Editing Barbara Barrie

{{short description|American actress and author}}
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{{Infobox person
| name         = Barbara Barrie
| birth_name   = Barbara Ann Berman
| image        = Barbara Barrie "Breaking Away" (1980 ABC press photo).jpg
| caption      = Barrie in 1980
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1931|5|23}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Leszczak |first1=Bob |title=The Odd Couple on Stage and Screen: A History with Cast and Crew Profiles and an Episode Guide |date=2014 |publisher=McFarland |pages=25 |isbn=9781476615394 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xe1ZBAAAQBAJ |access-date=28 January 2022}}</ref>
| birth_place  = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], U.S.
| alma_mater   = [[University of Texas at Austin]] ([[Bachelor of Fine Arts|B.F.A.]], 1952)
| occupation   = {{flatlist|
* Actress
* singer
* author
}}
| spouse       = {{marriage|Jay Harnick<br>|1964|2007|end=died}}
| years_active = 1953–present
| children     = 2
}}
'''Barbara Barrie''' (born '''Barbara Ann Berman'''; May 23, 1931) is an American actress and 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 (Cannes Film Festival)|Best Actress Award]] at the [[Cannes Film Festival]]. She is best known for her role as Evelyn Stohler in ''[[Breaking Away]]'', which brought her an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] in 1979 and an [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series|Emmy Award]] nomination in 1981 when she reprised the role in the [[Breaking Away (TV series)|television series based on the film]].

On television, Barrie is perhaps best known for her portrayal of the wife of the namesake captain in the detective sitcom ''[[Barney Miller]]'' between 1975 and 1978''.'' She also is known for her extensive work in the theatre, receiving a [[Tony Award]] nomination for [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical|Best Featured Actress in a Musical]] in 1971 for originating the role of Sarah in [[Stephen Sondheim|Stephen Sondheim's]] ''[[Company (musical)|Company]]''.

==Theatre ==
One of Barrie's first professional stage jobs was a resident actress for one season for a theatre company in [[Corning (city), New York|Corning, New York]], where she played the lead in ''The Moon is Blue'' in 1953. She also worked at the Rochester Arena Theatre. She made her [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] debut in the 1955 play ''The Wooden Dish'' with [[Louis Calhern]].<ref>{{cite journal| title=Barbara Barrie: Performer| url=https://www.playbill.com/person/barbara-barrie-vault-0000054888| journal=Playbill| access-date=May 13, 2020}}</ref> In 1959, she appeared on Broadway in ''[[The Beaux' Stratagem]]'' by [[George Farquhar]] as Cherry. Some of her earliest [[Off-Broadway]] credits were in a 1958 production of ''[[The Crucible]]'' as [[Elizabeth Proctor]] and as Illse in a play version of ''[[Mädchen in Uniform]]'' directed by [[Walt Witcover]]. She was a repertory member of the [[American Shakespeare Theatre]] in Stratford for the 1958 and 1959 seasons, playing numerous Shakespearean roles to critical acclaim. In 1961 she went on tour in Europe as [[Annie Sullivan]] in ''[[The Miracle Worker (play)|The Miracle Worker]]''.<ref name="ibdbprofile">{{IBDB name|31051}}</ref><ref name="iobdbprofile">{{iobdb name|6126}}</ref>

In 1969, she played [[Viola (Twelfth Night)|Viola]] in ''[[Twelfth Night]]'', directed by [[Joseph Papp]] at the [[Delacorte Theater]]. In 1970, Barrie originated the role of Sarah in [[Stephen Sondheim]]'s musical ''[[Company (musical)|Company]]'', in a cast that included [[Elaine Stritch]] and [[Susan Browning]]. ''Company'' won the [[Tony Award]] for Best Musical and Barrie was nominated for [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical|Best Featured Actress in a Musical]].<ref name="ibdbprofile" />

