Barbara Barrie

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.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order

The Fugitive

Ironside

Great Performances

The Virginian

The Twilight Zone

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

All Movies (48)

• Things Like This2025 · as Portia Anthony
• The Magnificent Meyersons2023 · as Celeste
• Keeping Company with Sondheim2022 · as Self
• Significant Other2020 · as Helene Berman
• Above All Things2018 · as Maggie
• Six by Sondheim2013 · as Self (archive footage)
• Harvest2011 · as Yetta Monopoli
• Twelve Thirty2011 · as Eve
• The Six Wives of Henry Lefay2009 · as Mae
• Frame Of Mind2009 · as Thelma
• Fathers and Sons2005 · as Ruth
• Second Best2004 · as Dorothea
• Judy Berlin1999 · as Sue Berlin
• 30 Days1999 · as Barbara Trainer
• $pent1999 · as Mrs. Walsh
• A Chance of Snow1998 · as Ruth Pulmer
• Hercules1997 · as Alcmene (voice)
• My Breast1994 · as Milly
• The Odd Couple: Together Again1993 · as Gloria Unger
• First Impressions1992 · as Anne Charney
• UFO Cafe1990 · as Delores
• Kojak: Flowers For Matty1990 · as Dora Mattingly
• My First Love1988 · as Ruth Waxman
• Winnie1988 · as Mrs. Drake
• After the Rain1988 · as Rachel Bonner
• Real Men1987 · as Mom Pirandello
• End of the Line1987 · as Jean Haney
• Vital Signs1986 · as Frances
• The Execution1985 · as Sophie Langbein
• Two of a Kind1982 · as Dottie Minor
• Not Just Another Affair1982 · as Martha Dawson
• Working1982 · as Schoolteacher
• Barefoot In the Park1982 · as Mrs. Banks
• The Children Nobody Wanted1981 · as Hanna
• Private Benjamin1980 · as Harriet Benjamin
• To Race the Wind1980 · as Mrs. Krents
• Breaking Away1979 · as Evelyn Stoller
• The Bell Jar1979 · as Jay Cee
• Summer of My German Soldier1978 · as Mrs. Bergen
• Child of Glass1978 · as Emily Armsworth
• Tell Me My Name1977 · as Emily McPhail
• For the Use of the Hall1975 · as Charlotte
• To Be Young, Gifted and Black1972
• The Rank and File1971
• Original Cast Album: Company1970 · as Self / Sarah
• One Potato, Two Potato1964 · as Julie Cullen Richards
• The Caretakers1963 · as Edna
• Giant1956 · as Mary Lou Decker

All TV Shows (58)

• Nurse Jackie2009 · as Libby Sussman
• Pushing Daisies2007 · as Mamma Jacobs
• Army Wives2007 · as Virginia
• Dead Like Me2003 · as Phyllis
• Once and Again1999
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Paula Haggerty
• Hercules1998 · as Alcmene (voice)
• Suddenly Susan1996 · as Helen 'Nana' Keane
• Scarlett1994 · as Pauline Robillard
• The Commish1991 · as Ann Palmer
• Law & Order1990 · as Mrs. Bream
• thirtysomething1987
• I'll Take Manhattan1987 · as Sarah Amberville
• Lovejoy1986 · as Miss Lillian
• Double Trouble1984 · as Margo Foster
• Kate & Allie1984
• Reggie1983 · as Elizabeth Potter
• Tucker's Witch1982 · as Ellen Hobbes
• Family Ties1982 · as Aunt Rosemary
• Breaking Away1980 · as Evelyn Stohler
• Roots: The Next Generations1979 · as Dodie Brattle
• Backstairs at the White House1979 · as Mamie Eisenhower
• 79 Park Avenue1977 · as Kaati Fludjicki
• Lou Grant1977
• Lou Grant1977 · as Edna Raines
• Bronk1975
• Barney Miller1975 · as Elizabeth Miller
• Diana1973 · as Norma Brodnik
• McMillan & Wife1971 · as Emily Church
• Great Performances1971 · as Self
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show1970 · as Judith Chandler
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
• Ironside1967
• The Invaders1967 · as Gale Frazer
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963 · as Laurel Catlan
• Mr. Novak1963 · as Mary Smith
• The Fugitive1963 · as Aiemee Rennick
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962 · as Dr. Jane Waterleigh
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962 · as Isabel Smith
• The Virginian1962 · as Ellen Beecher
• Ben Casey1961
• Dr. Kildare1961 · as Peggy Farrow
• The Defenders1961 · as Fran Helber
• The Defenders1961 · as Shirley Lowell
• Kraft Mystery Theatre1961
• Route 661960
• The Twilight Zone1959 · as Myra Russell
• Rawhide1959 · as Liz Harmon
• Naked City1958 · as Rosalind Faber
• Naked City1958 · as Sarah Hinson
• Naked City1958 · as Marcia Kormack
• Decoy1957 · as Anne
• Decoy1957 · as Mrs. Foley
• Playwrights '561955
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Emily Armsworth
• Love of Life1951
• Robert Montgomery Presents1950 · as Maggie Correll
• Kraft Television Theatre1947