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Barbara Garrick is an American actress. Garrick has appeared on stage, television and in film.


Life and career

Garrick appeared in several New York-based television soap operas, including the roles of villainous nurse Charlotte Wheaton on ''
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'' in 1985, and Rita Renfield on ''
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'' in 1999. She originated the role of unstable cult member
Allison Perkins Allison Perkins is a fictional character on the United States of America, American soap opera ''One Life to Live''. Barbara Garrick originated the role from 1986 to 1987, returning from August 15, 2001 to August 27, 2002 and then making brief ap ...
on ''
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'' from 1986 to 1987, returning from August 2001 to August 2002, and then making brief appearances in October 2002 and January 2003. Garrick once again returned to the role from January 2008"Comings and Goings: Barbara Garrick (Allison Perkins)." '' Soap Opera Digest'', Vol. 33, No. 2, January 8, 2008, page 14. to March 2008. She reappeared from February to April 2010, 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. Garrick's first film role was as Helen Weaver in the 1988 film '' Eight Men Out'', followed by performances in films such as '' Working Girl'' (1988), ''
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'' (1990), '' The Firm'' (1993), and '' Sleepless in Seattle'' (1993). 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). In 2002, she was nominated for a
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for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series for ''Further Tales of the City''. Garrick also appeared in several episodes of the New York City-based procedural shows ''
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'', '' Law & Order: Criminal Intent'', and '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''.


Filmography


Film


Television


References


External links

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Barbara Garrick credits – FilmReference.comBarbara Garrick's official website
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