Portrait of Barbara Barrie

Acting

Barbara Barrie

Career

Active from 1964 to 2023, busiest in 1982 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
15
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Breaking Away
Breaking Away
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 59 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Barbara Barrie Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Violence
    2.4, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    3.2, average 4.8
  • Scare
    1.2, average 2.6
  • Uncanny
    1.2, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 5
  • Classic Sitcom 3
  • Feel-Good 3
  • Gentle Humor 2
  • Ensemble Cast 2
  • Heartwarming 2
  • Melancholic Tone 2
  • Hopeful & Uplifting 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

93
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

3 titles ยท average score 42
Things Like This
Things Like This (2025)
GoodWatch score 42

as Portia Anthony

The Magnificent Meyersons
The Magnificent Meyersons (2023)

as Celeste

Significant Other
Significant Other (2020)

as Helene Berman

2010s

3 titles ยท average score 42
Above All Things
Above All Things (2018)

as Maggie

Harvest
Harvest (2011)
GoodWatch score 54

as Yetta Monopoli

Twelve Thirty
Twelve Thirty (2011)
GoodWatch score 31

as Eve

2000s

8 titles ยท average score 62
Nurse Jackie
Nurse Jackie (2009)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show ยท as Libby Sussman

Frame Of Mind
Frame Of Mind (2009)
GoodWatch score 43

as Thelma

The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay (2009)
GoodWatch score 42

as Mae

Army Wives
Army Wives (2007)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show ยท as Virginia

Pushing Daisies
Pushing Daisies (2007)
GoodWatch score 91

TV show ยท as Mamma Jacobs

Fathers and Sons
Fathers and Sons (2005)
GoodWatch score 54

as Ruth

Second Best
Second Best (2004)
GoodWatch score 40

as Dorothea

Dead Like Me
Dead Like Me (2003)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Phyllis

1990s

17 titles ยท average score 66
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Paula Haggerty

Judy Berlin
Judy Berlin (1999)
GoodWatch score 62

as Sue Berlin

Once and Again
Once and Again (1999)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show

A Chance of Snow
A Chance of Snow (1998)
GoodWatch score 57

as Ruth Pulmer

Hercules
Hercules (1998)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show ยท as Alcmene (voice)

Hercules
Hercules (1997)
GoodWatch score 77

as Alcmene (voice)

Suddenly Susan
Suddenly Susan (1996)
GoodWatch score 39

TV show ยท as Helen 'Nana' Keane

My Breast
My Breast (1994)

as Milly

The Odd Couple: Together Again
The Odd Couple: Together Again (1993)
GoodWatch score 78

as Gloria Unger

The Commish
The Commish (1991)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show ยท as Ann Palmer

UFO Cafe
UFO Cafe (1990)

as Delores

Law & Order
Law & Order (1990)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Mrs. Bream

1980s

24 titles ยท average score 61
Winnie
Winnie (1988)

as Mrs. Drake

The Passage
The Passage (1988)

as Rachel Bonner

My First Love
My First Love (1988)
GoodWatch score 78

as Ruth Waxman

Real Men
Real Men (1987)
GoodWatch score 47

as Mom Pirandello

End of the Line
End of the Line (1987)
GoodWatch score 55

as Jean Haney

Double Trouble
Double Trouble (1984)
GoodWatch score 45

TV show ยท as Margo Foster

Reggie
Reggie (1983)

TV show ยท as Elizabeth Potter

Two of a Kind
Two of a Kind (1982)

as Dottie Minor

Tucker's Witch
Tucker's Witch (1982)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show ยท as Ellen Hobbes

Family Ties
Family Ties (1982)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Aunt Rosemary

Private Benjamin
Private Benjamin (1980)
GoodWatch score 66

as Harriet Benjamin

Breaking Away
Breaking Away (1980)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Evelyn Stohler

1970s

15 titles ยท average score 68
Breaking Away
Breaking Away (1979)
GoodWatch score 86

as Evelyn Stoller

The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar (1979)
GoodWatch score 48

as Jay Cee

Roots: The Next Generations
Roots: The Next Generations (1979)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show ยท as Dodie Brattle

Child of Glass
Child of Glass (1978)
GoodWatch score 70

as Emily Armsworth

Summer of My German Soldier
Summer of My German Soldier (1978)
GoodWatch score 74

as Mrs. Bergen

Tell Me My Name
Tell Me My Name (1977)

as Emily McPhail

Lou Grant
Lou Grant (1977)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Edna Raines

Barney Miller
Barney Miller (1975)
GoodWatch score 52

TV show ยท as Elizabeth Miller

For the Use of the Hall
For the Use of the Hall (1975)

as Charlotte

Diana
Diana (1973)

TV show ยท as Norma Brodnik

McMillan & Wife
McMillan & Wife (1971)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Emily Church

The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show ยท as Judith Chandler

1960s

14 titles ยท average score 63
Ironside
Ironside (1967)
GoodWatch score 45

TV show

The Invaders
The Invaders (1967)
GoodWatch score 49

TV show ยท as Gale Frazer

One Potato, Two Potato
One Potato, Two Potato (1964)
GoodWatch score 84

as Julie Cullen Richards

The Fugitive
The Fugitive (1963)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show ยท as Aiemee Rennick

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show ยท as Laurel Catlan

Mr. Novak
Mr. Novak (1963)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Mary Smith

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show ยท as Dr. Jane Waterleigh / Isabel Smith

The Virginian
The Virginian (1962)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Ellen Beecher

Dr. Kildare
Dr. Kildare (1961)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show ยท as Peggy Farrow

Ben Casey
Ben Casey (1961)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show

The Defenders
The Defenders (1961)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Fran Helber / Shirley Lowell

Route 66
Route 66 (1960)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show

1950s

8 titles ยท average score 74
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone (1959)
GoodWatch score 91

TV show ยท as Myra Russell

Rawhide
Rawhide (1959)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show ยท as Liz Harmon

Naked City
Naked City (1958)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Sarah Hinson / Marcia Kormack

Decoy
Decoy (1957)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Anne / Mrs. Foley

Giant
Giant (1956)
GoodWatch score 81

as Mary Lou Decker (uncredited)

Playwrights '56
Playwrights '56 (1955)

TV show

The Wonderful World of Disney
The Wonderful World of Disney (1954)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show ยท as Emily Armsworth

Robert Montgomery Presents
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)

TV show ยท as Maggie Correll

1940s

1 title ยท average score 78
Kraft Television Theatre
Kraft Television Theatre (1947)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show