Nancy Barrett (born October 5, 1941) is an American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Carolyn Stoddard (among other characters) in the 1960s gothic

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Biography

Nancy Barrett was born in

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, but most of her early life was spent in

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. After completing high school, she entered

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, but she spent her final year of college at

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. After graduating from UCLA, she married Ralph Pine, her agent. The couple moved to

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, where she landed the role of Carolyn Stoddard on the gothic

'' in June 1966. While on the show, she met David Ford, who was one of the other actors on the show. Following her divorce from Pine, Barrett and Ford married in 1967; the marriage lasted two years. Barrett, Ford, and her future ''Dark Shadows'' co-star

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all appeared on stage at the Wayside Theatre in 1967. While on ''Dark Shadows'', she appeared in two films based on the series – ''

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'' (1970) and '' Night of Dark Shadows'' (1971). The series itself was canceled in April 1971. She appeared in a total of 403 episodes. Barrett married psychiatrist Harold Kaplan in the early seventies. Throughout that decade, she appeared on numerous soaps, including '' The Doctors'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. She made her last onscreen appearance in 1986's '' Belizaire the Cajun''. In 2009, she reprised her role of Carolyn in the

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'' Curse of the Pharaoh'' and has continued to appear in various ''Dark Shadows'' audio dramas from

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. Barrett's husband, the aforementioned Harold Kaplan, died in January 1998. Since his passing, she has appeared in the New York production of Francis Patrelle's ''The Yorkville Nutcracker'', marking her ballet debut. Nancy married practicing New York dentist Stuart S. Leichter D.D.S. in 2005. Stuart died in Arizona after a long illness in 2017.
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Filmography

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'' (1966–1971) ... Carolyn Stoddard Hawkes, Millicent Collins Forbes, Charity Trask, Pansy Faye, Carolyn Stoddard Loomis, Leticia Faye, Melanie Collins Young, Amanda Collins (403 episodes) * '' N.Y.P.D.'' (1967) ... Girl (Episode: "The Pink Gumdrop") * ''

'' (1970) ... Carolyn Stoddard * '' Night of Dark Shadows'' (1971) ... Claire Jenkins * '' The Doctors'' (1971–1972) ... Kathy Ryker #2 (112 episodes) * ''

'' (1974) ... Rachel Wilson Farmer * ''

'' (1976) ... Faith Coleridge #2 (9 episodes) * ''

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'' (1976) ... Elizabeth Cameron (Episode: "Henry Adams, Historian") * ''

'' (1982) ... Debra Van Druden (Episode: "September 23, 1983") * '' Belizaire the Cajun'' (1986) ... Rebecca

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