Barbara Barrie played and Hal Linden’s wife on the show “Barney Miller.” (Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)
NEWYou can now listen to articles!
Barbara had died at 95 years old following a terminal cancer diagnosis, according to a report.
The “Barney Miller” actress’s death at her home in New York City was medically assisted, her daughter told The New York Times.
The Oscar-nominated actress’ TV and film career spanned multiple decades from the 1950s until last year.
EVA MARIE SAINT, OSCAR-WINNING ‘ON THE WATERFRONT’ AND ‘NORTH BY NORTHWEST’ STAR, DEAD AT 102
Barbara Barrie, 95, died with medical assistance this week after a terminal cancer diagnosis. (Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)
Barrie was known for her small screen roles as Barney Miller’s wife on “Barney Miller,” a police series that ran from 1975 to 1982, and as Brooke Shields’ grandmother on “Suddenly Susan.”
She was nominated for an Academy Award for 1979’s “Breaking Away” and she won best actress at the Cannes Film Festival for 1964’s “One Potato, Two Potato.”
She lost to Meryl Streep for “Kramer vs. Kramer” at the Oscars.
GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE
She also played Goldie Hawn’s mother in 1980’s “Private Benjamin.”
Barrie was also a prolific Broadway actress who was nominated for a Tony for her performance in the original 1970 cast of Stephen Sondheim’s “Company.”
LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
The 95-year-old made her Broadway debut in “The Wooden Dish” in 1955 after she moved to New York when she graduated from college in Texas, telling the Akron Beacon Journal in 1963 that she only went there because of a man.
Barbara Barrie as Helen ‘Nana’ Keane and Brooke Shields as Susan Keane appear in a scene from ‘Suddenly Susan.’ (NBCUniversal via Getty Images)
PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE
“To tell you the truth, the only reason I went was because I had a boyfriend who was living there. We were supposed to get married, but couldn’t right away,” she said. “Since I had gone to all the trouble of moving to New York, I figured I might as well try to act.”
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE APP
Barbara Barrie with the cast of “Significant Other” on opening night at Booth Theatre in 2017. (Getty Images)
Barrie told the Westside Rag in 2024 that she has been acting for 55 years, and “I think it took 45 years to become a good actor. I think it takes that long. You strip away everything. You strip away all the junk. You strip away all the egos. You strip away all the temperament, and you just deal with the person you’re playing. That’s all you have to do, but it takes years to learn that.”
