Barbara Barrie
Acting • Born 1931-05-23
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.
Filmography
104 credits
The Odd Couple: Together Again
Movie • 1993
Gloria Unger
Breaking Away
Movie • 1979
Evelyn Stoller
Hercules
Movie • 1997
Alcmene (voice)
For the Use of the Hall
Movie • 1975
Charlotte
Judy Berlin
Movie • 1999
Sue Berlin
Child of Glass
Movie • 1978
Emily Armsworth
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
Movie • 2009
Mae
End of the Line
Movie • 1987
Jean Haney
Frame Of Mind
Movie • 2009
Thelma
Harvest
Movie • 2011
Yetta Monopoli
Twelve Thirty
Movie • 2011
Eve
Second Best
Movie • 2004
Dorothea
One Potato, Two Potato
Movie • 1964
Julie Cullen Richards
UFO Cafe
Movie • 1990
Delores
The Bell Jar
Movie • 1979
Jay Cee
Keeping Company with Sondheim
Movie • 2022
Self
Two of a Kind
Movie • 1982
Dottie Minor
Not Just Another Affair
Movie • 1982
Martha Dawson
Real Men
Movie • 1987
Mom Pirandello
Summer of My German Soldier
Movie • 1978
Mrs. Bergen
The Children Nobody Wanted
Movie • 1981
Hanna
After the Rain
Movie • 1988
Rachel Bonner
Tell Me My Name
Movie • 1977
Emily McPhail
30 Days
Movie • 1999
Barbara Trainer
The Caretakers
Movie • 1963
Edna
Vital Signs
Movie • 1986
Frances
Private Benjamin
Movie • 1980
Harriet Benjamin
Things Like This
Movie • 2025
Portia Anthony
The Execution
Movie • 1985
Sophie Langbein
My Breast
Movie • 1994
Milly
My First Love
Movie • 1988
Ruth Waxman
Barefoot In the Park
Movie • 1982
Mrs. Banks
$pent
Movie • 1999
Mrs. Walsh
The Rank and File
Movie • 1971
Winnie
Movie • 1988
Mrs. Drake
Giant
Movie • 1956
Mary Lou Decker
Six by Sondheim
Movie • 2013
Self (archive footage)
Working
Movie • 1982
Schoolteacher
Original Cast Album: Company
Movie • 1970
Self / Sarah
To Race the Wind
Movie • 1980
Mrs. Krents
Significant Other
Movie • 2020
Helene Berman
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
Movie • 1972
Above All Things
Movie • 2018
Maggie
Kojak: Flowers For Matty
Movie • 1990
Dora Mattingly
The Magnificent Meyersons
Movie • 2023
Celeste
First Impressions
Movie • 1992
Anne Charney
A Chance of Snow
Movie • 1998
Ruth Pulmer
Lou Grant
TV • 1977
Family Ties
TV • 1982
Aunt Rosemary
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Mrs. Bream
Kate & Allie
TV • 1984
Once and Again
TV • 1999
thirtysomething
TV • 1987
Suddenly Susan
TV • 1996
Helen 'Nana' Keane
Route 66
TV • 1960
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Paula Haggerty
Naked City
TV • 1958
Rosalind Faber
Love of Life
TV • 1951
Pushing Daisies
TV • 2007
Mamma Jacobs
Tucker's Witch
TV • 1982
Ellen Hobbes
Double Trouble
TV • 1984
Margo Foster
Backstairs at the White House
TV • 1979
Mamie Eisenhower
Ironside
TV • 1967
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Liz Harmon
The Fugitive
TV • 1963
Aiemee Rennick
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Ellen Beecher
Decoy
TV • 1957
Anne
Ben Casey
TV • 1961
Mr. Novak
TV • 1963
Mary Smith
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV • 1950
Maggie Correll
Playwrights '56
TV • 1955
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
Peggy Farrow
Diana
TV • 1973
Norma Brodnik
Breaking Away
TV • 1980
Evelyn Stohler
The Defenders
TV • 1961
Fran Helber
The Defenders
TV • 1961
Shirley Lowell
Barney Miller
TV • 1975
Elizabeth Miller
Kraft Mystery Theatre
TV • 1961
Reggie
TV • 1983
Elizabeth Potter
Bronk
TV • 1975
Naked City
TV • 1958
Sarah Hinson
Naked City
TV • 1958
Marcia Kormack
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
TV • 1970
Judith Chandler
Lovejoy
TV • 1986
Miss Lillian
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
Laurel Catlan
Dead Like Me
TV • 2003
Phyllis
Hercules
TV • 1998
Alcmene (voice)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV • 1962
Dr. Jane Waterleigh
I'll Take Manhattan
TV • 1987
Sarah Amberville
The Commish
TV • 1991
Ann Palmer
Kraft Television Theatre
TV • 1947
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Myra Russell
The Invaders
TV • 1967
Gale Frazer
McMillan & Wife
TV • 1971
Emily Church
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest
Decoy
TV • 1957
Mrs. Foley
79 Park Avenue
TV • 1977
Kaati Fludjicki
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV • 1962
Isabel Smith
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Emily Armsworth
Lou Grant
TV • 1977
Edna Raines
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Self
Army Wives
TV • 2007
Virginia
Roots: The Next Generations
TV • 1979
Dodie Brattle
Scarlett
TV • 1994
Pauline Robillard