October 28, 2026 2:29pm
Barbara Barrie, who received a Tony nomination for her role in Broadway’s original Company, an Oscar nomination for her performance in Breaking Away and wide recognition as the wife of Hal Linden’s police captain on TV’s Barney Miller, died today at her home in Manhattan. She was 95.
Her death was reported to The New York Times by her daughter Jane Harnick, who said Barrie’s death was medically assisted and that the actor had been diagnosed with terminal cancer.
A full obituary is forthcoming…
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Source: Deadline · Greg Evans
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