Barbara Harris (actress)

Barbara Harris ( born July 25, 1935 in Evanston ) is an American actress.

Life

Barbara Harris is the daughter of businessman Oscar Harris and the pianist Natalie Densmore.

She began her acting career as a teenager in the Playwrights Theatre in Chicago. She was a member of the Compass player, one of the first improvisational theater ensembles in the United States, which later became the theater group The Second City emerged. The Musical From the Second City (1961 ), she made her debut on Broadway. For her performance she was nominated the following year as " Best Actress in a Musical " for the Theatre Prize Tony Award. In 1962 she was awarded the Theatre World Award for the play Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad excellent. In 1967 she won the Tony Award for the musical The Apple Tree from 1966.

Your first movie Thousand Clowns ( A Thousand Clowns ), in which she appeared alongside Jason Robards, she turned in 1965. Among her most important film credits include Nashville (1975 ) by Robert Altman and family grave (1976 ), the last film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. In the Disney Fantasy Film A very Freaky Friday (1976 ), she played Ellen Andrews, the mother of Annabel Andrews, who was portrayed by Jodie Foster.

In the years 1990 and 1991, Barbara Harris starred in the TV series ENG with. Today she works as a theater director and is acting lessons.

Awards and honors

For the following roles Harris was nominated for a Golden Globe:

• Sandra Markowitz in the movie A thousand clowns
• Albuquerque in the movie Nashville,
• Blanche Tyler in the movie family grave,
• Ellen Andrews in the film One Crazy Friday.

For the role of Allison Densmore in the film Who is Harry Kellerman? was in 1972 nominated as " Best Supporting Actress " for the Oscar.

Filmography