In 1974, Barrie earned critical acclaim for her Off-Broadway performance as Sparky in ''The Killdeer'' by Jay Broad, for which she received an [[Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actress|Obie Award for Best Actress]] and a [[Drama Desk Award]] for Most Outstanding Performance. In 1976, Barrie performed in [[Neil Simon]]'s successful Broadway play ''[[California Suite]]''.<ref name="iobdbprofile" /> Barrie played the female lead in the 1979 US premiere of [[Botho Strauß]]' 1978 play ''[[Big and Little]]'' at the [[Phoenix Theatre (New York)|Phoenix Theatre]] in the [[East Village, Manhattan]].<ref>{{cite news| last=Simon| first=John| author-link=John Simon (critic)| date=April 16, 1979| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c9ECAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA90| title=From Top to Botho| magazine=New York| page=90| access-date=June 22, 2016}}</ref>

In 1995, Barrie performed in ''After-Play'', written by [[Anne Meara]] at the [[Manhattan Theatre Club]].<ref>Canby, Vincent. [https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/01/theater/theater-review-after-play-when-dinner-conversation-after-theater-gets-crazy.html " ''After-Play'' Review"], ''The New York Times'', February 1, 1995, accessed February 19, 2017</ref> In 2004, Barrie was announced to play Yente in [[David Leveaux]]'s Broadway revival of ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]'', and played the role during previews, but she departed over "creative differences" and was replaced by [[Nancy Opel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/nancy-opel-replaces-barbara-barrie-in-broadways-fiddler-feb-17-com-117952|title=Nancy Opel Replaces Barbara Barrie in Broadway's Fiddler Feb. 17|first1=Robert|last1=Simonson|first2=Kenneth|last2=Jones|work=Playbill|date=February 16, 2004|accessdate=January 27, 2022}}</ref> In 2014, Barrie performed in ''[[I Remember Mama (play)|I Remember Mama]]'' Off-Broadway, receiving an [[Outer Critics Circle Award|Outer Critics Circle]] nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play.<ref name="iobdbprofile" /><ref>{{cite news| last=Brantley| first=Ben| author-link=Ben Brantley| date=March 30, 2014| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/31/theater/i-remember-mama-reminisces-at-the-gym-at-judson.html| title=Barbara Barrie reminisces| newspaper=The New York Times| access-date=May 13, 2020}}</ref>

She appeared in the [[Joshua Harmon (playwright)|Joshua Harmon]] play ''[[Significant Other (play)|Significant Other]]'' at the [[Booth Theatre]] on Broadway in 2017.<ref>Gans, Andrew (February 14, 2017). [http://www.playbill.com/article/significant-other-begins-previews-on-broadway-valentines-day# "''Significant Other'' Begins Previews on Broadway Valentine's Day"], ''Playbill''.</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Kaufman |first=Joanne |date=2017-02-10 |title=Barbara Barrie’s Loft in the Sky |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/10/realestate/barbara-barries-loft-in-the-sky.html |access-date=2022-08-05 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> She had appeared in the play's premiere in the [[Roundabout Theatre Company]]'s Off-Broadway production in 2015.

==Film==
Barrie made her film debut uncredited in ''[[Giant (1956 film)|Giant]]'' (1956). Her first credited role was as Edna in ''[[The Caretakers]]'' in 1963. The following year, Barrie received her first leading role in film with ''[[One Potato, Two Potato]]'', portraying Julie Cullen Richards, a divorced woman newly remarried to an African-American man while her ex-husband demands custody rights for their child, on grounds that their child is in danger because they are living with a man of color. The film was considered controversial when released, dealing with [[Counterculture of the 1960s|racial tensions]] at the time, and was nominated for the [[Academy Award]] for Best Screenplay. She won the [[Best Actress Award (Cannes Film Festival)|Cannes Best Actress Award]] for her performance.{{Citation needed |date=May 2021}}

