Barbara Garrick is an American actress. Garrick has appeared on stage, television and in film.
Life and career
Garrick appeared in several New York-based television soap operas, including the roles of villainous nurse Charlotte Wheaton on Guiding Light in 1985, and Rita Renfield on As the World Turns in 1999. She originated the role of unstable cult member Allison Perkins on One Life to Live from 1986 to 1987, returning from August 2001 to August 2002, and then making brief appearances in October 2002 and January 2003. Garrick once again returned to the role from January 2008"Comings and Goings: Barbara Garrick (Allison Perkins)." Soap Opera Digest, Vol. 33, No. 2, January 8, 2008, page 14."OLTL’s Allison Perkins Returns!" – Soaps.com December 28, 2007. to March 2008. She reappeared from February to April 2010, and again on January 5, 2012, through the series' the broadcast finale January 13, 2012. Garrick returned for the first-season finale of Prospect Park's streaming reboot of One Life to Live on August 19, 2013.
Garrick's first film role was as Helen Weaver in the 1988 film Eight Men Out, followed by performances in films such as Working Girl (1988), Postcards from the Edge (1990), The Firm (1993), and Sleepless in Seattle (1993).
Garrick played DeDe Halcyon Day in four television miniseries based on Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City novels: Tales of the City (1993), More Tales of the City (1998), Further Tales of the City (2001), and Tales of the City (2019). In 2002, she was nominated for a Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series for Further Tales of the City.
Garrick also appeared in several episodes of the New York City-based procedural shows Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes1988Eight Men OutHelen Weaver1988Working GirlPhyllis Trask1990Days of ThunderLauren Daland1990Postcards from the EdgeCarol1993Kay Quinn1993Sleepless in SeattleVictoria1995Miami RhapsodyTerri1996Lizbeth Honeywell1997Weather Reporter2000PollockBetty Parsons2002Far from HeavenDoreen2005Brooklyn LobsterLynn Miller2008JumperEllen2008Mrs. Dobyne2013The Devil You KnowJoan Stone2013Blue JasmineHal and Jasmine's Friend2014That Awkward MomentChelsea's Mother2016You're Killing Me Susana2016My Father's PrisonersLisaShort
Television Year Title Role Notes1985Guiding LightCharlotte WheatonTV series1985Spenser: For HireCathy Lowington"Discord in a Minor"1986Mrs. Sims"The Haunting"One Life to LiveAllison PerkinsRecurring role1987Deborah Whitten "Hand and Glove"1988Spenser: For HireValentine"Haunting"1990Kojak: It's Always SomethingStacy WainwrightTV film1991Carolyn"Here's Why You Shouldn't Talk to Strangers in the Park"1993Dottie Gets SpankedLorraine GaleTV short1993Tales of the CityDeDe Halcyon DayTV miniseries1994Normandy: The Great CrusadeKarla King (voice)TV film1995Law & OrderJenny Sandig"Savages"1996Lifestories: Families in CrisisZoe Rossi"Someone Had to Be Benny"1996Dr. Ellen Kersaw"Afterlife"1997Ellen FosterAunt BetsyTV film1998More Tales of the CityDeDe DayTV miniseries1998–1999As the World TurnsRita RenfieldTV series2000Mary and RhodaGallery CuratorTV film2000Law & OrderMrs. Sims"Trade This"2000Sex and the CityCelia"Attack of the Five Foot Ten Woman"2001Amy & IsabelleTV film2001Further Tales of the CityDeDe DayTV miniseries2001Law & Order: Special Victims UnitHannah's Mother"Pixies"2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentJennifer Barish"The Good Doctor"2003Law & Order: Special Victims UnitKelly Wolcott"Serendipity"2006Law & Order: Criminal IntentPam Williams"Cruise to Nowhere"2019Tales of the CityDeDe DayMain cast
References
External links
Barbara Garrick credits – FilmReference.com Barbara Garrick's official website