We say goodbye to another legend today at 95 ποΈ
Barbara Barrie, the Oscar-nominated actress whose career stretched from groundbreaking cinema and Broadway to Breaking Away, Barney Miller and Company, has passed away at 95.
Barrie could be funny, vulnerable, sharp and deeply human without ever making a performance feel forced. That gift carried her through more than seven decades of film, television and theater.
She won Best Actress at Cannes for One Potato, Two Potato, earned an Academy Award nomination as Evelyn Stoller in Breaking Away, and originated Sarah in Stephen Sondheim's Company, earning a Tony nomination.
Her most famous roles and works include:
β’ Evelyn Stoller β Breaking Away
β’ Elizabeth βLizβ Miller β Barney Miller
β’ Sarah β Company
β’ Julie Cullen Richards β One Potato, Two Potato
β’ Harriet Benjamin β Private Benjamin
β’ Aileen Keane β Suddenly Susan
β’ Sue Berlin β Judy Berlin
β’ Alcmene β Hercules
β’ Mamie Eisenhower β Backstairs at the White House
β’ Jay Cee β The Bell Jar
Barrie passed at her Manhattan home on October 28. Her daughter said she had been diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Barbara Barrie spent a lifetime proving that the most memorable performances are sometimes the quietest ones.
Rest in peace, Barbara Barrie ποΈ