

    Sue Berlin

1998Aged 67

  • Poster for A Chance of Snow

    Ruth Pulmer

1997Aged 66

  • Poster for Hercules

    Alcmene (voice)

1994Aged 63

  • Poster for My Breast

    Milly

1993Aged 62

  • Poster for The Odd Couple: Together Again

    Gloria Unger

1992Aged 61

1990Aged 59

  • Poster for Kojak: Flowers For Matty

    Dora Mattingly

  • Poster for UFO Cafe

    Delores

1988Aged 57

  • Poster for The Passage

    Rachel Bonner

  • Poster for Winnie

    Mrs. Drake

  • Poster for My First Love

    Ruth Waxman

1987Aged 56

  • Poster for End of the Line

    Jean Haney

  • Poster for Real Men

    Mom Pirandello

1986Aged 55

1985Aged 54

  • Poster for The Execution

    Sophie Langbein

1982Aged 51

  • Poster for Barefoot In the Park

    Mrs. Banks

  • Poster for Working

    Schoolteacher

  • Poster for Not Just Another Affair

    Martha Dawson

  • Poster for Two of a Kind

    Dottie Minor

1981Aged 50

  • Poster for The Children Nobody Wanted

    Hanna

1980Aged 49

  • Poster for To Race the Wind

    Mrs. Krents

  • Poster for Private Benjamin

    Harriet Benjamin

1979Aged 48

  • Poster for The Bell Jar

    Jay Cee

  • Poster for Breaking Away

    Evelyn Stoller

1978Aged 47

  • Poster for Child of Glass

    Emily Armsworth

  • Poster for Summer of My German Soldier

    Mrs. Bergen

1977Aged 46

  • Poster for Tell Me My Name

    Emily McPhail

1975Aged 44

  • Poster for For the Use of the Hall

    Charlotte

1972Aged 41

  • Poster for To Be Young, Gifted and Black

    (Unknown)

1971Aged 40

  • Poster for The Rank and File

    (Unknown)

1970Aged 39

  • Poster for Original Cast Album: Company

    Self / Sarah

1964Aged 33

  • Poster for One Potato, Two Potato

    Julie Cullen Richards

1963Aged 32

  • Poster for The Caretakers

    Edna

1956Aged 25

  • Poster for Giant

    Mary Lou Decker (uncredited)