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<\/p>\nFormer Corpus Christi resident Barbara Barrie, an award-winning actress, died Oct. 28.<\/p>\n
She was 95.<\/p>\n
Barrie was diagnosed with terminal cancer and died by medically assisted suicide in New York City.<\/p>\n
The Medical Aid in Dying Act, signed into law in February by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, allows eligible terminally ill adults with a prognosis of six months or less to request medication prescribed by a physician to end their lives, subject to safeguards and eligibility requirements.<\/p>\n
Barrie’s family moved to Corpus Christi from Chicago in 1939 when she was in elementary school. She graduated from Corpus Christi High School, now Miller High School, in 1949 and attended Del Mar College for one year. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a major in drama in 1953.<\/p>\n
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Barbara Barrie attends the “Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me” screening at the Paley Center For Media on Feb. 19, 2014, in New York City.<\/p>\n
The actress won Best Actress at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival for her work in “One Potato, Two Potato,” and was nominated for a Tony Award in 1971, an Academy Award in 1980 and three Emmy Awards from 1980 through 2003.<\/p>\n
Other film and television credits of Barrie’s include the Disney movie “Hercules,” “Barney Miller,” “Breaking Away,” “Private Benjamin,” “Suddenly Susan” and “The Twilight Zone.”<\/p>\n
The Caller-Times first reported on Barrie’s dive into acting on May 12, 1955, announcing she would star in an episode of ABC’s “Pond’s Theater.”<\/p>\n
In March 1980, about two weeks before the 52nd Academy Awards, the Caller-Times interviewed Barrie about her Best Supporting Actress nomination for “Breaking Away,” a 1979 coming-of-age film about four male teenagers. She said the nomination was a surprise to her.<\/p>\n
“It was not one of those things where you walked away and said, ‘Oh, that’s the best thing I’ve ever done,'” Barrie told the Caller-Times. “It was good work, and then I went right back to California and did two TV shows and then came home. And then I really forgot about it. I didn’t think about it much more.<\/p>\n
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Barbara Barrie, center, talks with duchesses at the Buc Days Coronation Pageant at the Bayfront Plaza Convention Center in May 2001 in Corpus Christi, Texas.<\/p>\n
“It would be fun to win. But I’ll tell you, being nominated is a ball. It couldn’t be much more fun than this.”<\/p>\n
In November 1996, Barrie told the Caller-Times she had not lived in Corpus Christi for about 50 years but still kept in touch with friends and cherished memories of her childhood in the Coastal Bend. She mentioned how she picnicked and went horseback riding on North Padre Island when she was young.<\/p>\n
In February 1998, Barrie stopped by Corpus Christi to promote her memoir, “Second Act: Life After Colostomy and Other Adventures.” Barrie told the Caller-Times she had been diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 1994.<\/p>\n
The last time the Caller-Times reported on Barrie was in May 2001, when she visited the city for the Buc Days Coronation Pageant.<\/p>\n
John Oliva covers entertainment and community news in South Texas. Have a story idea? Contact him at john.oliva@caller.com.<\/p>\n
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