Barbara Ulrich

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Barbara Ulrich
Born1945 (age 79–80)
New York City
OccupationActress

Barbara Ulrich (born 1945) is a Canadian actress and filmmaker, best known for her role as Barbara in the 1964 film The Cat in the Bag (Le Chat dans le sac). [1]

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She was born in New York City to Jewish parents, before moving to Montreal, Quebec, with her family in the early 1950s. [2]

Despite having had a starring role in one of the most important films in Quebec and Canadian cinematic history, she did not maintain an acting career for many years afterward, instead concentrating on her family life with director Gilles Groulx. [2] Following Groulx's death in 1994 she remained active in promoting his cinematic legacy, [3] serving as a spokesperson for his estate in film retrospectives and other later coverage of his career. [4] She began to take occasional acting roles again in the 2000s, appearing in films such as Danny in the Sky , [5] Ascension, [6] and Mad Dog Labine . [7]

She collaborated with Renaud Lessard on the 2025 film Barbaracadabra, a comedic documentary about Ulrich grappling with her desire to add film directing to her résumé late in life. The film is slated to premiere in the National Competition at the 2025 Festival du nouveau cinéma. [8]

Filmography

Barbara Ulrich film and television credits
YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1964 The Cat in the Bag (Le Chat dans le sac)BarbaraTheatrical film [9] [10]
1965 Festival HerselfEpisode: "Cine Boom" [11]
1976 The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox MaisieTheatrical film [9] [12]
1995 Too Much Is Enough (Trop c'est assez)HerselfDocumentary film
Brief Encounters and Light Inclinations (Brèves rencontres et légers penchants)
2001 Danny in the Sky BabaTheatrical film [12]
2002AscensionOlder WomandTheatrical film [12]
2016Quebec My Country Mon PaysHerselfDocumentary film [12]
2018 Mad Dog Labine ColetteTheatrical film [13]
2019 Forgotten Flowers (Les Fleurs oubliés)BarbaraTheatrical film
2025 Death Does Not Exist (La mort n'existe pas)Voice roleTheatrical film [13]
BarbaracadabraHerselfTheatrical film. Also codirector with Renaud Lessard

References

  1. ↑ Herbert Aronoff, "At the film festival: 'Chat dans le sac'". Montreal Star , August 10, 1964.
  2. 1 2 Régis Tremblay, "Nouvelle vague d'hier". Le Soleil , December 1, 1999.
  3. ↑ Régis Tremblay, "Une révolution de palais qui a ébranlé L'ONF". Le Soleil , December 1, 1999.
  4. ↑ "A French-Canadian director, John Coltrane and an album nearly lost to time: the full story". Q , September 27, 2019.
  5. ↑ Fabrice Pradas, Cinéma gay: un siècle d'homosexualité sur grand écran". Publibook, 2006. ISBN   9782748387995. p. 117.
  6. ↑ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Ascension – Film de Karim Hussain". Films du Québec, January 1, 2009.
  7. ↑ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Mad Dog Labine – Film de Jonathan Beaulieu-Cyr et Renaud Lessard". Films du Québec, April 2, 2019.
  8. ↑ Camille Dehaene, "Festival du nouveau cinéma 2025 : plus de 260 films présentés à Montréal pour la 54e édition". Atuvu, September 24, 2025.
  9. 1 2 "Barbara Ulrich". AFI Catalog of Feature Films . American Film Institute . Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  10. ↑ "Barbara Ulrich: Filmography". Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  11. ↑ "Festival - 1965-04-07 - Cine Boom". CBC Archive Sales. CBC / Société Radio Canada . Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  12. 1 2 3 4 "Barbara Ulrich: Credits". TV Guide. TV Guide, A Fandom Company. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  13. 1 2 "Barbara Ulrich". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media / NBCUniversal . Retrieved 26 September 2025.
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