{"id":898327,"date":"2026-10-29T04:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T04:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/898327\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T04:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T04:16:11","slug":"barbara-barrie-dead-company-star-was-95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/898327\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbara Barrie Dead: ‘Company’ Star Was 95"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBarbara Barrie<\/a>, the Oscar-, Emmy- and Tony-nominated actress who starred in the original production of \u201cCompany\u201d and in films including \u201cBreaking Away,\u201d died Wednesday in Manhattan. She was 95.<\/p>\n

\n\tHer daughter confirmed her death to the New York Times and said Barrie\u2019s death was medically assisted following a terminal cancer diagnosis.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn stage, Barrie made her Broadway debut in 1955 in \u201cThe Wooden Dish,\u201d and went on to perform in roles across Broadway and off for more than 60 years until she took her last bow in \u201cSignificant Other.\u201d She starred in 1976\u2019s \u201cCalifornia Suite,\u201d 1958\u2019s \u201cThe Crucible,\u201d and in both \u201cA Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream\u201d and \u201cThe Taming of the Shrew\u201d from 1958-1959. She was, most notably, a member of the original Broadway cast of \u201cCompany,\u201d Stephen Sondheim\u2019s acclaimed 1970s musical. She was nominated for a Tony for best featured actress in a musical for the role of Sarah.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn screen, Barrie made her film debut in \u201cGiant\u201d in 1956, and went on to star in 1964\u2019s \u201cOne Potato, Two Potato,\u201d for which she won the best actress award at the Cannes Film Festival. In 1979, she starred in \u201cBreaking Away,\u201d which was nominated for five Oscars. She earned a best supporting actress nod for her role. On television, Barrie appeared on shows including \u201cThe Defenders,\u201d \u201cNaked City,\u201d \u201cTwilight Zone,\u201d \u201cThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour,\u201d \u201cBarney Miller\u201d and \u201cSuddenly Susan.\u201d She earned Emmy nominations for the TV adaptation of \u201cBreaking Away,\u201d as well as for her appearances on \u201cLaw & Order\u201d and \u201cLaw & Order: SVU.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBarrie was born on May 23, 1931, in Chicago, and grew up in Texas. She graduated from the University of Texas in 1952 with a major in drama.<\/p>\n

\n\tBarrie was diagnosed with rectal cancer in the early 90s, and wrote two books about her battle with the illness in an effort to reduce the stigma: \u201cSecond Act\u201d in 1997 and \u201cDon\u2019t Die of Embarrassment\u201d in 1999. Years later, in 2014, she announced that she had the degenerative disease idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn addition to her daughter, she is survived by her son, Aaron Harnick, and three granddaughters. Her husband, Jay Harnick, died in 2007.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barbara Barrie, the Oscar-, Emmy- and Tony-nominated actress who starred in the original production of \u201cCompany\u201d and in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":898328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[376546,236,88],"class_list":["post-898327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-barbara-barrie","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=898327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/898328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=898327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=898327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=898327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}