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Sharon Barr

Sharon Barr

Actor

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Biography

An American actress who achieved cult status in the 1970s with her participation in the neo-expressionist off-off Broadway movement with roles in Women Behind Bars and The Dirtiest Show in Town. Barr was raised in Lake Forest, Illinois. She graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and began her career in the 1971 Los Angeles production of Tom Eyen's Dirtiest Show in Town. She went on to star in Eyen's Women Behind Bars, and play Anita Bryant in Ronald Tavel's The Ovens of Anita Orange Juice at Williamstown Theater Festival and later again in New York, among many other productions. She also appeared in Eyen's White Whore and the Bit Player, Ms Neffertiti Regrets and Give My Regards to Off-Off Broadway at Ellen Stewart's La MaMa ETC. And performed at Theater Genesis at St. Mark's Church in the Bowery, and Manhattan Theater Club. In the early 90's Barr wrote and performed a solo performance piece titled "Protect Me From What I Want" in comedy venues around Los Angeles. Barr went on to guest star on numerous TV series, including Hill Street Blues, Night Court, Seinfeld and Cheers where she was the only actor to appear as two different characters on two separate episodes. …

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Seinfeld (1989) — Trucker
  2. Cheers (1982) — Connie
  3. Trauma (1993) — Hilda Volkman
  4. Wings (1990) — Colleen Thomas
  5. Night Court (1984) — Counselor
  6. Jury Duty (1995) — Libby Starling
  7. Nuts (1987) — Dayroom Woman #1
  8. St. Elsewhere (1982) — Mara
  9. Walker (1987) — Darlene
  10. Max Headroom (1987) — Lauren
  11. A Fine Mess (1986) — Director's Wife
  12. The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire (1981) — Mandra the Horse Chief
  13. Double Your Pleasure (1989) — Millie
  14. Bad Georgia Road (1977) — Chamberlin
  15. Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert (1993) — Phyllis
  16. Dark Holiday (1989) — Hikmet
  17. Antony and Cleopatra (1983) — Octavia
  18. Home Free (1993) — Helen Coolidge
  19. The Dirtiest Show in Town (1980)
  20. A Desperate Exit (1986) — Iris's Mother
  21. Women Behind Bars (1975) — Cheri
  22. Police Story (1988) — Helen Monciano