Patricia Barry

Patricia Barry

Born: November 16, 1921
in Davenport, Iowa, USA
Patricia received her first break into acting very soon after she graduated from Stephens College in the mid 1940s. Almost immediately after graduating, she received a contract from Columbus Pictures. They recognized that she had the rare combination of beauty, grace and intelligence that would serve her well throughout her long and well-respected career. When she first signed with Colombia Pictures, she was known as Patricia White. A few years later, in the late 1940s, she met Philip Barry, Jr., who was to become her husband. Philip was a television producer/director and the son and namesake of the well-known playwright, Philip Barry. By 1950, Patricia began using her married name, Barry. Patricia and her husband Philip shared a long and happy marriage that only ended upon his death on May 16, 1998. During their marriage, they collaborated on several projects. Her husband Philip wrote and she acted in episodes of Matinee Theater in the late 1950s. Her husband also produced several television programs that she acted in. They include: The Alcoa Hour, a major dramatic TV series than ran from 1955-1957, a well-known TV horror film called Crowhaven Farm (1970) and two a made-for-TV biographies, First You Cry (1978), and Bogie (1980). Patricia Barry may well be one of the hardest working actresses of her time. She has performed over 130 movie and television roles to date.

Movies for Patricia Barry...

Invasion of Privacy
Title: Invasion of Privacy
Character: Drama Coach
Released: December 7, 1992
Type: Movie
When a mentally imbalanced prisoner gets out on parole, he tracks down the journalist who interviewed him while he was behind bars and persuades her to hire him as an assistant. But when she denies his advances, he aims for her adolescent daughter. The girl thinks she can stave off his disturbing desires -- at least for a while. But her naïveté is no match for his perversity.
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She Woke Up
Title: She Woke Up
Character: Marcie Belcamp
Released: January 19, 1992
Type: Movie
A socialite comes out of a coma determined to identify her assailant who may be a family member with a motive to strike again.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Mrs. Stringfellow
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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Sea of Love
Title: Sea of Love
Character: Older Woman
Released: September 15, 1989
Type: Movie
Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. Joining up with an officer from another part of town to investigate a series of murders linked by the lonely hearts columns he finds he is getting seriously and possibly dangerously involved with Helen, one of the main suspects.
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For Keeps
Title: For Keeps
Character: Adoption Official
Released: January 15, 1988
Type: Movie
Young high school couple Darcy Elliot and Stan Bobrucz are one year from graduation, with promising futures ahead of them. But their paths take a drastic turn when Darcy becomes pregnant. Unwilling to go through an abortion or an adoption — despite their parents' pleas — Darcy and Stan decide to sacrifice their college experiences and degrees in order to keep and raise the baby. After a quick marriage, the two realize it won't be as easy as they thought.
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Title: Finder of Lost Loves
Character: Elaine Mailand
Released: September 22, 1984
Type: TV
The Finder of Lost Loves TV show was a 60 minute drama series on ABC about a private investigator who specialized in finding lost loves from the past for his heartbroken clients.
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Her Life as a Man
Title: Her Life as a Man
Character: Gloria Rogers
Released: March 12, 1984
Type: Movie
To land a sportswriting job on a national magazine run by a chauvinistic editor, an aspiring female reporter convincingly disguises herself as a man to get the inside story.
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The Jerk, Too
Title: The Jerk, Too
Character: Mrs. Van Buren
Released: January 6, 1984
Type: Movie
Navin Johnson heads to Los Angeles to attend the wedding of his pen pal, Marie. On the way, he runs across a gang of hobos whose leader, Diesel, takes him to Las Vegas after learning of his skills at poker.
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Twilight Zone: The Movie
Title: Twilight Zone: The Movie
Character: Mother
Released: June 24, 1983
Type: Movie
An anthology film presenting remakes of three episodes from the "Twilight Zone" TV series—"Kick the Can", "It's a Good Life" and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"—and one original story, "Time Out."
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The End of August
Title: The End of August
Character: Mrs. Merriman
Released: November 19, 1981
Type: Movie
In the turn of the century South, a woman feels unfulfilled by marriage and motherhood and has an affair with a younger man. Later, the woman leaves her family and tries to start a new life alone.
