Barbara Barrie
Actor
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.
Filmography
Giant
as Mary Lou Decker 1956
Private Benjamin
as Harriet Benjamin 1980
Breaking Away
as Evelyn Stoller 1979
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
as Mae 2009
Real Men
as Mom Pirandello 1987
Six by Sondheim
as Self (archive footage) 2013
Original Cast Album: Company
as Self / Sarah 1970
One Potato, Two Potato
as Julie Cullen Richards 1964
End of the Line
as Jean Haney 1987
Judy Berlin
as Sue Berlin 1999
Child of Glass
as Emily Armsworth 1978
The Caretakers
as Edna 1963
Twelve Thirty
as Eve 2011
A Chance of Snow
as Ruth Pulmer 1998
Frame Of Mind
as Thelma 2009
Summer of My German Soldier
as Mrs. Bergen 1978