Barbara Bryne (born 1 April 1929) is a British-American actress of film, theatre and television. Onstage she has appeared in

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tic and

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and studied at the

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(RADA).

Career

Bryne came to Canada in the early 1960s and has been a frequent performer at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival since 1966 and at the Guthrie Theater (Minneapolis) for 50 years. In 1982, she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award as Outstanding Actress in a Drama for her role as "Kath" in the first American production of Joe Orton's '' Entertaining Mr. Sloane'' (which starred

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in the title role). She was in the original Broadway productions of Stephen Sondheim's '' Sunday in the Park with George'' (as George's mother) and ''

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'' (as Jack's mother). She also performed in Sondheim's ''

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'' in

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She was also a frequent performer at

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' Guthrie Theater. Among the plays in which she appeared there were ''Mother Courage'', ''The Glass Menagerie'', ''She Stoops to Conquer'', ''Design for Living'', and, most recently, ''Pygmalion (play), Pygmalion''. On television she played "Mrs. Gaffney" on the Tony Randall series, ''Love, Sidney'' (1981–83). In 2011 she appeared as Queen Victoria in ''H.M.S. Pinafore'', which was filmed for PBS in late August 2011. Among the films in which she has appeared are: ''Romeo & Juliet'' (1993 TV film), ''Into the Woods'' (1991 TV film), ''Two Evil Eyes'' (1990; "The Black Cat" segment), '' Sunday in the Park with George'' (1986 TV film), ''Amadeus (film), Amadeus'' (1984), ''The Bostonians (film), The Bostonians'' (1984), and ''The School for Scandal'' (1975 TV film).

Stage

Filmography

References

External links

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Barbara Bryne profile
theatredb.com; accessed 6 August 2014. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bryne, Barbara 1929 births Living people English film actresses English musical theatre actresses English stage actresses English television actresses English expatriates in the United States Actresses from London