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The Girl on the Edge of Town
Title: The Girl on the Edge of Town
Released: April 4, 1981
Type: Movie
Patty Duke Astin received an Emmy nomination for her role as a mother whose teenage daughter learns she is pregnant thus bringing back memories of her own teenage years and mistakes.
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A Cry for Love
Title: A Cry for Love
Character: Jennifer Harris
Released: October 20, 1980
Type: Movie
Divorcee Susan Blakely, with no alimony and two kids to support, begins turning to amphetamines. While at her lowest ebb, she meets an alcoholic and three-time loser in marriage -- who, incredibly, turns out to be the ideal man!
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Bogie
Title: Bogie
Character: Zelda O'Moore
Released: March 4, 1980
Type: Movie
The Humphrey Bogart story from the early '30s until his death, covering the period as a struggling young actor through movie stardom and his marriages to Mayo Methot and Lauren Bacall.
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Title: The French Atlantic Affair
Character: Bee
Released: November 15, 1979
Type: TV
When the SS Festivale sets sail from New York to France, its 3,000 passengers include Pulitzer Prize-winning author Harold Columbine and 146 members of the Church of the Cosmic Path, led by Father Craig Dunleavy, their charismatic messiah. Seizing control of the ship, Dunleavy demands $70 million in gold, intending to kill everyone onboard once it's paid. Without knowing which passengers are cultists and warned that 12 will die for every hijacker harmed, Columbine and the captain search for a way to save 3,000 lives before Dunleavy makes good on his threat. Based on a novel by screenwriter Ernest Lehman, this mini-series was broadcast over three nights in November 1979.
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First, You Cry
Title: First, You Cry
Character: Anne
Released: November 8, 1978
Type: Movie
The story of television news correspondent Betty Rollin and her battle with breast cancer, and how her subsequent mastectomy changed her marriage, her philosophy and her entire life.
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Title: Three's Company
Character: Mrs. Claremont
Released: March 15, 1977
Type: TV
The three single roommates Janet Wood, Chrissy Snow and Jack Tripper all platonically share Apartment 201 in a Santa Monica, California apartment building owned by Mr. and Mrs. Roper.
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Police Headquarters
Title: Police Headquarters
Released: May 13, 1974
Type: Movie
A police lieutenant’s routine Sunday afternoon is interrupted by the deaths of a hoodlum and a socialite.
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The Great American Beauty Contest
Title: The Great American Beauty Contest
Character: Kay Earnshaw
Released: February 13, 1973
Type: Movie
The pursuit by America's loveliest girls for a coveted beauty crown is threatened by a scandal which implicates a judge, a former winner, and one of the five finalists.
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Dead Men Tell No Tales
Title: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Character: Lisa Martin
Released: December 17, 1971
Type: Movie
A photographer is chased by professional killers who have mistaken him for the person they're really after.
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Title: Monty Nash
Character: Molly
Released: September 17, 1971
Type: TV
Monty Nash is a government agent who often goes undercover to apprehend criminals.
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Title: Columbo
Character: Francine
Released: September 15, 1971
Type: TV
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
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The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
Title: The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
Character: Dr. Sadler
Released: August 19, 1971
Type: Movie
A stockbroker is stuck in a dreary job and a marriage that's become a dull routine. To cope with the boredom and frustration, he resorts to voyeurism and extramarital love affairs.
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Crowhaven Farm
Title: Crowhaven Farm
Character: Felicia
Released: November 24, 1970
Type: Movie
A couple, Maggie and Ben Porter, inherit an old farmhouse and move in, hoping to reinvigorate their marriage. When they learn the home was occupied long ago by a woman who was executed for practicing witchcraft, Maggie begins to have nightmares about her.
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Title: The Green Hornet
Character: Hazel Schmidt / Vina Rose
Released: September 9, 1966
Type: TV
The Green Hornet is a television series on the ABC US television network that aired for the 1966–1967 TV season starring Van Williams as the Green Hornet/Britt Reid and Bruce Lee as Kato.
