Barbara Babcock

Birthplace: Fort Riley, Kansas, USA
Birthday: February 27, 1937

Willowy, with an airy frame, but capable of projecting toughness as well as tightly-wound characters, Barbara Babcock was a "working actress" for two decades before a recurring guest role on "Hill Street Blues" in the early 1980s turned her into a TV star. On "Hill Street", Babcock was tough Grace Gardner, hounding Sgt. Esterhaus (Michael Conrad) until she had him. "Tough" seems to be a word threaded through Babcock's personal life as well. The daughter of the US Army General, she was raised in Tokyo …more

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Credits

Actor

A Vow to Cherish
Ellen Brighton
Quarterback Princess
Judy Maida
Mr. Sunshine
Mrs Swinford
The Law and Harry McGraw
Ellie Maginnis
News at Eleven
Joanne Steckler

Consultants & Advisors

Darrow
Consultant

Editor

The Patti LaBelle Show
Assistant Editor

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Career Milestones

2001
Returned to series work as co-star of the Fox fall primetime serial "Pasadena"
1986
Featured as the flighty landlord June Swinford on the ABC sitcom "Mr. Sunshine" (1986)
1984
Co-starred as Lorraine Elliot, a medical professor, on the CBS sitcom "The Four Seasons"
1978 to 1982
Played recurring role of Liz Craig on "Dallas" (CBS)
1973
Played team owner in "Bang the Drum Slowly"