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Barbara Barrie, Actress in ‘Breaking Away,’ ‘Company’ and ‘Barney Miller,’ Dies at 95
Barbara Barrie, the sprightly actress who starred in the heart-wrenching interracial drama One Potato, Two Potato and earned an Oscar nomination for playing the supportive mom in Breaking Away , died Wednesday. She was 95.
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Barbara Barrie, the actress known for roles in the interracial drama *One Potato, Two Potato* and an Oscar‑nominated performance as the supportive mother in *Breaking Away*, died on Wednesday at age 95. She passed away at her Manhattan home, according to The New York Times. Barr’s daughter, Jane Harnick, said her mother had terminal cancer and that the death was medically assisted.
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