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Dear Heart
Title: Dear Heart
Character: Mitchell
Released: March 7, 1965
Type: Movie
A lonely Ohio spinster hopes to find romance when she travels to New York City for a postmasters' convention.
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Kitten with a Whip
Title: Kitten with a Whip
Character: Vera
Released: November 4, 1964
Type: Movie
Straitlaced senatorial hopeful David Stratton has no idea what he's in for when he arrives home from a trip to find sexy teen Jody curled up asleep in his daughter's bed. Soon, delinquent Jody is holding David -- and his plush suburban home -- hostage while she hides out from the cops and throws wild parties with her beatnik pals. David, terrified of scandal, agrees to drive Jody and her friends to Mexico, a decision he regrets when the ride gets out of control.
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Send Me No Flowers
Title: Send Me No Flowers
Character: Linda Bullard
Released: October 14, 1964
Type: Movie
At one of his many visits to his doctor, hypochondriac George Kimball mistakes a dying man's diagnosis for his own and believes he only has about two more weeks to live. Wanting to take care of his wife Judy, he doesn't tell her and tries to find her a new husband. When he finally does tell her, she quickly finds out he's not dying at all (while he doesn't) and she believes it's just a lame excuse to hide an affair, so she decides to leave him.
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Title: Harris Against the World
Character: Kate Harris
Released: October 5, 1964
Type: TV
Harris Against the World is one of three NBC sitcoms set in a California apartment complex located at 90 Bristol Court. It stars Jack Klugman as Alan Harris, a resident of the apartment and the superintendent of a large Hollywood movie studio.
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Sammy, the Way-Out Seal
Title: Sammy, the Way-Out Seal
Character: Helen Loomis
Released: October 28, 1962
Type: Movie
Two young brothers secretly bring home a seal from their summer vacation and try to hide it from Mom and Dad. Havoc ensues as Sammy's antics disrupt the quiet town of Gatesville and its unsuspecting residents.
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Title: The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Character: Lisa Brisson
Released: September 20, 1962
Type: TV
A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and mysteries.
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Title: The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Character: Lana Layne
Released: September 20, 1962
Type: TV
A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and mysteries.
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Safe at Home!
Title: Safe at Home!
Character: Johanna Price
Released: April 13, 1962
Type: Movie
A Florida boy (Bryan Russell) tells his Little League buddies that his father knows two New York Yankees (Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris).
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Title: Hong Kong
Character: Maria
Released: March 1, 1960
Type: TV
Hong Kong is a 26-episode adventure/drama series which aired on ABC television during the 1960–1961 season and helped to catapult Australian actor Rod Taylor into a major film star, primarily in the 1960s, beginning with his role in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. The series was a production of 20th Century Fox Television, and the final credit of each episode stated: "Filmed by Twentieth Century Fox Television Inc. at its Hollywood studios and in the Crown Colony of Hong Kong".
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Title: The Twilight Zone
Character: Leila
Released: October 2, 1959
Type: TV
A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
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The Great Gatsby
Title: The Great Gatsby
Character: Jordan Baker
Released: June 26, 1958
Type: Movie
Adaptation of the 1925 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald for "Playhouse 90." A Midwesterner becomes fascinated with his wealthy neighbor, who obsesses over his lost love.
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Title: Perry Mason
Character: Eva Belter
Released: September 21, 1957
Type: TV
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
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Pardon My Nightshirt
Title: Pardon My Nightshirt
Released: November 22, 1956
Type: Movie
Professor Clyde is on the lookout for a nightshirt bandit prowling the college campus.
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Title: General Electric Theater
Character: Geraldine
Released: February 1, 1953
Type: TV
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
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The Tattooed Stranger
Title: The Tattooed Stranger
Character: Mary Mahan
Released: February 9, 1950
Type: Movie
Detectives investigate the Central Park murder of a young woman with a Marine Corps tattoo.
