Barbara Barrie
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1931-05-23 (93 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
Acting
(2025)
Things Like This
as Portia Anthony
(2023)
The Magnificent Meyersons
as Celeste
(2022)
(2020)
Significant Other
as Helene Berman
(2018)
Above All Things
as Maggie
(2013)
Six by Sondheim
as Self (archive footage)
(2011)
Harvest
as Yetta Monopoli
(2011)
Twelve Thirty
as Eve
(2009)
(2009)
Frame Of Mind
as Thelma
(2004)
Second Best
as Dorothea
(1999)
$pent
as Mrs. Walsh
(1999)
Judy Berlin
as Sue Berlin
(1999)
30 Days
as Barbara Trainer
(1998)
A Chance of Snow
as Ruth Pulmer
(1997)
Hercules
as Alcmene (voice)
(1994)
My Breast
as Milly
(1993)
The Odd Couple: Together Again
as Gloria Unger
(1990)
Kojak: Flowers For Matty
as Dora Mattingly
(1990)
Guess Who's Coming for Christmas?
as Delores
(1988)
My First Love
as Ruth Waxman
(1988)
Winnie
as Mrs. Drake
(1988)
After the Rain
as Rachel Bonner
(1987)
Real Men
as Mom Pirandello
(1987)
End of the Line
as Jean Haney
(1986)
Vital Signs
as Frances
(1985)
The Execution
as Sophie Langbein
(1982)
Working
as Schoolteacher
(1982)
Not Just Another Affair
as Martha Dawson
(1982)
Two of a Kind
as Dottie Minor
(1982)
Barefoot In the Park
as Mrs. Banks
(1981)
The Children Nobody Wanted
as Hanna
(1980)
Private Benjamin
as Harriet Benjamin
(1980)
To Race the Wind
as Mrs. Krents
(1979)
Breaking Away
as Evelyn Stoller
(1979)
The Bell Jar
as Jay Cee
(1978)
Child of Glass
as Emily Armsworth
(1978)
Summer of My German Soldier
as Mrs. Bergen
(1977)
Tell Me My Name
as Emily McPhail
(1975)
For the Use of the Hall
as Charlotte
(1972)
(1971)
(1970)
Original Cast Album: Company
as Self / Sarah
(1964)
One Potato, Two Potato
as Julie Cullen Richards
(1963)
The Caretakers
as Edna
(1956)
Giant
as Mary Lou Decker