Barbara Barrie

Born

May 23, 1931 (94 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.

Known For

7.5

Law & Order

Things Like This

Portia Anthony

6.5

2025

The Magnificent Meyersons

Celeste

4.0

2023

Keeping Company with Sondheim

Self

9.0

2022

Significant Other

Helene Berman

0.0

2020

Above All Things

Maggie

7.0

2018

Six by Sondheim

Self (archive footage)

7.1

2013

Harvest

Yetta Monopoli

4.8

2011

Twelve Thirty

Eve

5.0

2011

The Six Wives of Henry Lefay

Mae

5.2

2009

Frame Of Mind

Thelma

5.3

2009

Pushing Daisies

Mamma Jacobs · (1 episode)

7.8

2007

Second Best

Dorothea

5.3

2004

Dead Like Me

Phyllis · (2 episodes)

7.6

2003

Judy Berlin

Sue Berlin

5.8

1999

Once and Again

(1 episode)

6.8

1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Paula Haggerty · (1 episode)

7.9

1999

30 Days

Barbara Trainer

2.0

1999

$pent

Mrs. Walsh

5.0

1999

A Chance of Snow

Ruth Pulmer

5.6

1998

Hercules

Alcmene (voice) · (1 episode)

6.8

1998

Hercules

Alcmene (voice)

7.5

1997

Suddenly Susan

Helen 'Nana' Keane · (93 episodes)

5.7

1996

Scarlett

(4 episodes)

6.6

1994

My Breast

Milly

5.5

1994

The Odd Couple: Together Again

Gloria Unger

0.0

1993

First Impressions

Anne Charney

0.0

1992

The Commish

Ann Palmer · (1 episode)

7.1

1991

Guess Who's Coming for Christmas?

Delores

0.0

1990

Law & Order

Mrs. Bream · (1 episode)

7.4

1990

Kojak: Flowers For Matty

Dora Mattingly

4.5

1990

My First Love

Ruth Waxman

10.0

1988

Winnie

Mrs. Drake

7.7

1988

After the Rain

Rachel Bonner

0.0

1988

thirtysomething

(2 episodes)

6.3

1987

Real Men

Mom Pirandello

6.2

1987

End of the Line

Jean Haney

5.2

1987

I'll Take Manhattan

Sarah Amberville · (4 episodes)

6.4

1987

Vital Signs

Frances

9.0

1986

Lovejoy

Miss Lillian · (1 episode)

7.3

1986

The Execution

Sophie Langbein

7.3

1985

Double Trouble

Margo Foster · (15 episodes)

5.7

1984

Kate & Allie

(1 episode)

5.9

1984

Reggie

Elizabeth Potter · (6 episodes)

0.0

1983

Two of a Kind

Dottie Minor

0.0

1982

Tucker's Witch

Ellen Hobbes · (12 episodes)

4.0

1982

Not Just Another Affair

Martha Dawson

4.3

1982

Family Ties

Aunt Rosemary · (1 episode)

7.3

1982

Working

Schoolteacher

4.3

1982

Barefoot In the Park

Mrs. Banks

5.0

1982

The Children Nobody Wanted

Hanna

6.0

1981

Breaking Away

Evelyn Stohler · (8 episodes)

6.0

1980

Private Benjamin

Harriet Benjamin

6.0

1980

To Race the Wind

Mrs. Krents

8.5

1980

Breaking Away

Evelyn Stoller

7.1

1979

The Bell Jar

Jay Cee

3.8

1979

Roots: The Next Generations

Dodie Brattle · (7 episodes)

7.5

1979

Backstairs at the White House

Mamie Eisenhower · (4 episodes)

5.9

1979

Summer of My German Soldier

Mrs. Bergen

5.8

1978

Child of Glass

Emily Armsworth

5.4

1978

Tell Me My Name

Emily McPhail

0.0

1977

79 Park Avenue

Kaati Fludjicki · (1 episode)

4.8

1977

Lou Grant

(1 episode)

7.3

1977

Lou Grant

Edna Raines · (1 episode)

7.3

1977

Bronk

(1 episode)

6.2

1975

Barney Miller

Elizabeth Miller · (17 episodes)

7.3

1975

For the Use of the Hall

Charlotte

6.0

1975

Diana

Norma Brodnik · (15 episodes)

5.0

1973

To Be Young, Gifted and Black

5.0

1972

McMillan & Wife

Emily Church · (1 episode)

6.9

1971

The Rank and File

5.0

1971

Great Performances

Self · (1 episode)

5.3

1971

Original Cast Album: Company

Self / Sarah

7.2

1970

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Judith Chandler · (1 episode)

7.5

1970

The Dick Cavett Show

Self - Guest · (1 episode)

6.7

1968

Ironside

(1 episode)

6.8

1967

The Invaders

Gale Frazer · (1 episode)

6.8

1967

One Potato, Two Potato

Julie Cullen Richards

6.8

1964

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Laurel Catlan · (1 episode)

5.7

1963

Mr. Novak

Mary Smith · (1 episode)

6.5

1963

The Fugitive

Aiemee Rennick · (1 episode)

7.2

1963

The Caretakers

Edna

6.2

1963

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Dr. Jane Waterleigh · (1 episode)

7.8

1962

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Isabel Smith · (1 episode)

7.8

1962

The Virginian

Ellen Beecher · (1 episode)

6.5

1962

Ben Casey

(2 episodes)

5.6

1961

Dr. Kildare

Peggy Farrow · (1 episode)

5.5

1961

The Defenders

Fran Helber · (1 episode)

6.2

1961

The Defenders

Shirley Lowell · (2 episodes)

6.2

1961

Kraft Mystery Theatre

(1 episode)

6.0

1961

Route 66

(1 episode)

6.3

1960

The Twilight Zone

Myra Russell · (1 episode)

8.4

1959

Rawhide

Liz Harmon · (1 episode)

7.2

1959

Naked City

Rosalind Faber · (1 episode)

5.5

1958

Naked City

Sarah Hinson · (1 episode)

5.5

1958

Naked City

Marcia Kormack · (1 episode)

5.5

1958

Decoy

Anne · (1 episode)

6.2

1957

Decoy

Mrs. Foley · (1 episode)

6.2

1957

Giant

Mary Lou Decker

7.6

1956

Playwrights '56

(1 episode)

6.0

1955

The Wonderful World of Disney

Emily Armsworth · (1 episode)

7.8

1954

Love of Life

(219 episodes)

5.0

1951

Robert Montgomery Presents

Maggie Correll · (1 episode)

5.6

1950

Kraft Television Theatre

(1 episode)

7.5

1947