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Barbara Babcock is a Actor American born on 27 february 1937 at Fort Riley (USA)

Barbara Babcock

Barbara Babcock
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Nationality USA
Birth 27 february 1937 (87 years) at Fort Riley (USA)

Barbara Babcock (born February 27, 1937) is an American character actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as the sensuous Grace Gardner on Hill Street Blues, for which she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress—Drama Series in 1981, and her role as Dorothy Jennings on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1993.

Biography

Bien qu'elle soit née aux États-Unis, Barbara Babcock a passé une grande partie de son enfance à Tokyo, au Japon, parce que son père, Conrad Stanton Babcock Jr. était général dans l'armée américaine d'occupation. Elle a appris à parler le japonais avant l'anglais.

Barbara Babcock a étudié à l'université de Lausanne en Suisse et à l'université italienne de Milan. Elle a également assisté à l'École de M Porter et est diplômée du Collège de Wellesley, où elle était un camarade de classe d'Ali MacGraw.

Usually with

Ron Howard
Ron Howard
(1 films)
David Keith
David Keith
(2 films)
John Anderson
John Anderson
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Barbara Babcock (18 films)

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Actress

Home Alone 4, 1h29
Directed by Rod Daniel
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about families, Christmas films, Children's films
Actors Mike Weinberg, French Stewart, Missi Pyle, Jason Beghe, Barbara Babcock, Erick Avari
Roles Molly
Rating26% 1.3357351.3357351.3357351.3357351.335735
At the McCallisters' house in Illinois, Peter (Jason Beghe) is about to get divorced from Kate (Clare Carey) and announces that he's living with his new and rich girlfriend Natalie (Joanna Going) at her mansion. He tells his three children Buzz (Gideon Jacobs), Megan (Chelsea Russo), and Kevin (Mike Weinberg) that they are hosting the visit of a royal family and invites everyone to spend Christmas with him and Natalie. After initially refusing, Kevin takes his father up on his offer after being tormented by Buzz. Kate is disappointed that Kevin is with his father.
Space Cowboys, 2h10
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy-drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Dans l'espace, Political films, Space opera, Buddy films, Satellite, Arme nucléaire, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, James Garner, Marcia Gay Harden, William Devane
Roles Barbara Corvin
Rating64% 3.2491153.2491153.2491153.2491153.249115
In 1958, two U.S. Air Force pilots and aspiring astronauts, William "Hawk" Hawkins (Tommy Lee Jones) and Frank Corvin (Clint Eastwood), are testing a modified X-plane when Hawk decides to try to break a height record. The plane stalls and they are forced to eject, narrowly missing a B-50 Superfortress piloted by navigator "Tank" Sullivan (James Garner) as they parachute to safety. On the ground, Frank punches Hawk for putting their lives at risk, but their fight is broken up by engineer Jerry O'Neill (Donald Sutherland). Their supervising officer, Bob Gerson (James Cromwell), chastises Hawk for his recklessness, before taking them to a press conference, where it is announced that the Air Force will no longer be involved in space flight tests as this has now been handed off to the newly created NASA, ending the four's dreams of reaching space.
A Mother's Instinct, 1h28
Directed by Sam Pillsbury
Origin USA
Actors Lindsay Wagner, Debrah Farentino, John Terry, Lynne Thigpen, Alana Austin, Lee Norris
Rating57% 2.866252.866252.866252.866252.86625
A former divorcé learns that her new husband's past includes an abandoned wife. After he disappears with his two sons, the two wives team up to find him.
Far and Away, 2h20
Directed by Ron Howard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance, Western
Actors Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Thomas Gibson, Robert Prosky, Barbara Babcock, Colm Meaney
Roles Nora Christie
Rating66% 3.301213.301213.301213.301213.30121
In 1893 Ireland, Joseph Donnelly's family home is burned down by his landlord's men because of unpaid rent. Vowing revenge, Joseph attempts to kill the landlord Christie whose daughter Shannon has rebelled against family tradition and made plans to claim free land in America. She offers to take Joseph with her as her "servant" so she, a single woman, can travel without scandal. Joseph agrees, convinced he can also stake a land claim.
Happy Together, 1h42
Directed by Mel Damski
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Patrick Dempsey, Helen Slater, Dan Schneider, Marius Weyers, Barbara Babcock, Steve Buscemi
Roles Ruth Carpenter
Rating58% 2.94832.94832.94832.94832.9483
Christopher (Dempsey) is a very serious minded young man. Enrolling into college as a freshman he finds his roommate is someone named Alex. Alex (Slater), however, is not male but female and the two have been placed together by a computer error. Christopher finds the pairing intolerable and tries his best to find another place to live. The dorms are full and he is resigned, at least for the time being, to make the best of his current situation. Alex, a seemingly extroverted party girl, shows little interest in academics and treats Christopher as if he is simply an annoyance to be brushed aside whenever need be. As fate intervenes, the two slowly begin to realize that they do like one another after all which manifests itself into a sexual relationship wherein each finds a need filled by the other.
