Barbara Babcock Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Barbara Babcock (born February 27, 1937) is an American character actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles as the sensuous Grace Gardner on Hill Street Blues for which she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress—Drama Series in 1981 and her role as Dorothy Jennings on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1993.
Net Worth
$1.5 Million
Date Of Birth
February 27, 1937
Place Of Birth
Fort Riley, Kansas, USA
Height
5' 8" (1.73 m)
Occupation
Actress
Profession
Actress
Spouse
Jay Sheffield
Nicknames
Barbara Babcock, Babcock, Barbara
Star Sign
Pisces
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Trademark
1
Often plays rich widows, haute heiress's, stuck up or snooty women. Also nervous, frail, ill or frazzled women.
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Fact
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She used to split her time between her homes in Carmel, CA, and Ireland.
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She was ranked in People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World in 1994.
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She grew up partly in Tokyo, Japan.
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Her father was a US Army general.
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She attended Wellesley College.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Judging Amy
2002-2004
TV Series
Diane McCarty
Home Alone 4
2002
TV Movie
Molly
Pasadena
2001-2002
TV Series
Lillian Greeley
Frasier
2001
TV Series
Penelope Janvier
Space Cowboys
2000
Barbara Corvin
The Pretender
2000
TV Series
Edna Raines
A Vow to Cherish
1999
TV Movie
Ellen Brighton
Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie
1999
TV Movie
Dorothy Jennings
USMA West Point
1998
TV Movie
Chicago Hope
1998
TV Series
Beverly Kronk
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
1993-1998
TV Series
Dorothy Jennings
Childhood Sweetheart?
1997
TV Movie
Rose Carlson
A Mother's Instinct
1996
TV Movie
Mrs. Mitchell
Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert
1993
TV Movie
Rhonda Devon
Murder, She Wrote
1985-1993
TV Series
Carol Collins / Meredith Delaney / Rosemary Taylor / ...
Sisters
1993
TV Series
Dr. Julia Aussenberg
Jack's Place
1993
TV Series
Becky Sherman
Far and Away
1992
Nora Christie
Wings
1991
TV Series
Mae Hackett
China Beach
1990
TV Series
Lt. Col. Libby Heiss
The Golden Girls
1990
TV Series
Charmaine Hollingsworth
A Family for Joe
1990
TV Movie
Miss Quinn Collins, the Social Worker
Empty Nest
1989-1990
TV Series
Paula / Paula Conroy
Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen
1990
TV Movie
Martha Robertson
Heart of Dixie
1989
Coralee Claibourne
Happy Together
1989
Ruth Carpenter
The Law and Harry McGraw
1987-1988
TV Series
Ellie Maginnis
Hill Street Blues
1981-1987
TV Series
Grace Gardner
Sister Chastity
Remington Steele
1987
TV Series
Marisa Peters
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1987
TV Series
Cissie Enright
Mr. Sunshine
1986
TV Series
Mrs. June Swinford
News at Eleven
1986
TV Movie
Joanna Steckler
Mary
1986
TV Series
Janet
That Was Then... This Is Now
1985
Mrs. Douglas
Crazy Like a Fox
1985
TV Series
Hotel
1985
TV Series
Monica Shawcross
Attack on Fear
1984
TV Movie
Jane Dutton
The Four Seasons
1984
TV Series
Lorraine Elliot
Quarterback Princess
1983
TV Movie
Judy Maida
The Lords of Discipline
1983
Abigail St. Croix
Cheers
1983
TV Series
Lana Marshall
Memories Never Die
1982
TV Movie
Louise Lowry
Dallas
1978-1982
TV Series
Liz Craig
Best of the West
1982
TV Series
McClain's Law
1981
TV Series
Taxi
1981
TV Series
Karen
Back Roads
1981
Rickey's Mom
Flo
1981
TV Series
Benson
1980
TV Series
Lily Maxwell
The Black Marble
1980
Madeline Whitfield
Salem's Lot
1979
TV Movie
June Petrie
Paris
1979
TV Series
Florence Carlin
Survival of Dana
1979
TV Movie
Lorna Sims
The White Shadow
1979
TV Series
Mrs. Simpson
Operating Room
1978
TV Movie
Jean Lawrence
Logan's Run
1978
TV Series
Marianne
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
1977
TV Movie
Rachel Sullivan
The Rockford Files
1977
TV Series
Karen Hall / Kathryn Cooper
Rafferty
1977
TV Series
Dr. Renata Bristol
Quincy M.E.
1977
TV Series
Melissa Asten
McMillan & Wife
1977
TV Series
Lydia Corman
Jigsaw John
1976
TV Series
Eunice Considine
Starsky and Hutch
1976
TV Series
Ellen Forbes
The Streets of San Francisco
1975
TV Series
Judy Tyrell
Chosen Survivors
1974
Dr. Lenore Chrisman
Medical Center
1973
TV Series
Janet
Mannix
1968-1973
TV Series
Janet / Mrs. Ellen West / Nurse Hapgood / ...
Love, American Style
1973
TV Series
Anna Scott (segment "Love and the Opera Singer")
Shaft
1973
TV Series
Jane Cunningham
Bang the Drum Slowly
1973
Team Owner
Cannon
1973
TV Series
Ruth Gardner
Banyon
1972
TV Series
Caroline Wheeler
The Sixth Sense
1972
TV Series
Arlene
The F.B.I.
1972
TV Series
Mary Hale
Night Gallery
1971
TV Series
Flora Alden (segment "Brenda")
The Last Child
1971
TV Movie
Shelley Drumm
Hogan's Heroes
1967-1970
TV Series
Maria / Mama Bear / Maria Schmidt
The Bold Ones: The Protectors
1970
TV Series
Dr. Marti Lang
Heaven with a Gun
1969
Mrs. Andrews
Star Trek
1967-1969
TV Series
Zetar
Philana
Cmdr. Loskene
...
Family Affair
1969
TV Series
Pamela
Mission: Impossible
1968
TV Series
Major Maria Felder
Day of the Evil Gun
1968
Angie Warfield
The Second Hundred Years
1968
TV Series
Secretary
Judd for the Defense
1967
TV Series
Judd's Secretary / Eloise / Helen
The Lucy Show
1967
TV Series
English Teacher
The Green Hornet
1966-1967
TV Series
Elaine / Elaine Carey
The Munsters
1965
TV Series
Miss Guthrie
The Lieutenant
1963-1964
TV Series
Helen Vilardi / Doris Broxton
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1963
TV Series
Pamela Osborne
Combat!
1963
TV Series
Woman at table in Savoy
Sunday Showcase
1961
TV Series
Annie Lee
The United States Steel Hour
1956
TV Series
Search for Tomorrow
1951
TV Series
Gwen Delon (1976)
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1995
TV Special
Herself - Nominated: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
The 9th Annual CableACE Awards
1988
TV Special
Herself - Winner
The 9th Annual People's Choice Awards
1983
TV Special
Herself - Accepting Award for Favourite Dramatic Television Program
The 8th Annual People's Choice Awards
1982
TV Special
Herself - Accepting Award for Favourite Overall New TV Program
The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1981
TV Special
Herself - Winner: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Archive Footage
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1988
ACE
CableACE Awards
Actress in a Dramatic Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)
1981
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Hill Street Blues (1981)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1995
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993)
Known for movies
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993-1998) as Dorothy Jennings