In 1979, Barrie received critical acclaim for her role as Evelyn Stohler, the small-town mother of a young man who dreams of becoming an Italian [[Road bicycle racing|bicycle racer]] in ''[[Breaking Away]]''. ''Breaking Away'' was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and Barrie was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]]. In 1980, she played the mother of [[Goldie Hawn]]'s character in ''[[Private Benjamin (1980 film)|Private Benjamin]]''. In the 1999 film, ''[[Judy Berlin]]'', Barrie was nominated for an [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female|Indie Spirit Award]] for her performance as Sue Berlin, the mother of [[Edie Falco]]'s character.{{Citation needed |date=May 2021}}

==Television==
Barrie made her television debut in 1955 performing on ''[[Kraft Television Theatre]]''. In 1956, she performed in [[Horton Foote]]'s teleplay ''Flight'' as the sister of [[Kim Stanley]]'s character. She guest-starred on two episodes of ''[[Decoy (TV series)|Decoy]]'' (1958–59). In 1962, she guest-starred on three episodes of ''[[Naked City (TV series)|Naked City]]''. In 1963 she played Virginia in a teleplay version of ''The Dark Labyrinth'' by [[Lawrence Durrell]]. During the 1960s, Barrie guest-starred on many of the popular television series of the time. She appeared in three episodes of ''[[The Defenders (1961 TV series)|The Defenders]]'' and two episodes of ''[[Ben Casey]]''.{{Citation needed |date=May 2021}} in 1962 she did an episode of ''[[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]'' where she played a blind instructor (entitled "Even the stones have eyes"), and in 1963 appeared in episode "The Miniature" of The Twilight Zone, playing opposite the young Robert Duvall.

In 1964, Barrie appeared in two episodes of ''[[The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]''. The first episode was "Isabel", in which Barrie performed the title role of Isabel Smith, the murder target of her husband Howard, played by [[Bradford Dillman]].  The second, titled "Consider Her Ways," also starred Barrie as the lead character, Jane Waterleigh. In 1965 Barrie guest starred as Aimee Rennick in ''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive]]''. The episode, entitled "The End Is But The Beginning" is widely considered among fans to be one of the best of the 120 episodes. In 1967 she guest-starred in the TV series ''[[The Invaders]]'' in the episode "The Enemy". In 1975 Barrie was directed by [[Lee Grant]] in the television film ''For The Use Of The Hall'' as "Charlotte". In 1977 she appeared in two television films, as the mother of [[Lesley Ann Warren]]'s character in ''[[79 Park Avenue]]'' and as Emily McPhail in ''Tell Me My Name''. In 1978 she played Emily Armsworth in the Disney television film ''[[Child of Glass]]'', based on the novel ''[[The Ghost Belonged to Me]]'' by [[Richard Peck (writer)|Richard Peck]]. In 1978 she played Mrs. Berg in the television film ''[[Summer of My German Soldier (film)|Summer of My German Soldier]]''.{{Citation needed |date=May 2021}}
[[File:Barney Miller 1975.JPG|thumb|Barrie on the set of ''[[Barney Miller]]'' in 1975 with [[Hal Linden]]]]
From 1975 to 1978, Barrie was credited in 37 episodes of ''[[Barney Miller]]'', starring [[Hal Linden]], as Barney's wife Elizabeth. In the 1979 television mini-series ''[[Backstairs at the White House]]'' she portrayed [[Mamie Eisenhower]]. In the fall of 1980 [[Breaking Away (TV series)|a television series based on the film ''Breaking Away'']] debuted on ABC with Barrie reprising her role as Evelyn Stoller. The show lasted only part of one season, but Barrie was nominated for an [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series|Emmy Award]] for her performance.{{Citation needed |date=May 2021}} Barrie reprised her role as Harriet Benjamin in the 1981 television series ''[[Private Benjamin (TV series)|Private Benjamin]]'', which was based on [[Private Benjamin (1980 film)|the 1980 film of the same name]]. Also in 1981, Barrie played Ethel Banks in a televised version of the play ''[[Barefoot in the Park]]'' by [[Neil Simon]]{{Citation needed |date=May 2021}} and appeared in the television film ''[[The Children Nobody Wanted]]'' in December of that year.

