Barbara Babcock

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Barbara Babcock (1968)

Barbara Babcock (born February 27, 1937 in Pasadena , California or Fort Riley , Kansas ) is an American actress . She received an Emmy in 1981 for her starring role in the Hill Street Police Department .

Life

Her parents were Jadwiga Noskowiak and Conrad Stanton Babcock jr. Her mother, who was born in Chile , had a classical vocal training and played the leading female role in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in her youth . Although Barbara was born in the United States, she spent part of her childhood in Tokyo , Japan , as her father was a general in the United States Army . According to her own statement, Barbara learned Japanese before she even spoke English . Shortly before the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, she and her mother returned to the USA, to Carmel-by-the-Sea in California, while her father was taken prisoner in Japan for 9 months.

Originally, her greatest dream was to travel to Africa or South America as an explorer , but since she felt this was not feasible, she decided to pursue an acting career. Babcock made her first appearance in a television movie in 1963 in The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis . Since the 1960s she has appeared as a guest actress in numerous television series, including Quincy , Murder is Her Hobby , Remington Steele , Chicago Hope and others. v. a. In Star Trek , she played as Mea III in A Taste of Armageddon (dt. War of the computer ) and as Philana in Plato's Stepchildren . She became popular with a wider audience through her roles in the TV series Dallas , Hill Street Police Station and especially as Dorothy Jennings in Dr. Quinn - known doctor out of passion . For the latter role, she was nominated for an Emmy Award nomination for "Best Supporting Actress", but should have been glad that she did not win him after a short time before at a elephants - Expedition had participated in Africa.

In the cinema she was seen in In a Distant Land and Space Cowboys, among others.

In 1994, People magazine named her one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world.

In 2004 she was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease . Since then she has lived mostly in her parents' former home in Carmel-by-the-Sea, and temporarily in Ireland.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1965: The Munsters: Bats of a Feather (TV series, one episode)
  • 1967–1968: Raumschiff Enterprise ( Star Trek , TV series, two episodes and only voice in four episodes [original version])
  • 1967–1970: A Cage Full of Heroes ( Hogan's Heroes , TV series, three episodes)
  • 1968: Cobra, Take Over ( Mission: Impossible , TV series, episode The Wrong Cardinal )
  • 1971: Night Gallery (TV series, episode 2x07: Brenda )
  • 1971: The Last Child (TV movie)
  • 1972: The Sixth Sense (TV series, episode Coffin, Coffin in the Sky )
  • 1973: The Last Game (Bang the Drum Slowly)
  • 1977: Christmas Miracle in Caufield, USA (TV movie)
  • 1977: McMilan and Wife (TV series, episode Affair of the Heart )
  • 1977: Detective Rockford - just give us a call (TV series, episode Irving the Explainer )
  • 1978: Logan's Run (TV series, episode Night Visitors )
  • 1978–1982: Dallas (TV series, 16 episodes)
  • 1980: Hollywood Cop (The Black Marble)
  • 1981: Back Roads
  • 1981–1986: Hill Street Police Station ( Hill Street Blues , TV series, 17 episodes)
  • 1982: Im Netz der Angst ( Memories Never Die , TV movie)
  • 1983: The Football Princess (Quarterback Princess, TV movie)
  • 1983: Cheers (TV series, episode)
  • 1984: The Four Seasons (TV series, 13 episodes)
  • 1985: That Was Then ... This is Now
  • 1985–1993: Murder is her hobby ( Murder She Wrote , television series, five episodes)
  • 1986: Headline - Character Assassination ( News at Eleven , Movie made for TV)
  • 1986: Mr. Sunshine (TV series, 11 episodes)
  • 1987: Remington Steele (TV series, two episodes)
  • 1987: Alfred Hitchcock shows ( Alfred Hitchcock Presents , TV series, episode Conversation Over a Corpse )
  • 1987–1988: The Law and Harry McGraw (TV series, 16 episodes)
  • 1989: Happy Together
  • 1990: Perry Mason and the Poisoned Cocktail ( Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen , TV movie)
  • 1990: Golden Girls ( The Golden Girls , television series, an episode)
  • 1990: China Beach (TV series, episode The Gift )
  • 1992: Far and Away (Far and Away)
  • 1993: A bouquet of daughters ( A bouquet of daughters , TV series, an episode)
  • 1993: Palm Springs Detectives - Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert , made for TV
  • 1993–1998: Dr. Quinn - a passionate doctor ( Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman , TV series, 100 episodes)
  • 1996: I Want My Children Back ( A Mother's Instinct , Movie Made For TV)
  • 1997: Coming back from nowhere - daughter what did you do? ( Childhood Sweetheart?, TV movie)
  • 1998: USMA West Point (TV movie)
  • 1998: Chicago Hope ( Chicago Hope , TV series, two episodes)
  • 1999: A Vow to Cherish (TV movie)
  • 2000: Space Cowboys
  • 2000: Pretender ( The Pretender , television series, two episodes)
  • 2001: Frasier (TV series, an episode)
  • 2001–2002: The Secret of Pasadena ( Pasadena , television series, eight episodes)
  • 2002: Kevin - Alone Against All ( Home Alone 4 , TV movie)
  • 2002-2004: Judging Amy ( Judging Amy , television series, two episodes)

literature

  • Michael Chatfield: Carmel Through the Eyes of Barbara Babcock - A Long Love Affair with the Village by the Sea , in: [2] , summer / autumn 2018 (accessed March 20, 2020)
  • Ralph Sander: The Startrek biographies. ISBN 3-89604-092-8 .

Web links

Commons : Barbara Babcock  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Michael Chatfield: Carmel Through the Eyes of Barbara Babcock - A Long Love Affair with the Village by the Sea , in: [1] , summer / autumn 2018 (accessed on March 20, 2020 )
  2. ↑ Entry at filmreference.com
personal data
SURNAME Babcock, Barbara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Pasadena , California , United States