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Patricia Barry
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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. P…
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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.
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BODY OF WORK
Patricia Barry's Filmography
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Invasion of Privacy
as Drama Coach
She Woke Up
as Marcie Belcamp
Sea of Love
as Older Woman
For Keeps
as Adoption Official
Her Life as a Man
as Gloria Rogers
The Jerk, Too
as Mrs. Van Buren
Twilight Zone: The Movie
as Mother
The End of August
as Mrs. Merriman
The Girl on the Edge of Town
as Mrs. Panich
No Poster
A Cry for Love
as Jennifer Harris
Bogie
as Zelda O'Moore
First, You Cry
as Anne
Police Headquarters
as Anne Chapin
The Great American Beauty Contest
as Kay Earnshaw
Dead Men Tell No Tales
as Lisa Martin
The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
as Dr. Sadler
Crowhaven Farm
as Felicia
Dear Heart
as Mitchell
Kitten with a Whip
as Vera
Send Me No Flowers
as Linda Bullard
Sammy, the Way-Out Seal
as Helen Loomis
Safe at Home!
as Johanna Price
The Great Gatsby
as Jordan Baker
No Poster
Pardon My Nightshirt
The Tattooed Stranger
as Mary Mahan
The Undercover Man
as Muriel Gordon
Manhattan Angel
as Maggie Graham
Riders of the Whistling Pines
as Helen Carter
Slightly French
as Hilda (uncredited)
Singin' Spurs
as Joan Dennis (as Patricia White)
Blazing Across the Pecos
as Lola Carter
Flat Feat
as Mary, Police Operator
Trapped by Boston Blackie
as Joan Howell (as Patricia White)
The Wreck of the Hesperus
as Deborah Allen
Rose of Santa Rosa
as Dolores de Garfias
No Poster
When a Girl's Beautiful
as Ellen Trennis
Variety Girl
as Variety Girl (uncredited)
Cry Wolf
as Angela the Maid
The Beast with Five Fingers
as Clara the Maid
Humoresque
as Fritzie - Bauer's Secretary (uncredited)
The Man I Love
as Chorine (uncredited)
Deception
as Music Student (uncredited)