She guest-starred on a 1987 episode of ''[[Family Ties]]'' as Aunt Rosemary. For her performance as Mrs. Bream on a February 1992 episode of ''[[Law & Order]]'' ("Vengeance"), Barrie was nominated for the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series|Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama]]. In 1994 she played the character of Pauline Robillard in the [[Emmy Award|Emmy]]-winning mini-series ''[[Scarlett (TV miniseries)|Scarlett]]''. In 1997 she voiced [[Alcmene]], the adoptive mother of Hercules, in the Disney animated film ''[[Hercules (1997 film)|Hercules]]'' and in 1998 she played the role of Ruth in the television film ''[[A Chance of Snow]]''.{{Citation needed |date=May 2021}}

Barrie was credited in 92 episodes of the television series ''[[Suddenly Susan]]'' as [[Brooke Shields]] character's grandmother, Aileen Keane. For her performance in a May 2003 episode of ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' ("Perfect") as Paula Haggerty, Barrie was nominated for the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series|Emmy Award for Best Guest Actress in a Drama]]. In 2004 she appeared in ''[[Dead Like Me]]'' as Georgia's grandmother / Joy's mother. Her final television credits have included roles on ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'', ''[[Nurse Jackie]]'', and ''[[Enlightened (TV series)|Enlightened]]''.{{Citation needed |date=May 2021}}

==Books==
Barrie has written two children's books. In 1990, she published ''Lone Star'', a biographical book about a girl named Jane who moves from Illinois to Texas and deals with her [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jewish]] family [[Jewish assimilation|assimilating]] to Texas culture.<ref>{{cite book| last=Barrie| title=Lone Star| first=Barbara| date=October 1992| publisher=Random House Children's Books| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7j5oPQAACAAJ| isbn=978-0440407188| access-date=May 13, 2020| url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Her second book, ''Adam ZigZag'', was published in 1994 and is also biographical, about a young boy named Adam with an actress mother who struggles with [[dyslexia]].<ref>[http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-385-31172-4 ''Review: Adam ZigZag''],''[[Publishers Weekly]]''; accessed November 24, 2014.</ref>

She is also the author of two books about her battle with colorectal cancer: ''Second Act (1997)''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Barrie |first=Barbara |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CzZ-kBGs9KgC&q=%22barbara+barrie%22+actress |title=Second Act: Life After Colostomy and Other Adventures |date=1997 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-0-684-83587-7 |language=en}}</ref> and ''Don't Die of Embarrassment (1999)''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Barrie |first=Barbara |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hzjvFSWjeWQC |title=Don't Die of Embarrassment: Life After Colostomy and Other Adventures |date=1999-03-18 |publisher=Scribner |isbn=978-0-684-84624-8 |language=en}}</ref> and has said that speaking out about early detection is "more important than acting."<ref>{{cite magazine| last=Phiffer| first=Cindy| title=Barbara Barrie – Colostomy and Other Adventures| url=http://copingmag.com/cwc/index.php/celebrities/celebrity_article/barbara_barrie| magazine=Coping with Cancer| date=May–June 1998| access-date=26 October 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604164015/http://copingmag.com/cwc/index.php/celebrities/celebrity_article/barbara_barrie| archive-date=June 4, 2016| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Barrie was born in [[Chicago, Illinois]], but raised in [[Corpus Christi, Texas]],<ref name="Barrie">{{cite news| last=Pfefferman| first=Naomi| title=Worshipping Suburbia| newspaper=[[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles]]| date=February 25, 2000| url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/old/judyberlin.2.25.0.htm| access-date =2006-12-13| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061027010625/http://www.jewishjournal.com/old/judyberlin.2.25.0.htm| archive-date=October 27, 2006}}</ref> where she graduated from [[Roy Miller High School|Corpus Christi Senior High School]] in 1948. She briefly attended [[Del Mar College]] as a journalism major, and then transferred to The [[University of Texas at Austin]] (UT-Austin), where she graduated with a [[Bachelor of Fine Arts]] degree in Drama in 1952. She then moved to New York to begin her professional career.<ref name="local">"Local girl in first starring role," ''[[Corpus Christi Caller-Times]]'', February 17, 1957, p. 7F.</ref>

