
Barbara Barrie
Known for Acting · 100 credits
- Born
- 1931-05-23 (age 95)
- Place of birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- Барбара Барри · Барбара Бэрри
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.
Known For
TV Shows (52)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Paula Haggerty

Law & Order
1990
as Mrs. Bream

The Fugitive
1963
as Aiemee Rennick

Ironside
1967

Great Performances
1971
as Self

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Maggie Correll

Army Wives
2007
as Virginia

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Dr. Jane Waterleigh / Isabel Smith

The Twilight Zone
1959
as Myra Russell

The Virginian
1962
as Ellen Beecher

Ben Casey
1961

Dr. Kildare
1961
as Peggy Farrow

Naked City
1958
as Rosalind Faber / Sarah Hinson / Marcia Kormack

Barney Miller
1975
as Elizabeth Miller
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Laurel Catlan

Family Ties
1982
as Aunt Rosemary

Rawhide
1959
as Liz Harmon

The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest

The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
as Judith Chandler

The Invaders
1967
as Gale Frazer

Hercules
1998
as Alcmene (voice)

Route 66
1960

Lou Grant
1977
as Edna Raines

The Defenders
1961
as Fran Helber / Shirley Lowell

Nurse Jackie
2009
as Libby Sussman

thirtysomething
1987

Dead Like Me
2003
as Phyllis

The Commish
1991
as Ann Palmer

Kate & Allie
1984

Lovejoy
1986
as Miss Lillian

Pushing Daisies
2007
as Mamma Jacobs

Kraft Television Theatre
1947

Once and Again
1999

McMillan & Wife
1971
as Emily Church

Mr. Novak
1963
as Mary Smith

Suddenly Susan
1996
as Helen 'Nana' Keane

Bronk
1975
Love of Life
1951

Decoy
1957
as Anne / Mrs. Foley

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Emily Armsworth

Roots: The Next Generations
1979
as Dodie Brattle
Playwrights '56
1955

Scarlett
1994
as Pauline Robillard

Double Trouble
1984
as Margo Foster

Tucker's Witch
1982
as Ellen Hobbes

Kraft Mystery Theatre
1961

Backstairs at the White House
1979
as Mamie Eisenhower

79 Park Avenue
1977
as Kaati Fludjicki

Breaking Away
1980
as Evelyn Stohler
Diana
1973
as Norma Brodnik

I'll Take Manhattan
1987
as Sarah Amberville

Reggie
1983
as Elizabeth Potter
Movies (48)

Hercules
1997
as Alcmene (voice)

Giant
1956
as Mary Lou Decker

Second Best
2004
as Dorothea

Real Men
1987
as Mom Pirandello

Private Benjamin
1980
as Harriet Benjamin

Breaking Away
1979
as Evelyn Stoller

End of the Line
1987
as Jean Haney

30 Days
1999
as Barbara Trainer

The Magnificent Meyersons
2023
as Celeste

Six by Sondheim
2013
as Self (archive footage)

Fathers and Sons
2005
as Ruth

My First Love
1988
as Ruth Waxman

Two of a Kind
1982
as Dottie Minor

The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
2009
as Mae

Working
1982
as Schoolteacher

Frame Of Mind
2009
as Thelma

The Children Nobody Wanted
1981
as Hanna

My Breast
1994
as Milly

The Odd Couple: Together Again
1993
as Gloria Unger

Kojak: Flowers For Matty
1990
as Dora Mattingly

Winnie
1988
as Mrs. Drake

To Race the Wind
1980
as Mrs. Krents

Not Just Another Affair
1982
as Martha Dawson

Keeping Company with Sondheim
2022
as Self

Original Cast Album: Company
1970
as Self / Sarah

A Chance of Snow
1998
as Ruth Pulmer

The Execution
1985
as Sophie Langbein

Things Like This
2025
as Portia Anthony

Summer of My German Soldier
1978
as Mrs. Bergen

Above All Things
2018
as Maggie

Judy Berlin
1999
as Sue Berlin

The Caretakers
1963
as Edna

Harvest
2011
as Yetta Monopoli

Child of Glass
1978
as Emily Armsworth

$pent
1999
as Mrs. Walsh

After the Rain
1988
as Rachel Bonner

Tell Me My Name
1977
as Emily McPhail
Vital Signs
1986
as Frances

The Bell Jar
1979
as Jay Cee

One Potato, Two Potato
1964
as Julie Cullen Richards

Barefoot In the Park
1982
as Mrs. Banks

UFO Cafe
1990
as Delores

Significant Other
2020
as Helene Berman

For the Use of the Hall
1975
as Charlotte
First Impressions
1992
as Anne Charney

Twelve Thirty
2011
as Eve

To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972

The Rank and File
1971
About Barbara Barrie
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 tele… With 100 credits spanning from 1947 to 2025, Barbara Barrie has appeared in 48 films and 52 TV shows.
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Most Popular Barbara Barrie Movies
- Hercules (1997) — as Alcmene (voice)
- Giant (1956) — as Mary Lou Decker
- Second Best (2004) — as Dorothea
- Real Men (1987) — as Mom Pirandello
- Private Benjamin (1980) — as Harriet Benjamin
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