Barbara Garrick
Barbara Garrick is an American actress. Garrick has appeared on stage, television and in film.
Life and career
Garrick was born in Los Angeles, California. A graduate of the Juilliard School of Drama, she has several stage credits, including Eastern Standard, Stanley, and A Thousand Clowns.
She performed on several New York-based television shows, including several stints on soap operas. She portrayed the villainous nurse Charlotte Wheaton on Guiding Light in 1985, and on As the World Turns in 1999. She had several stints as cult follower Allison Perkins on One Life to Live, and first appeared as the character from 1986 to 1987, with subsequent stints from 2001 to 2003, in 2008 and in 2010. Garrick returned to the show in its final few months and was a prominent part of its final episode on January 13, 2012. She later returned for the series online run in 2013.
Garrick played DeDe Halcyon Day in four television miniseries based on Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City novels: Tales of the City (1993), More Tales of the City (1998), Further Tales of the City (2001), and Tales of the City (2019). She was nominated for a Gemini Award in 1999 for Further Tales of the City. She also appeared in several episodes of the New York City-based procedural shows Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and was featured in the 1993 film Sleepless in Seattle.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1988 | Eight Men Out | Helen Weaver | |
1988 | Working Girl | Phyllis Trask | |
1990 | Days of Thunder | Lauren Daland | |
1990 | Postcards from the Edge | Carol | |
1993 | The Firm | Kay Quinn | |
1993 | Sleepless in Seattle | Victoria | |
1995 | Miami Rhapsody | Terri | |
1996 | A Couch in New York | Lizbeth Honeywell | |
1997 | The Ice Storm | Weather Reporter | |
2000 | Pollock | Betty Parsons | |
2002 | Far from Heaven | Doreen | |
2005 | Brooklyn Lobster | Lynn Miller | |
2008 | Jumper | Ellen | |
2008 | The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond | Mrs. Dobyne | |
2013 | The Devil You Know | Joan Stone | |
2013 | Blue Jasmine | Hal and Jasmine's Friend | |
2014 | That Awkward Moment | Chelsea's Mother | |
2016 | You're Killing Me Susana | ||
2016 | My Father's Prisoners | Lisa | Short |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1985 | Guiding Light | Charlotte Wheaton | TV series |
1985 | Spenser: For Hire | Cathy Lowington | "Discord in a Minor" |
1986 | The Campbells | Mrs. Sims | "The Haunting" |
| One Life to Live | Allison Perkins | Recurring role |
1987 | The Equalizer | Deborah Whitten | "Hand and Glove" |
1988 | Spenser: For Hire | Valentine | "Haunting" |
1990 | Kojak: It's Always Something | Stacy Wainwright | TV film |
1991 | The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd | Carolyn | "Here's Why You Shouldn't Talk to Strangers in the Park" |
1993 | Dottie Gets Spanked | Lorraine Gale | TV short |
1993 | Tales of the City | DeDe Halcyon Day | TV miniseries |
1994 | Normandy: The Great Crusade | Karla King (voice) | TV film |
1995 | Law & Order | Jenny Sandig | "Savages" |
1996 | Lifestories: Families in Crisis | Zoe Rossi | "Someone Had to Be Benny" |
1996 | The Outer Limits | Dr. Ellen Kersaw | "Afterlife" |
1997 | Ellen Foster | Aunt Betsy | TV film |
1998 | More Tales of the City | DeDe Day | TV miniseries |
1998–1999 | As the World Turns | Rita Renfield | TV series |
2000 | Mary and Rhoda | Gallery Curator | TV film |
2000 | Law & Order | Mrs. Sims | "Trade This" |
2000 | Sex and the City | Celia | "Attack of the Five Foot Ten Woman" |
2001 | Amy & Isabelle | TV film | |
2001 | Further Tales of the City | DeDe Day | TV miniseries |
2001 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Hannah's Mother | "Pixies" |
2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Jennifer Barish | "The Good Doctor" |
2003 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Kelly Wolcott | "Serendipity" |
2006 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Pam Williams | "Cruise to Nowhere" |
2019 | Tales of the City | DeDe Day | Main cast |
External links
- Barbara Garrick at IMDb
- Barbara Garrick credits – FilmReference.com
- Barbara Garrick's official website