Barbara Babcock: Biography and Career

Barbara Babcock is an American actress. The most famous for her was the role of Grace Gardner in the police drama Hill Street Blues, for which in the future, the actress will be awarded the Emmy Award.

Childhood

The future actress was born on February 27, 1937 in Fort Riley, Kansas, USA.

Despite the fact that Barbara Babcock was born in the United States, the girl spent most of her childhood in Tokyo, as her father, Conrad Stanton Babcock, was an army general of the United States and worked outside America. Barbara initially learned Japanese, which she considers her mother tongue, and when she went to school she chose English as a foreign language.

After graduation, Barbara Babcock entered the University of Lausanne, which is located in Switzerland. Next, the girl will move to Italy, where she will go to the University of Milan.

Career

On television, Babcock appeared in 1956. The actress played several episodes in Star Trek, although the main part of her work was to voice the credits. In 1968, she debuted on the big screen, starring under the auspices of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Next, there were roles in the films "Heaven with a Gun," "Beat the Drum Slowly," Chosen Survivors, "Black Ball", "Country Roads," "Lords of Discipline" and "It Was Then ... This Is Now."

From 1978 to 1981, Barbara Babcock played the role of Liz Craig in the soap opera "Dallas", which was broadcast on CBS.

After a number of roles, Barbara was invited to shoot more serious projects. Fame for the actress brought the films "Heart of Dixie", "Happy Together", "Undoubtedly" and Space Cowboys.

From 1993 to 1998, the actress played the role of Dorothy Jennings in the TV series "Doctor Quinn," for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award for her outstanding female supporting role in the 1993 drama series.

Barbara was recognized as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world according to People magazine in 1994. After the series was stopped in 1998, Babcock appeared in the pictures The Pretender, Chicago Hop, Fraser and Fair Aime. From 2001 to 2002 she played the role of Dana Deleyney 's mother in the TV series "Pasadena". In early 2004, Barbara Babcock announced the termination of her acting career.

Filmography

For all her vivid career she starred in forty films and took part in the shooting of five-series TV series Barbara Babcock. The films that brought her fame are listed below (in brackets the year of the film's release is indicated):

• "Day of Evil" - Angie Warfield (1968).
• "The sky with a gun - Mrs. Andrews (1969).
• " Christmas miracle" - the role of Rachel Salivan (1977).
• "Survival of Dan" - Lorna Sims (1979).
• "Lords of discipline" - Abigail Kroiks (1983).
• " It was then ... It's now " - Mrs. Douglas (1985).
• "Heart of Dixie" - Clairebon Coralie (1989).
• "Far from and" - Nora Christie (1992).
• "Instinct of the mother" - Mrs. Mitchell (1996).
• "One at home 4" - Molly (2002).

Series in which the actress played a permanent role:

• "Star Trek" - the actress participated in the shooting of seven episodes, but each time she played different characters, in addition, she participated in offscreen work (1967-1968).
• "Dallas" - Lis Craig, 16 series (1978-1982).
• "Four Seasons" - Elliot Lorraine, 13 episodes (1984).
• Hill Street Blues - Gardner Grace, 16 episodes. For this series, the actress will later receive an Emmy Award (1981-1986).
• "Law and Harry McGraw" - Maginnis Elli, 16 episodes (1987-1988).
• "Doctor Quinn" - Dorothy Jennings, 100 series (1993-1998).
• "Pasadena" - Greeley Lillian, 8 episodes (2001-2002).

Barbara Babcock remembered the viewer with its bewitching beauty and undoubted talent.