Barbara Garrick

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Barbara Garrick
OccupationActress
Years active1985–present
Notable work

Barbara Garrick is an American actress. Garrick has appeared on stage, television and in film.

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Life and career

Garrick appeared in several New York-based television soap operas, including the roles of villainous nurse Charlotte Wheaton on Guiding Light in 1985, [1] and Rita Renfield on As the World Turns in 1999. [2] She originated the role of unstable cult member Allison Perkins on One Life to Live from 1986 to 1987, [3] [4] returning from August 2001 [5] to August 2002, [6] and then making brief appearances in October 2002 [7] [8] [9] and January 2003. [4] Garrick once again returned to the role from January 2008 [10] [11] to March 2008. [12] She reappeared from February to April 2010, [13] and again on January 5, 2012, through the series' the broadcast finale January 13, 2012. Garrick returned for the first-season finale of Prospect Park's streaming reboot of One Life to Live on August 19, 2013. [2]

Garrick's first film role was as Helen Weaver in the 1988 film Eight Men Out , [14] followed by performances in films such as Working Girl (1988), Postcards from the Edge (1990), The Firm (1993), [15] and Sleepless in Seattle (1993). [16]

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). [17] [18] [19] [20] In 2002, she was nominated for a Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series for Further Tales of the City. [2]

Garrick 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 .[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
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
2016My Father's PrisonersLisaShort

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1985 Guiding Light Charlotte WheatonTV series
1985 Spenser: For Hire Cathy Lowington"Discord in a Minor"
1986 The Campbells Mrs. Sims"The Haunting"
  • 1986–1987,
  • 2001–2003,
  • 2008, 2010,
  • 2012–2013
One Life to Live Allison Perkins Recurring role
1987 The Equalizer Deborah Whitten"Hand and Glove"
1988 Spenser: For Hire Valentine"Haunting"
1990Kojak: It's Always SomethingStacy WainwrightTV film
1991 The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd Carolyn"Here's Why You Shouldn't Talk to Strangers in the Park"
1993Dottie Gets SpankedLorraine GaleTV short
1993 Tales of the City DeDe Halcyon DayTV miniseries
1994Normandy: The Great CrusadeKarla 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 BetsyTV film
1998 More Tales of the City DeDe DayTV miniseries
1998–1999 As the World Turns Rita RenfieldTV series
2000 Mary and Rhoda Gallery CuratorTV 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 DayTV 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 DayMain cast

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