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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 Guiding Light in 1985, and Rita Renfield on As the World Turns in 1999. She originated the role of unstable cult member Allison Perkins on One Life to Live 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 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), Postcards from the Edge (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 Gemini Award 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 Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Filmography

Film

Year

Title

Role

Notes

1988

Eight Men Out

Helen Weaver

1988

Working Girl

Phyllis Trask

1990

Days of Thunder

Lauren Daland

1990

Postcards from the Edge

Carol

1993

Kay Quinn

1993

Sleepless in Seattle

Victoria

1995

Miami Rhapsody

Terri

1996

Lizbeth Honeywell

1997

Weather Reporter

2000

Pollock

Betty Parsons

2002

Far from Heaven

Doreen

2005

Brooklyn Lobster

Lynn Miller

2008

Jumper

Ellen

2008

Mrs. Dobyne

2013

The Devil You Know

Joan Stone

2013

Blue Jasmine

Hal and Jasmine's Friend

2014

That Awkward Moment

Chelsea's Mother

2016

You're Killing Me Susana

2016

My Father's Prisoners

Lisa

Short

Television

Year

Title

Role

Notes

1985

Guiding Light

Charlotte Wheaton

TV series

1985

Spenser: For Hire

Cathy Lowington

"Discord in a Minor"

1986

Mrs. Sims

"The Haunting"

One Life to Live

Allison Perkins

Recurring role

1987

Deborah Whitten

"Hand and Glove"

1988

Spenser: For Hire

Valentine

"Haunting"

1990

Kojak: It's Always Something

Stacy Wainwright

TV film

1991

Carolyn

"Here's Why You Shouldn't Talk to Strangers in the Park"

1993

Dottie Gets Spanked

Lorraine Gale

TV short

1993

Tales of the City

DeDe Halcyon Day

TV miniseries

1994

Normandy: The Great Crusade

Karla King (voice)

TV film

1995

Law & Order

Jenny Sandig

"Savages"

1996

Lifestories: Families in Crisis

Zoe Rossi

"Someone Had to Be Benny"

1996

Dr. Ellen Kersaw

"Afterlife"

1997

Ellen Foster

Aunt Betsy

TV film

1998

More Tales of the City

DeDe Day

TV miniseries

1998–1999

As the World Turns

Rita Renfield

TV series

2000

Mary and Rhoda

Gallery Curator

TV film

2000

Law & Order

Mrs. Sims

"Trade This"

2000

Sex and the City

Celia

"Attack of the Five Foot Ten Woman"

2001

Amy & Isabelle

TV film

2001

Further Tales of the City

DeDe Day

TV miniseries

2001

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Hannah's Mother

"Pixies"

2001

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Jennifer Barish

"The Good Doctor"

2003

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Kelly Wolcott

"Serendipity"

2006

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Pam Williams

"Cruise to Nowhere"

2019

Tales of the City

DeDe Day

Main cast

References