Barbara Barrie

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
Birthday: May 23, 1931

A versatile character actress, Barrie has a slightly wry, worried expression and some interesting credits, especially on stage and television. Often playing warm, mature, sometimes wisecracking comedic and dramatic roles, she acted regularly on early TV, Broadway and in theatre festivals in the early 1960s. After several small parts in features she landed a lead in the interracial love story, "One Potato, Two Potato" (1964), winning the Best Actress award at Cannes. Barrie acted less during the late 60s as she began to raise a family, but enjoy…more

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Actor

Child of Glass
Emily
My Summer As a Girl
Shirley
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
All Together Now
Elly Parker
Claws
Amzie

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Career Milestones

2003
Received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series for her role in "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"
2000
Cast as a wheelchair-bound matriarch in the Off-Broadway play "Current Events"
1999
Played a Jewish mother in son Aaron Harnick's feature directorial debut "30 Days"
1999
Portrayed the mother of the title character in the independent "Judy Berlin"
1994
Underwent treatment for colon cancer