Barbara Barrie, Oscar-nominated actress for ‘Barney Miller,’ dies at 95

Barbara Barrie played Hal Linden’s wife in “Barney Miller.” (Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)

Barbara Barrie has died aged 95 after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, according to a report.

The “Barney Miller” actress’ death at her New York home was caused by medical assistance, her daughter told the New York Times.

The Oscar-nominated actress’ television and film career spanned several decades, from the 1950s until last year.

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Barbara Barrie, 95, died with medical assistance this week after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. (Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)

Barrie was known for her small-screen roles as Barney Miller’s wife on “Barney Miller,” a crime series that aired from 1975 to 1982, and as Brooke Shields’ grandmother on “Suddenly Susan.”

She was nominated for an Academy Award for “Breaking Away” in 1979, and she won the best actress award at the Cannes Film Festival for “One Potato, Two Potato” in 1964.

She lost to Meryl Streep for “Kramer vs. Kramer” at the Oscars.

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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.”

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The 95-year-old made her Broadway debut in “The Wooden Dish” in 1955 after moving to New York after graduating 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)

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“To tell you the truth, the only reason I went there was because I had a boyfriend who lived there. We were supposed to get married, but we couldn’t do it right away,” she said. “Since I had gone to the trouble of moving to New York, I figured I might as well try acting.”

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Barbara Barrie with the cast of “Significant Other” at opening night at the Booth Theater in 2017. (Getty Images)

Barrie told the Westside Rag in 2024, 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 take everything away. You take away all the junk. You take away all the egos. You take 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.”