During her time at UT-Austin, she received two scholarships for drama, including the [[Kappa Kappa Gamma]] Donna Dellinger annual scholarship for Most Outstanding Junior in the Drama Department,<ref name="drama">"Miss Barbara Berman receives scholarship," ''[[Corpus Christi Times]]'', May 10, 1951, p. 7C.</ref> as well as awards for specific performances, such as the Atlas Award from the Globe Theatre in San Diego for "Best Female Performance for 1950–51" based on her role in the California Theatre's summer production of ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'' as Beatrice.<ref name="calif">{{cite news |title=Miss Berman Wins Dramatic Award |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/corpus-christi-times/145938581/ |access-date=April 23, 2024 |work=Corpus Christi Times |date=October 10, 1951 |page=12}}</ref><ref>[http://archives.nypl.org/uploads/collection/generated_finding_aids/the18639.pdf Guide to the Barbara Barrie papers 1949–2008], [[New York Public Library]], Billy Rose Theatre Division; accessed November 24, 2014.</ref>

She married director, actor, and producer Jay Malcolm Harnick (1928–2007) in July 1964. They had two children, Jane Caroline Harnick (born 1965) and Aaron Louis Harnick (born 1969). Jay Harnick founded [[Theatreworks USA]] and was the brother of [[Tony Award]]-winning musical lyricist [[Sheldon Harnick]].<ref>{{cite news| title=Jay Harnick, 78, Advocate of Theater for Children, Dies| first=Campbell| last=Robertson| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/01/obituaries/01harnick.html| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| date=March 1, 2007| access-date=May 13, 2020}}</ref>

In 1972, Barrie signed her name to the ''Ms''. campaign: “We Have Had Abortions” which called for an end to "archaic laws" limiting reproductive freedom, they encouraged women to share their stories and take action.<ref>{{cite journal| url=http://images.nymag.com/images/2/promotional/11/11/week1/mrs-abortionsb.pdf| title=We have had abortions| first=Barbara D.| last=Diamondstein| journal=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]| date=Spring 1972| pages=34–35| access-date=May 27, 2019| archive-date=June 12, 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612192455/http://images.nymag.com/images/2/promotional/11/11/week1/mrs-abortionsb.pdf| url-status=dead}}</ref>

She was treated successfully for [[rectal cancer]] in 1994. In September 2014, Barrie announced she had been diagnosed with [[idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis]], an incurable lung disease.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://playbill.com/news/article/barbara-barrie-reveals-diagnosis-with-incurable-lung-disease-331251| title=Barbara Barrie Reveals Diagnosis with Incurable Lung Disease| last=Gans| first=Andrew| journal=[[Playbill]]| date=September 23, 2014| access-date=May 13, 2020}}</ref> She lives in New York City.<ref name=":0" />

