Barbara Harris

Movie Actress

Birthday July 25, 1935

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace Evanston, IL

DEATH DATE Aug 21, 2018 (83)

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About

Actor whose first movie role was in A Thousand Clowns. She won a Tony Award for acting with Alan Arkin in the play From the Second City. She amassed over 30 on-screen acting roles throughout her career. 

Before fame

She was a member of the Compass Players, the first improvisational theatre troupe in the United States.

Trivia

She appeared in the 1997 film Grosse Pointe Blank. It was her final appearance on film, playing the character Mary Blank. 

Family life

She married Paul Sills in 1955, and the couple divorced three years later. 

Associated with

She was in the movie Family Plot, which was directed by Alfred Hitchcock