Barbara Barrie

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 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.

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Filmography

2025

Things Like This
Things Like This
as Portia Anthony
Movie - Released: 5/16/2025

2023

The Magnificent Meyersons
The Magnificent Meyersons
as Celeste
Movie - Released: 8/20/2023

2022

Keeping Company with Sondheim
Keeping Company with Sondheim
as Self
Movie - Released: 5/27/2022

2020

Significant Other
Significant Other
as Helene Berman
Movie - Released: 5/14/2020

2018

Above All Things
Above All Things
as Maggie
Movie - Released: 3/15/2018

2013

Six by Sondheim
Six by Sondheim
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 12/9/2013

2011

Harvest
Harvest
as Yetta Monopoli
Movie - Released: 3/5/2011
Twelve Thirty
Twelve Thirty
as Eve
Movie - Released: 1/14/2011

2009

The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
as Mae
Movie - Released: 6/18/2009
Frame Of Mind
Frame Of Mind
as Thelma
Movie - Released: 1/1/2009

2007

Pushing Daisies
Pushing Daisies
as Mamma Jacobs
TV - Released: 10/3/2007

2004

Second Best
Second Best
as Dorothea
Movie - Released: 1/1/2004

2003

Dead Like Me
Dead Like Me
as Phyllis
TV - Released: 6/27/2003

1999

Judy Berlin
Judy Berlin
as Sue Berlin
Movie - Released: 10/6/1999
30 Days
30 Days
as Barbara Trainer
Movie - Released: 9/15/1999
$pent
$pent
as Mrs. Walsh
Movie - Released: 3/1/1999
Once and Again
Once and Again
TV - Released: 9/21/1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Paula Haggerty
TV - Released: 9/20/1999

1998

A Chance of Snow
A Chance of Snow
as Ruth Pulmer
Movie - Released: 12/7/1998
Hercules
Hercules
as Alcmene (voice)
TV - Released: 8/31/1998

1997

Hercules
Hercules
as Alcmene (voice)
Movie - Released: 6/13/1997

1996

Suddenly Susan
Suddenly Susan
as Helen 'Nana' Keane
TV - Released: 9/19/1996

1994

My Breast
My Breast
as Milly
Movie - Released: 5/15/1994
Scarlett
Scarlett
TV - Released: 11/13/1994

1993

The Odd Couple: Together Again
The Odd Couple: Together Again
as Gloria Unger
Movie - Released: 9/24/1993

1991

The Commish
The Commish
as Ann Palmer
TV - Released: 9/28/1991

1990

Guess Who's Coming for Christmas?
Guess Who's Coming for Christmas?
as Delores
Movie - Released: 12/23/1990
Kojak: Flowers For Matty
Kojak: Flowers For Matty
as Dora Mattingly
Movie - Released: 1/4/1990
Law & Order
Law & Order
as Mrs. Bream
TV - Released: 9/13/1990

1988

After the Rain
After the Rain
as Rachel Bonner
Movie - Released: 9/23/1988
My First Love
My First Love
as Ruth Waxman
Movie - Released: 12/4/1988
Winnie
Winnie
as Mrs. Drake
Movie - Released: 10/10/1988

1987

End of the Line
End of the Line
as Jean Haney
Movie - Released: 8/28/1987
Real Men
Real Men
as Mom Pirandello
Movie - Released: 9/25/1987
thirtysomething
thirtysomething
TV - Released: 9/29/1987
I'll Take Manhattan
I'll Take Manhattan
as Sarah Amberville
TV - Released: 3/1/1987

1986

Movie
Vital Signs
as Frances
Movie - Released: 2/11/1986
Lovejoy
Lovejoy
as Miss Lillian
TV - Released: 1/10/1986

1985

The Execution
The Execution
as Sophie Langbein
Movie - Released: 1/14/1985

1984

Kate & Allie
Kate & Allie
TV - Released: 3/19/1984
Double Trouble
Double Trouble
as Margo Foster
TV - Released: 4/4/1984

1983

Reggie
Reggie
as Elizabeth Potter
TV - Released: 8/2/1983

1982

Two of a Kind
Two of a Kind
as Dottie Minor
Movie - Released: 10/8/1982
Not Just Another Affair
Not Just Another Affair
as Martha Dawson
Movie - Released: 10/1/1982
Barefoot In the Park
Barefoot In the Park
as Mrs. Banks
Movie - Released: 3/20/1982
Working
Working
as Schoolteacher
Movie - Released: 4/13/1982
Family Ties
Family Ties
as Aunt Rosemary
TV - Released: 9/22/1982
Tucker's Witch
Tucker's Witch
as Ellen Hobbes
TV - Released: 10/6/1982