==Filmography==

===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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!Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
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|1956 || ''[[Giant (1956 film)|Giant]]'' || Mary Lou Decker || Uncredited
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|1963 || ''[[The Caretakers]]'' || Edna ||
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|1964 || ''[[One Potato, Two Potato]]'' || Julie Cullen Richards || [[Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress]]<br>Nominated—[[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress]]
|-
|1972 || ''[[To Be Young, Gifted and Black (play)|To Be Young, Gifted, and Black]]'' || {{n/a}} || Television film
|-
|1975 || ''For the Use of the Hall'' || Charlotte || Television film
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1978 || ''[[Child of Glass]]'' || Emily Armsworth || Television film
|-
|''[[Summer of My German Soldier (film)|Summer of My German Soldier]]'' || Mrs. Bergen ||
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1979 || ''[[The Bell Jar (film)|The Bell Jar]]'' || Jay Cee ||
|-
|''[[Breaking Away]]'' || Evelyn Stoller || Nominated—[[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]]<br>Nominated—[[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress]]<br>Nominated—[[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress]]
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1980 || ''To Race the Wind'' || Mrs. Krents || Television film
|-
|''[[Private Benjamin (1980 film)|Private Benjamin]]'' || Harriet Benjamin ||
|-
|1981 || ''[[The Children Nobody Wanted]]'' || Hanna || Television film
|-
|rowspan="3" | 1982 || ''[[Barefoot in the Park (film)|Barefoot in the Park]]'' || Mrs. Banks || Television film
|-
|''Not Just Another Affair'' || Martha Dawson || Television film
|-
|''[[Two of a Kind (1982 film)|Two of a Kind]]'' || Dottie Minor || Television film
|-
|1984 || ''All Together Now'' || Elly Parker || Television film
|-
|1985 || ''The Execution'' || Sophie Langbein || Television film
|-
|1986 || ''Vital Signs'' || Frances || Television film
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1987 || ''[[End of the Line (1987 film)|End of the Line]]'' || Jean Haney ||
|-
|''[[Real Man (TV series)|Real Men]]'' || Mom Pirandello ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1988 || ''[[Winnie Mandela (film)|Winnie Mandela]]'' || Mrs. Drake || Television film
|-
|''[[My First Love (1988 film)|My First Love]]'' || Ruth Waxman || Television film
|-
|1993 || ''[[The Odd Couple Together Again]]'' || Gloria Unger || Television film
|-
|1997 || ''[[Hercules (1997 film)|Hercules]]'' || Alcmene ||Voice
|-
|1998 || ''[[A Chance of Snow]]'' || Ruth Pulmer || Television film
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1999 || ''[[Judy Berlin]]'' || Sue Berlin || Nominated—[[Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female]]
|-
|''[[30 Days (1999 film)|30 Days]]'' || Barbara Trainer ||
|-
|2000 || ''[[$pent]]'' || Mrs. Walsh ||
|-
|2004 || ''[[Second Best (film)|Second Best]]'' || Dorothea ||
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2009 || ''[[Frame of Mind (film)|Frame of Mind]]'' || Thelma ||
|-
|''[[The Six Wives of Henry Lefay]]'' || Mae ||
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|rowspan="2" | 2010 || ''Harvest'' || Yetta Monopoli ||
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|''[[Twelve Thirty (film)|Twelve Thirty]]'' || Eve ||
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|2018 || ''Above All Things'' || Maggie ||
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|2024 || ''The Magnificent Meyersons'' ||  ||
|-
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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!Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
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|1951 || ''[[Love of Life]]'' || Ginny Crandall || Unknown episodes
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1955 || ''[[Pond's Theater]]'' || {{n/a}} || Episode: "Cynara"
|-
|''[[Kraft Television Theatre]]'' || {{n/a}} || Episode: "Lady Ruth"
|-
|1956 || ''[[Playwrights '56]]'' || Verna Anderson || Episode: "Flight"
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1957 || ''[[Robert Montgomery Presents]]'' || Maggie Correll || Episode: "Wait for Me"
