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Nancy Barrett is a Actor American born on 5 october 1943 at Shreveport (USA)

Nancy Barrett

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Nationality USA
Birth 5 october 1943 (80 years) at Shreveport (USA)

Nancy Barrett, (born October 5, 1943) is an American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Carolyn Stoddard (among other characters) in the popular 1960s gothic soap opera Dark Shadows. Barrett was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, but most of her early life was spent in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

After completing high school, she entered Baylor University in Waco, Texas, but she spent her final year of college at UCLA in Los Angeles, California. After graduating from UCLA, she married Ralph Pine, her agent. The couple moved to New York City, New York, where she landed the role of "Carolyn Stoddard" on the gothic soap opera Dark Shadows in June 1966. While on the show, she met David Ford, who was one of the other actors on the show. Following her divorce from Pine, Barrett and Ford married in 1967; the marriage lasted two years.

While on Dark Shadows, she appeared in two movies based on the series – House of Dark Shadows (1970) and Night of Dark Shadows (1971). The series itself was canceled in April 1971. She appeared in a total of four hundred and five episodes.

Barrett married psychiatrist Harold Kaplan in the early seventies. Throughout that decade, she appeared on numerous soaps, including The Doctors, One Life to Live, Somerset, and Ryan's Hope. She made her last onscreen appearance in 1986's Belizaire the Cajun.

In 2009, she reprised her role of Carolyn in the audio drama Curse of the Pharaoh. Barrett's husband, the aforementioned Harold Kaplan, died in late 1997. Since his passing, she appeared in a New York production of The Nutcracker, marking her ballet debut.

Biography

Bien que native de la Louisiane, elle a passé la plus grande partie de sa jeunesse à Bartlesville dans l'Oklahoma. Après avoir finie le lycée, elle entre à l'université de Baylor à Waco au Texas. Elle finit sa dernière année d'études universitaires à l'UCLA de Los Angeles. Après son diplôme, elle épouse son fiancé et agent, Ralph Pine. Le couple déménage à New York. C'est là-bas qu'elle obtient le rôle de Carolyn Stoddard dans la série Dark Shadows en juin 1966. Sur le tournage, elle fait la connaissance de l'acteur David Ford qui deviendra son second époux. Après son divorce de Pine, elle l'épouse en 1967 mais le mariage ne durera pas plus de deux ans.


Après l'annulation de la série en 1971, Nancy épouse le psychiatre Harold Kaplan. Elle fera ensuite des apparitions dans d'autres soaps opéras. Elle fera sa dernière apparition sur le petit écran en 1986 dans le téléfilm Belisaire, le Cajun. À la mort de son mari en 1997, elle quitte le métier d'actrice définitivement. Elle reprendra son rôle de Carolyn Stoddard en 2009 à l'occasion de l'enregistrement d'une aventure audio intitulée Curse of the Pharaoh

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Dan Curtis
Dan Curtis
(2 films)
Glen Pitre
Glen Pitre
(1 films)
Grayson Hall
Grayson Hall
(2 films)
Thayer David
Thayer David
(2 films)
John Karlen
John Karlen
(2 films)
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Filmography of Nancy Barrett (3 films)

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Belizaire the Cajun, 1h43
Directed by Glen Pitre
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Actors Armand Assante, Michael Schoeffling, Stephen McHattie, Will Patton, Nancy Barrett, Robert Duvall
Roles Rebecca
Rating64% 3.240633.240633.240633.240633.24063
Le film se déroule au milieu du XIX siècle, bien après la vente de la Louisiane par Napoléon Ier. Le sujet du film raconte l'histoire d'un médecin cajun, Bélisaire Breaux, aux savoirs médicaux traditionnels et ancestraux appris auprès des Amérindiens depuis l'époque de la Louisiane française, entrant en conflit avec les nouveaux immigrants anglophones venant peupler l'État américain de la Louisiane. L'action se passe essentiellement dans le Sud-Ouest de la Louisiane historique, au milieu des bayous dans la région de l'Acadiane.
Night of Dark Shadows, 1h35
Directed by Dan Curtis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Ghost films, Vampires in film
Actors David Selby, Grayson Hall, Kate Jackson, Lara Parker, John Karlen, Nancy Barrett
Roles Claire Jenkins
Rating54% 2.711612.711612.711612.711612.71161
Handsome young artist Quentin Collins arrives at his newly inherited estate of Collinwood with his beautiful wife Tracy. They meet the housekeeper Carlotta Drake and the caretaker Gerard Stiles. The Collins' friends Alex and Claire Jenkins, who have co-written several successful horror novels, move into a cottage on the estate.
House of Dark Shadows, 1h37
Directed by Dan Curtis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Vampires in film
Actors Jonathan Frid, Grayson Hall, Joan Bennett, Kathryn Leigh Scott, John Karlen, Roger Davis
Roles Carolyn Stoddard
Rating62% 3.1016153.1016153.1016153.1016153.101615
Willie Loomis, the Collins family handyman, is searching for old treasure in the family mausoleum when he accidentally frees Barnabas Collins, a 175-year-old vampire who enslaves him. Upon his release, he attacks Daphne Budd, secretary to Collinwood’s matriarch, Elizabeth Collins Stoddard. She is discovered by Jeff Clark, who takes her back to the house where Dr. Julia Hoffman administers medical attention to her.