Veteran Actress Barbara Barrie Dies at 95

Barbara Barrie, an actress nominated for Oscars, Emmys and Tonys, died on Wednesday in Manhattan at the age of 95, her daughter told the New York Times. The family said her death was medically assisted after she was diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Barrie began her Broadway career in 1955 with "The Wooden Dish" and performed on stage for more than six decades, including a role in the original cast of Stephen Sondheim's 1970s musical "Company," which earned her a Tony nomination for best featured actress in a musical. Her final stage appearance was in "Significant Other."

Her screen debut came in the 1956 film "Giant," and she later appeared in movies such as "One Potato, Two Potato" (1964), for which she received the best actress award at the Cannes Film Festival, and "Breaking Away" (1979), a film that received five Oscar nominations and earned her a best supporting actress nomination. On television, Barrie acted in series including "The Defenders," "Naked City," "The Twilight Zone," "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour," "Barney Miller" and "Suddenly Susan," and received Emmy nominations for the TV adaptation of "Breaking Away" and for guest roles on "Law & Order" and "Law & Order: SVU."

Born in Chicago on May 23, 1931, and raised in Texas, Barrie graduated from the University of Texas in 1952 with a drama major. She publicly discussed her health challenges, writing two books about her experience with rectal cancer in the 1990s and later revealing a diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in 2014.

She is survived by her son, Aaron Harnick, and three granddaughters; her husband, Jay Harnick, predeceased her in 2007.