Oscar-nominated actor Barbara Barrie dies with medical assistance at 95
Oscar-nominated actor Barbara Barrie died at her New York City home with medical assistance.
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She was 95.
Her agent, Gary Gersh, confirmed to NBC News in a statement Thursday that Barrie’s death was “medically assisted in accordance with the New York State Medical Aid in Dying law, of which she was a proponent and advocate.”
The law took effect on Aug. 5 and allows terminally ill adults with less than six months to live to obtain a self-administered prescription medication to end their lives.
Barrie’s daughter, Jane Harnick, told the New York Times that her mother had been diagnosed with terminal cancer and died Wednesday. According to The Times, she had also been living with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a type of interstitial lung disease that causes breathing issues, fatigue and weight loss.
“I have a very full, active life, but what lies ahead is unknown and yet known at the same time,” Barrie told Playbill in a 2014 interview about her lung disease diagnosis. “I am living full steam ahead and am now trying to help other people do the same.”
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Barrie was best known for her role as Evelyn Stohler in the 1979 movie “Breaking Away,” which earned her a best supporting actress Oscar nomination.
In 1971, Barrie was nominated for a Tony Award for best featured actress in a musical for “Company,” Broadway.com reported. Her other stage credits included “The Selling of the President” and “The Prisoner of Second Avenue.”
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She also received Emmy nominations for her roles in “Law & Order” and “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and “Breaking Away,” a television series based on the movie. Other notable films included “Private Benjamin” and the television series “Double Trouble” and “Suddenly Susan.”
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