Barbara Whinnery

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Barbara Whinnery
Born
Barbara K. Whinnery

(1953-07-01) 1 July 1953 (age 71)
OccupationActress
Years active1981–present

Barbara K. Whinnery (born July 1, 1953) is an American actress from Berkeley, California, best known for the role of Dr. Cathy Martin on the television drama St. Elsewhere . She has made guest appearances in several other television shows and has also appeared in movies and on stage.

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She trained at the Actor's Conservatory Theater in San Francisco (where her classmates included her future St. Elsewhere co-stars Denzel Washington and Cynthia Sikes ), and with Milton Katselas. She currently is a studio faculty member at The Acting Place in Los Angeles, California.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1986 Hamburger: The Motion Picture Sister Sara
1986 Miracles The Hooker
1986 Crawlspace Harriet Watkins
1988 Hot to Trot Denise
2006Street of DeathHomeless WomanShort
2020 The Killing of Two Lovers Mrs. Staples
2020 The Wolf of Snow Hollow Mrs. Fairchild

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1981 Best of the West Joleen HickersonEpisode: "Daniel's First Love"
1982–1986 St. Elsewhere Dr. Cathy Martin 32 episodes
1984 Riptide Janice SimpkinsEpisode: "Be True to Your School"
1985 Murder, She Wrote Gretchen PashkoEpisode: "Broadway Malady"
1987 Houston Knights Amy FieldsEpisode: "Heads I Win, Tails You Lose"
1988 Jake and the Fatman LucilleEpisode: "Blues in the Night"
1988–1990 Matlock Anna Moore, Arlene, Doreen FergusonEpisodes: "The Lovelorn", "The Black Widow", "The Brothers"
1990People Like UsDodo Fitz AllenTV miniseries
1991Seeds of TragedyAlexTV film
1993 CBS Schoolbreak Special Bobbie WaltersEpisode: "Big Boys Don't Cry"
1994 Valley of the Dolls WandaEpisode: "1.10"
1995 Vanishing Son EllaEpisode: "Miracle Under 34th Street"
1996 Chicago Hope Mrs. SylviaEpisode: "Transplanted Affection"
1996 Days of Our Lives Nancy2 episodes
1996 Apollo 11 Lola MorrowTV film
1997 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Mrs. AndersonEpisode: "The Pack"
1997 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction MaggieSegment: "Imaginary Friend"
1998 Diagnosis: Murder Lorraine BareEpisode: "Baby Boom"
1998 ER Mrs. DraperEpisode: "Day for Knight"
1998–1999 Sunset Beach Sister BertrilleRecurring role
1999 Brimstone KatherineEpisode: "Faces"
2008 True Blood Child PsychologistEpisode: "The First Taste"


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