1981

The Children Nobody Wanted
The Children Nobody Wanted
as Hanna
Movie - Released: 12/5/1981

1980

Private Benjamin
Private Benjamin
as Harriet Benjamin
Movie - Released: 10/6/1980
To Race the Wind
To Race the Wind
as Mrs. Krents
Movie - Released: 3/12/1980
Breaking Away
Breaking Away
as Evelyn Stohler
TV - Released: 11/29/1980

1979

Breaking Away
Breaking Away
as Evelyn Stoller
Movie - Released: 5/24/1979
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar
as Jay Cee
Movie - Released: 3/20/1979
Backstairs at the White House
Backstairs at the White House
as Mamie Eisenhower
TV - Released: 1/29/1979
Roots: The Next Generations
Roots: The Next Generations
as Dodie Brattle
TV - Released: 2/18/1979

1978

Child of Glass
Child of Glass
as Emily Armsworth
Movie - Released: 5/14/1978
Summer of My German Soldier
Summer of My German Soldier
as Mrs. Bergen
Movie - Released: 10/30/1978

1977

Tell Me My Name
Tell Me My Name
as Emily McPhail
Movie - Released: 12/20/1977
Lou Grant
Lou Grant
TV - Released: 9/20/1977
79 Park Avenue
79 Park Avenue
as Kaati Fludjicki
TV - Released: 10/16/1977

1975

For the Use of the Hall
For the Use of the Hall
as Charlotte
Movie - Released: 1/2/1975
Barney Miller
Barney Miller
as Elizabeth Miller
TV - Released: 1/23/1975
Bronk
Bronk
TV - Released: 4/17/1975

1973

TV
Diana
as Norma Brodnik
TV - Released: 9/10/1973

1972

To Be Young, Gifted and Black
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
Movie - Released: 1/20/1972

1971

The Rank and File
The Rank and File
Movie - Released: 5/20/1971
McMillan & Wife
McMillan & Wife
as Emily Church
TV - Released: 9/29/1971

1970

Original Cast Album: Company
Original Cast Album: Company
as Self / Sarah
Movie - Released: 10/28/1970
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
as Judith Chandler
TV - Released: 9/19/1970

1968

The Dick Cavett Show
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 6/6/1968

1967

Ironside
Ironside
TV - Released: 3/28/1967
The Invaders
The Invaders
as Gale Frazer
TV - Released: 1/10/1967

1964

One Potato, Two Potato
One Potato, Two Potato
as Julie Cullen Richards
Movie - Released: 7/29/1964

1963

The Caretakers
The Caretakers
as Edna
Movie - Released: 8/21/1963
The Fugitive
The Fugitive
as Aiemee Rennick
TV - Released: 9/17/1963
Mr. Novak
Mr. Novak
as Mary Smith
TV - Released: 9/24/1963
TV
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Laurel Catlan
TV - Released: 10/4/1963

1962

The Virginian
The Virginian
as Ellen Beecher
TV - Released: 9/19/1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Dr. Jane Waterleigh
TV - Released: 9/20/1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Isabel Smith
TV - Released: 9/20/1962

1961

Ben Casey
Ben Casey
TV - Released: 10/2/1961
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Kildare
as Peggy Farrow
TV - Released: 9/27/1961
The Defenders
The Defenders
as Fran Helber
TV - Released: 9/16/1961
The Defenders
The Defenders
as Shirley Lowell
TV - Released: 9/16/1961
Kraft Mystery Theatre
Kraft Mystery Theatre
TV - Released: 6/14/1961

1960

Route 66
Route 66
TV - Released: 10/7/1960

1959

Rawhide
Rawhide
as Liz Harmon
TV - Released: 1/9/1959
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone
as Myra Russell
TV - Released: 10/2/1959

1958

Naked City
Naked City
as Rosalind Faber
TV - Released: 9/30/1958
Naked City
Naked City
as Sarah Hinson
TV - Released: 9/30/1958
Naked City
Naked City
as Marcia Kormack
TV - Released: 9/30/1958

1957

Decoy
Decoy
as Anne
TV - Released: 10/14/1957
Decoy
Decoy
as Mrs. Foley
TV - Released: 10/14/1957

1956

Giant
Giant
as Mary Lou Decker
Movie - Released: 11/8/1956

1955

TV
Playwrights '56
TV - Released: 10/4/1955

1954

The Wonderful World of Disney
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Emily Armsworth
TV - Released: 10/27/1954

1951

TV
Love of Life
TV - Released: 9/24/1951

1950

Robert Montgomery Presents
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Maggie Correll
TV - Released: 1/30/1950

1947

Kraft Television Theatre
Kraft Television Theatre
TV - Released: 5/7/1947