Barbara Barrie
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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.
Known for
Credits
Hercules (1997)
as Alcmene (voice)
Giant (1956)
as Mary Lou Decker
Real Men (1987)
as Mom Pirandello
Private Benjamin (1980)
as Harriet Benjamin
Second Best (2004)
as Dorothea
Breaking Away (1979)
as Evelyn Stoller
My Breast (1994)
as Milly
End of the Line (1987)
as Jean Haney
Judy Berlin (1999)
as Sue Berlin
Fathers and Sons (2005)
as Ruth
Summer of My German Soldier (1978)
as Mrs. Bergen
The Execution (1985)
as Sophie Langbein
The Bell Jar (1979)
as Jay Cee
Frame Of Mind (2009)
as Thelma
Six by Sondheim (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
My First Love (1988)
as Ruth Waxman
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay (2009)
as Mae
To Race the Wind (1980)
as Mrs. Krents
Things Like This (2025)
as Portia Anthony
The Odd Couple: Together Again (1993)
as Gloria Unger
The Magnificent Meyersons (2023)
as Celeste
UFO Cafe (1990)
as Delores
Twelve Thirty (2011)
as Eve
Harvest (2011)
as Yetta Monopoli
Two of a Kind (1982)
as Dottie Minor
Original Cast Album: Company (1970)
as Self / Sarah
The Caretakers (1963)
as Edna
Not Just Another Affair (1982)
as Martha Dawson
Child of Glass (1978)
as Emily Armsworth
Barefoot In the Park (1982)
as Mrs. Banks
Working (1982)
as Schoolteacher
The Children Nobody Wanted (1981)
as Hanna
Kojak: Flowers For Matty (1990)
as Dora Mattingly
One Potato, Two Potato (1964)
as Julie Cullen Richards
30 Days (1999)
as Barbara Trainer
$pent (1999)
as Mrs. Walsh
Vital Signs (1986)
as Frances
Keeping Company with Sondheim (2022)
as Self
A Chance of Snow (1998)
as Ruth Pulmer
After the Rain (1988)
as Rachel Bonner
Winnie (1988)
as Mrs. Drake
Tell Me My Name (1977)
as Emily McPhail
To Be Young, Gifted and Black (1972)
Actor
For the Use of the Hall (1975)
as Charlotte
The Rank and File (1971)
Actor
First Impressions (1992)
as Anne Charney
Above All Things (2018)
as Maggie
Significant Other (2020)
as Helene Berman