Barbara Williams

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Biography

Williams gave a memorable performance as a tough working-class woman struggling to raise her disabled son alone in John Sayles' 1991 drama, "City of Hope".
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Job Title

Actor

Born

November 30, 1953

Career Milestones

Born on a tugboat that was sailing to a missionary camp in Canada

Grew up in logging camps in Canada

Worked as waitress in Gibsons Landing, British Columbia

Worked five years in repertory with the resident theatrical company of the Vancouver Cultural Centre where she starred in productions of "Nijinsky", the one-woman show "Preparing", "The Tempest", "Dracula" and "Marat/Sade"

1984

Film debut, "Thief of Hearts"

1990

Featured in a recurring role on TV series, "Against the Law"

1993

Played Susan Silverman, the title character's love interest in Lifetime TV-movie sequels to the popular detective series "Spenser: For Hire"

1997

Cast at the matriarch of the titular family in "Inventing the Abbots"

1998

Acted in two Showtime movies "Naked City: Justice With a Bullett" and "Naked City: A Killer Christmas"

2001

Co-starred in "Jack the Dog"; screened at Sundance