Sharon Barr
Actor
An American actress who achieved cult status in the 1970s with her participation in the neo-expressionist off-off Broadway movement with roles in Women Behind Bars and The Dirtiest Show in Town.
Barr was raised in Lake Forest, Illinois. She graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and began her career in the 1971 Los Angeles production of Tom Eyen's Dirtiest Show in Town. She went on to star in Eyen's Women Behind Bars, and play Anita Bryant in Ronald Tavel's The Ovens of Anita Orange Juice at Williamstown Theater Festival and later again in New York, among many other productions. She also appeared in Eyen's White Whore and the Bit Player, Ms Neffertiti Regrets and Give My Regards to Off-Off Broadway at Ellen Stewart's La MaMa ETC. And performed at Theater Genesis at St. Mark's Church in the Bowery, and Manhattan Theater Club.
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In the early 90's Barr wrote and performed a solo performance piece titled "Protect Me From What I Want" in comedy venues around Los Angeles. Barr went on to guest star on numerous TV series, including Hill Street Blues, Night Court, Seinfeld and Cheers where she was the only actor to appear as two different characters on two separate episodes. She was a series regular on ABC's Max Headroom and also appeared in Martin Ritt's Nuts, and Dario Argento's Trauma.
Known for
Trauma
March 12, 1993
Jury Duty
April 12, 1995
Nuts
November 20, 1987
Walker
December 4, 1987
A Fine Mess
August 8, 1986
The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire
April 12, 1981
Bad Georgia Road
June 30, 1977
Casebusters
May 25, 1986
Double Your Pleasure
October 29, 1989
Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert
November 19, 1993
Dark Holiday
May 1, 1989
Antony and Cleopatra
January 1, 1983
Acting15
- 1995Jury Duty as Libby Starling
- 1993Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert as Phyllis
- 1993Trauma as Hilda Volkman
- 1989Double Your Pleasure as Millie
- 1989Dark Holiday as Hikmet
- 1987Walker as Darlene
- 1987Nuts as Dayroom Woman #1
- 1986A Desperate Exit as Iris's Mother
- 1986A Fine Mess as Director's Wife
- 1986Casebusters as Loretta Bonner