|-
|''[[Suspicion (American TV series)|Suspicion]]'' || Ethel || Episode: "Heartbeat"
|-
|1958 || ''[[Decoy (TV series)|Decoy]]'' || Anne || Episode: "My Brother's Killer"
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1960 || ''[[The Play of the Week]]'' || Lila || Episode: "A Palm Tree in a Rose Garden"
|-
|''[[The Art Carney Special]]'' || {{n/a}} || Episode: "Full Moon Over Brooklyn"
|-
|rowspan="3" | 1961 || ''[[The Defenders (1961 TV series)|The Defenders]]'' || Fran Helber || Episode: "The Attack"
|-
|''[[Armstrong Circle Theatre]]'' || Joanna Sommers || Episode: "Black Market Babies"
|-
|''[[The United States Steel Hour]]'' || Trina Trent || Episode: "Delayed Honeymoon"
|-
|rowspan="3" | 1962 || ''[[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]'' || Celia || Episode: "Even Stones Have Eyes"
|-
|''[[The Untouchables (1959 TV series)|The Untouchables]]'' || Cheryl Hines || Episode: "The Chess Game"
|-
|''[[Naked City (TV series)|Naked City]]'' || Rosalind Faber, Sarah Hinson, Marcia Kormack || 3 episodes
|-
|rowspan="5" | 1963 || ''[[Ben Casey]]''|| Martha Dignan || Episode: "Lullaby for Billy Dignan"
|-
|''[[Dr. Kildare (TV series)|Dr. Kildare]]''|| Peggy Farrow || Episode: "The Mosaic"
|-
|''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]''|| Ellen Beecher || Episode: "The Small Parade"
|-
|''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]''|| Myra Russell || Episode: "[[Miniature (The Twilight Zone)|Miniature]]"
|-
|''[[Alcoa Premiere]]''|| Virginia Stanley || Episode: "The Dark Labyrinth"
|-
|rowspan="5" | 1964 || ''[[Mr. Novak]]''|| Mary Smith || Episode: "How Does Your Garden Grow?"
|-
|''[[The Nurses (TV series)|The Doctors and the Nurses]]''|| Laura Crane || Episode: "The Love of a Smart Operator"
|-
|''[[The Defenders (1961 TV series)|The Defenders]]''|| Shirley Lowell || 2 episodes
|-
|''[[The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]''|| Isabel Smith || Episode: "Isabel"
|-
|''[[The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]''|| Dr. Jane Sumner Waterleigh || Episode: "[[Consider Her Ways]]"
|-
|rowspan="3" | 1965 || ''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive]]''|| Aimee Rennick || Episode: "The End Is But the Beginning"
|-
|''[[Ben Casey]]''|| Ellen Tevlin || Episode: "A Rambling Discourse on Egyptian Water Clocks"
|-
|''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]''|| Liz Harmon || Episode: "Mrs. Harmon"
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1966 || ''[[The Trials of O'Brien]]''|| Jean Fields || Episode: "A Horse Called Destiny"
|-
|''[[Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre]]''|| Laurel Catlan || Episode: "The Eighth Day"
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1967 || ''[[Ironside (1967 TV series)|Ironside]]''|| Myra Dupont || Episode: "The Leaf in the Forest"
|-
|''[[The Invaders]]''|| Gale Frazer || Episode 5: "The Enemy"
|-
|1971 || ''[[Play for Today]]'' || {{n/a}} || Episode: "The Rank and File"
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1973 || ''[[The ABC Afternoon Playbreak]]'' || Tina Bordeaux || Episode: "The Mask of Love"
|-
|''Koska and His Family'' || Isabel Koska || Episode: "Pilot"
|-
|1973–1974 || ''[[Diana (American TV series)|Diana]]'' || Norma Brodnick || 10 episodes
|-
|1974 || ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'' || Judith Chandler || Episode: "I Love A Piano"
|-
|1975–1978 || ''[[Barney Miller]]'' || Elizabeth Miller || 37 credited episodes (appeared in 11)
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1975 || ''[[Bronk (TV series)|Bronk]]'' || Lorna || Episode: "Terror"
|-
|''[[McMillan & Wife]]'' || Emily Church || Episode: "Aftershock"
|-
|1977 || ''[[79 Park Avenue]]'' || Kaati Fludjicki || 1 episode
|-
|1978 || ''[[Visions (1976 TV series)|Visions]]'' || {{n/a}} || Episode: "Blackout"
|-
|rowspan="3" | 1979 || ''[[Backstairs at the White House]]'' || Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower || Episode: "#1.4"
|-
|''[[Roots: The Next Generations]]'' || Dodie Brattle || Episode: "#1.7"
|-
|''[[Lou Grant (TV series)|Lou Grant]]'' || Edna Raines || 2 episodes
|-
|1980–1981 || ''[[Breaking Away (TV series)|Breaking Away]]'' || Evelyn Stoller || 8 episodes<br>Nominated—[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series]]
|-
