Barbara Barrie dies at 95 after terminal cancer diagnosis
Actress Barbara Barrie died Wednesday at her Manhattan home following a medically assisted death due to terminal cancer.
Career highlights and awards
Barrie received an Oscar nomination for her role as the supportive mother in the film Breaking Away. She also earned one of fourteen Tony nominations during the original Broadway run of Stephen Sondheim's musical Company. Her extensive stage work included appearances in Neil Simon's The Prisoner of Second Avenue and Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song Trilogy.
Television roles and legacy
Fans recognize her best known role as the wife of Captain Hal Linden on the sitcom Barney Miller. She later appeared in Suddenly Susan as the grandmother and confidant of Brooke Shields' character. Her final film role was in Joshua Harmon's Significant Other where she played a Jewish bubbe.
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