Heart of Dixie, 1h35
Directed by Martin Davidson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Ally Sheedy, Virginia Madsen, Phoebe Cates, Treat Williams, Kurtwood Smith, Don Michael Paul
Roles Coralee Claibourne
Rating52% 2.6106152.6106152.6106152.6106152.610615
Three sorority women at a 1957 Alabama college face the experience and difficulties of ethnic strife and integration.
That Was Then... This Is Now, 1h42
Directed by Christopher Cain
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Craig Sheffer, Emilio Estevez, Larry B. Scott, Morgan Freeman, Jill Schoelen, Kim Delaney
Roles Mrs. Douglas
Rating60% 3.0492153.0492153.0492153.0492153.049215
Mark Jennings' (Emilio Estevez) only link to society is the attachment he feels towards an older brother-figure. When Bryon Douglas (Craig Sheffer) starts spending time with a new girlfriend (Kim Delaney), Mark begins to feel even more alienated, and gets involved with drugs and the police.
The Lords of Discipline, 1h43
Directed by Franc Roddam
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors David Keith, Robert Prosky, Judge Reinhold, Bill Paxton, William Hope, G. D. Spradlin
Roles Abigail St. Croix
Rating65% 3.296893.296893.296893.296893.29689
At the Carolina Military Institute (CMI), a first-year cadet (called a "knob") is harassed by three senior cadets, led by Cadet Lieutenant Colonel John Alexander. Cadet Senior Private Will McLean returns to CMI from nearby Charleston & is teased by his mentor & friend, Lieutenant Colonel "Bear" Berrineau.
Back Roads
Back Roads (1981)
, 1h30
Directed by Martin Ritt
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, David Keith, Dan Shor, M. Emmet Walsh, Míriam Colón
Roles Rickey's Mom
Rating56% 2.8036952.8036952.8036952.8036952.803695
Amy Post (Field) is a $20-a-trick hooker in Mobile, Alabama. One night she entertains Elmore Pratt (Jones), an ex-boxer who has just been fired from his job at a car wash. He cannot pay her for services rendered.
The Black Marble, 1h53
Directed by Harold Becker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Actors Robert Foxworth, Paula Prentiss, Harry Dean Stanton, Barbara Babcock, John Hancock, Richard Dix
Roles Madeline Whitfield
Rating61% 3.0944253.0944253.0944253.0944253.094425
Pragmatic Sgt. Natalie Zimmerman of the LAPD is paired with Sgt. Valnikov, a romantic detective of Russian origin who is going through a midlife crisis and driven to drink by the pressures of his job. Together they investigate the kidnapping of a Beverly Hills socialite's valuable pet dog. It was carried out by sleazy gambler Philo Skinner, who runs a beauty parlor for pets and is desperately in need of cash to cancel his debts.
Salem's Lot (1979 miniseries), 3h4
Directed by Tobe Hooper
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Vampires in film
Actors David Soul, James Mason, Lance Kerwin, Bonnie Bedelia, Lew Ayres, Julie Cobb
Roles June Petrie
Rating69% 3.4843453.4843453.4843453.4843453.484345
The prologue shows a church in Guatemala in which a man and a boy, Ben Mears and Mark Petrie, are filling small bottles with holy water. When one of the bottles begins to emit an eerie supernatural glow, Mears tells Petrie "They've found us again." Knowing an evil presence is there, they decide to fight it.
The Survival of Dana
Directed by Jack Starrett
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Melissa Sue Anderson, Robert Carradine, Marion Ross, Talia Balsam, Michael Pataki, Judge Reinhold
Roles Lorna Sims
Rating60% 3.004413.004413.004413.004413.00441
Dana Lee Gilbert (Anderson) is a newcomer to the Valley's Tremont High School, the scene of late night vandalism by a suburban car clique led by Carradine called "The Roadrunners" the night before her arrival. After her first day at Tremont, she watches the school's ice skating team practice and waits for her grandmother at a shopping mall to buy some new clothes, but Rona's shoplifting causes them both to be arrested. Dana's life then goes downhill in a hurry and only a deadly tragedy among her new gangbanger friends gets her back on the right track.
Bang the Drum Slowly, 1h36
Directed by John D. Hancock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Sports films, Baseball films
Actors Robert De Niro, Michael Moriarty, Vincent Gardenia, Phil Foster, Barton Heyman, Danny Aiello
Roles Team Owner
Rating67% 3.3963.3963.3963.3963.396
Henry Wiggen is a star pitcher for the New York Mammoths, a fictitious Major League Baseball team. He is a valuable player to his manager Dutch but is in a dispute with the team's ownership, holding out for a new contract and more money. Henry also has a sideline as an insurance salesman working for the Arcturus Corporation, with ballplayers as his clients.
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A., 1h37
Directed by Jud Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Christmas films
Actors Kurt Russell, Melissa Gilbert, Mitch Ryan, Andrew Prine, John Carradine, Barbara Babcock
Roles Rachel Sullivan
Rating58% 2.909122.909122.909122.909122.90912
Inspired by true events, the plot takes place in 1951 and revolves around Mr. Caulfield, the owner of a coal mine. During Christmas, there are several explosions. His employees worry about their health and decide to strike, without any luck. One of the miners, Johnny, is determined to improve the working conditions and wants the other miners to have a great holiday. However, this goes terribly wrong when they are trapped underground following an explosion. Their family are desperate to save them, worrying there might be an even bigger and deadlier explosion.