Barbara Garrick
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Barbara Garrick | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Notable work | |
Barbara Garrick is an American actress. Garrick has appeared on stage, television and in film.
Garrick appeared in several New York-based television soap operas, including the roles of villainous nurse Charlotte Wheaton on Guiding Light in 1985,[1] and Rita Renfield on As the World Turns in 1999.[2] She originated the role of unstable cult member Allison Perkins on One Life to Live from 1986 to 1987,[3][4] returning from August 2001[5] to August 2002,[6] and then making brief appearances in October 2002[7][8][9] and January 2003.[4] Garrick once again returned to the role from January 2008[10][11] to March 2008.[12] She reappeared from February to April 2010,[13] and again on January 5, 2012, through the series' the broadcast finale January 13, 2012. Garrick returned for the first-season finale of Prospect Park's streaming reboot of One Life to Live on August 19, 2013.[2]
Garrick's first film role was as Helen Weaver in the 1988 film Eight Men Out,[14] followed by performances in films such as Working Girl (1988), Postcards from the Edge (1990), The Firm (1993),[15] and Sleepless in Seattle (1993).[16]
Garrick played DeDe Halcyon Day in four television miniseries based on Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City novels: Tales of the City (1993), More Tales of the City (1998), Further Tales of the City (2001), and Tales of the City (2019).[17][18][19][20] In 2002, she was nominated for a Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series for Further Tales of the City.[2]
Garrick also appeared in several episodes of the New York City-based procedural shows Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.[citation needed]