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The Undercover Man
Title: The Undercover Man
Character: Muriel Gordon
Released: March 21, 1949
Type: Movie
Frank Warren is a treasury agent assigned to put an end to the activities of a powerful mob crime boss. Frank works undercover, posing as a criminal to seek information, but is frustrated when all he finds are terrified witnesses and corrupt police officers.
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Manhattan Angel
Title: Manhattan Angel
Character: Maggie Graham
Released: March 17, 1949
Type: Movie
Gloria Cole and Eddie Swenson are working to keep an old fire house, now being used as a youth center, from being razed to make room for a new skyscraper in Manhattan.
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Riders of the Whistling Pines
Title: Riders of the Whistling Pines
Character: Helen Carter
Released: March 16, 1949
Type: Movie
While trailing Forest Ranger Charles Carter, who is suspected of permitting lumber man Henry Mitchell to cut restricted timber, Gene fires at a dangerous mountain lion and apparently kills Carter. Actually, Bill Wright, Mitchell's associate, killed Carter because the ranger had discovered tussock moth infestation in the forest, and if the infestation was not reported, the trees would die and have to be cut, thereby profiting Mitchell and Wright. In order to compensate the best he can, Gene sells his sportsman's camp and gives the money to Carter's daughter Helen . En route to Texas, Gene discovers the infestation and is assigned by the Forest Department to supervise the program of spraying the area with DDT from the air. After the first day of spraying, the DDT is blamed by furious stock men for the many animals found dead of poisoning.
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Slightly French
Title: Slightly French
Character: Hilda (uncredited)
Released: February 2, 1949
Type: Movie
A film director, in bad standing with his studio, tries to turn a local carnival dancer into a "French" movie star and pass her off as his big new discovery.
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Singin' Spurs
Title: Singin' Spurs
Character: Joan Dennis (as Patricia White)
Released: September 22, 1948
Type: Movie
In order to help neighboring Indians irrigate their farms, the Hotshots plan to put on a fair for tourists. But first they need $2000 for an advertising campaign, and the only way they can get it is to borrow it from a wealthy local woman, who has made it clear that she won't give them the money until Hezzie marries her.
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Blazing Across the Pecos
Title: Blazing Across the Pecos
Character: Lola Carter
Released: July 1, 1948
Type: Movie
This time the Durango Kid confronts an expert gambler.
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Flat Feat
Title: Flat Feat
Character: Mary, Police Operator
Released: June 24, 1948
Type: Movie
Sterling, a rookie cop, finds it hard to live up to the reputation his father, who was also a police officer, has.
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Trapped by Boston Blackie
Title: Trapped by Boston Blackie
Character: Joan Howell (as Patricia White)
Released: May 13, 1948
Type: Movie
Blackie is the natural suspect when an expensive pearl necklace is stolen while he is supposed to be guarding it.
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The Wreck of the Hesperus
Title: The Wreck of the Hesperus
Character: Deborah Allen
Released: February 4, 1948
Type: Movie
The story of an ex-sea captain who uses devious means to make his salvage company a success. Based on Longfellow's famous poem.
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Variety Girl
Title: Variety Girl
Character: Variety Girl (uncredited)
Released: August 29, 1947
Type: Movie
Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful young ladies who come to Hollywood, exchange identities, and cause comic confusion (with slapstick interludes) throughout the Paramount studio.
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Cry Wolf
Title: Cry Wolf
Character: Angela the Maid
Released: August 19, 1947
Type: Movie
A woman uncovers deadly secrets when she visits her late husband's family.
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The Beast with Five Fingers
Title: The Beast with Five Fingers
Character: Clara the Maid
Released: February 8, 1947
Type: Movie
Locals in an Italian village believe evil has taken over the estate of a recently deceased pianist where murder has taken place. The alleged killer: the pianist's severed hand.
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Humoresque
Title: Humoresque
Character: Fritzie - Bauer's Secretary (uncredited)
Released: January 25, 1947
Type: Movie
A classical musician from a working class background is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy, neurotic socialite.
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Deception
Title: Deception
Character: Music Student (uncredited)
Released: October 26, 1946
Type: Movie
After marrying her long lost love, a pianist finds the relationship threatened by a wealthy composer who is besotted with her.