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Barbara Barrie

Barbara Barrie

Born: 1931-05-23 • Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.

Filmography
Things Like This poster
Things Like This
2025 • Portia Anthony
The Magnificent Meyersons poster
The Magnificent Meyersons
2023 • Celeste
Keeping Company with Sondheim poster
Keeping Company with Sondheim
2022 • Self
Significant Other poster
Significant Other
2020 • Helene Berman
Above All Things poster
Above All Things
2018 • Maggie
Six by Sondheim poster
Six by Sondheim
2013 • Self (archive footage)
Harvest poster
Harvest
2011 • Yetta Monopoli
Twelve Thirty poster
Twelve Thirty
2011 • Eve
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay poster
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
2009 • Mae
Frame Of Mind poster
Frame Of Mind
2009 • Thelma
Second Best poster
Second Best
2004 • Dorothea
Judy Berlin poster
Judy Berlin
1999 • Sue Berlin
30 Days poster
30 Days
1999 • Barbara Trainer
$pent poster
$pent
1999 • Mrs. Walsh
A Chance of Snow poster
A Chance of Snow
1998 • Ruth Pulmer
Hercules poster
Hercules
1997 • Alcmene (voice)
My Breast poster
My Breast
1994 • Milly
The Odd Couple: Together Again poster
The Odd Couple: Together Again
1993 • Gloria Unger
No Image
First Impressions
1992 • Anne Charney
UFO Cafe poster
UFO Cafe
1990 • Delores
Kojak: Flowers For Matty poster
Kojak: Flowers For Matty
1990 • Dora Mattingly
My First Love poster
My First Love
1988 • Ruth Waxman
Winnie poster
Winnie
1988 • Mrs. Drake
After the Rain poster
After the Rain
1988 • Rachel Bonner
Real Men poster
Real Men
1987 • Mom Pirandello
End of the Line poster
End of the Line
1987 • Jean Haney
No Image
Vital Signs
1986 • Frances
The Execution poster
The Execution
1985 • Sophie Langbein
Two of a Kind poster
Two of a Kind
1982 • Dottie Minor
Not Just Another Affair poster
Not Just Another Affair
1982 • Martha Dawson
Working poster
Working
1982 • Schoolteacher
Barefoot In the Park poster
Barefoot In the Park
1982 • Mrs. Banks
The Children Nobody Wanted poster
The Children Nobody Wanted
1981 • Hanna
Private Benjamin poster
Private Benjamin
1980 • Harriet Benjamin
To Race the Wind poster
To Race the Wind
1980 • Mrs. Krents
Breaking Away poster
Breaking Away
1979 • Evelyn Stoller
The Bell Jar poster
The Bell Jar
1979 • Jay Cee
Summer of My German Soldier poster
Summer of My German Soldier
1978 • Mrs. Bergen
Child of Glass poster
Child of Glass
1978 • Emily Armsworth
Tell Me My Name poster
Tell Me My Name
1977 • Emily McPhail
For the Use of the Hall poster
For the Use of the Hall
1975 • Charlotte
To Be Young, Gifted and Black poster
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972
The Rank and File poster
The Rank and File
1971
Original Cast Album: Company poster
Original Cast Album: Company
1970 • Self / Sarah
One Potato, Two Potato poster
One Potato, Two Potato
1964 • Julie Cullen Richards
The Caretakers poster
The Caretakers
1963 • Edna
Giant poster
Giant
1956 • Mary Lou Decker