Trained on a Fulbright Grant to the London Academy of Music and
Dramatic Art, Barbara's New York theatre work includes "Landscape &
Silence" by Harold Pinter, "Water Engine"
by David Mamet,
Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs"
and "Broadway Bound", Joseph Chaikin's
production of "America Hurrah!", and "Enter The Night" by
Maria Irene Fornes. Recent regional
standouts include "Long Days Journey Into Night" at Dallas Theatre
Center, "Death of a Salesman" at San Diego Repertory, "The Cripple Of
Inishman" at the Geffen, "Wonderful World" at Laguna Playhouse, "Six
Characters in Search of an Author" at Williamstown, and "Blue Window"
and "Sidney Bechet Killed a Man" at South Coast Repertory. Favorite
screen roles: the woman with 12 dogs on
Emergency Room: Die Notaufnahme (1994), the aged mother on
Cold Case - Kein Opfer ist je vergessen (2003) who comes to terms
with her murdered son's homosexuality,
Dwayne Johnson's mother in
Walking Tall - Auf eigene Faust (2004), and
Kevin McKidd's mother on
Journeyman - Der Zeitspringer (2007).