|1981 || ''[[Private Benjamin (TV series)|Private Benjamin]]'' || Harriet Benjamin || Episode: "Bye, Bye Benjamin"
|-
|1982 || ''[[American Playhouse]]'' || Schoolteacher || Episode: "Working"
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|1982–1983 || ''[[Tucker's Witch]]'' || Ellen Hobbes || 12 episodes
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|1983 || ''[[Reggie (TV series)|Reggie]]'' || Elizabeth Potter || 6 episodes
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|1984 || ''[[Trapper John, M.D.]]'' || Dr. Kate Hanley || Episode: "All Fall to Grace"
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|1984–1985 || ''[[Double Trouble (American TV series)|Double Trouble]]'' || Aunt Margo || 15 episodes
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|1986 || ''[[Kate & Allie]]'' || Anne || Episode: "Late Bloomer"
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|rowspan="2" | 1987 || ''[[Mr. President (TV series)|Mr. President]]'' || Peggie || 2 episodes
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|''[[Family Ties]]'' || Aunt Rosemary || Episode: "The Way We Were"
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|1988–1990 || ''[[Thirtysomething]]'' || Barbara Steadman || 2 episodes
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|1989 || ''[[A Fine Romance (1989 TV series)|A Fine Romance]]'' || Aunt Grace || Episode: "A Horse is a Horse, Of Course, Of Course"
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|1990 || ''[[His & Hers (TV series)|His & Hers]]'' || {{n/a}} || 2 episodes
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|1991 || ''[[Babes (TV series)|Babes]]'' || Mom || Episode: "Mom"
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|rowspan="2" | 1992 || ''[[Law & Order]]'' || Mrs. Bream || Episode: "Vengeance"<br>Nominated—[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series]]
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|''[[ABC Afterschool Special]]'' || Anne Charney || 2 episodes
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|1993 || ''[[Lovejoy]]'' || Miss Lillian || Episode: "The Lost Colony"
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|rowspan="3" | 1994 || ''[[CBS Schoolbreak Special]]'' || Shirley || Episode: "My Summer As a Girl"
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|''[[Scarlett (miniseries)|Scarlett]]'' || Pauline Robillard || 2 episodes
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|''[[The Commish]]'' || Ann Palmer || Episode: "A Christmas Story"
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|1996–2000 || ''[[Suddenly Susan]]'' || Helen Keane || 92 episodes
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|1998 || ''[[Hercules (1998 TV series)|Hercules]]'' || Alcmene || Voice, episode: "Hercules and the Parents' Weekend"
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|2000 || ''[[Once and Again]]'' || Peg Sammler || Episode: "Feast or Famine"
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|2003 || ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' || Paula Haggerty || Episode: "Perfect"<br>Nominated—[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series]]
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|2004 || ''[[Dead Like Me]]'' || Phyllis || 2 episodes
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|2007 || ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'' || Mamma Jacobs || Episode: "Girth"
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|rowspan="2" | 2009 || ''[[Surviving Suburbia]]'' || Val || Episode: "No Reception"
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|''[[Army Wives]]'' || Virginia || Episode: "As Time Goes By..."
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|2010 || ''[[Nurse Jackie]]'' || Libby Sussman || Episode: "Silly String"
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|2011 || ''[[Enlightened (TV series)|Enlightened]]'' || Carol || Episode: "Consider Helen"
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|}

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0057363|Barbara Barrie}}
* {{IBDB name|31051}}
* {{IOBDB name|6126}}
* {{Playbill person|barbara-barrie-vault-0000054888}}
*[http://archives.nypl.org/the/18639 Barbara Barrie papers, 1949–2008], held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, [[New York Public Library for the Performing Arts]]

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