Barbara Babcock

Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
02/27/1937
Birthplace:
Fort Riley, Kansas
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biography
Willowy, with an airy frame, but capable of projecting toughness as well as tightly-wound characters, Barbara Babcock was a "working actress" for two decades before a recurring guest role on "Hill Street Blues" in the early 1980s turned her into a TV star. On "Hill Street", Babcock was tough Grace Gardner, hounding Sgt. Esterhaus (Michael Conrad) until she had him. "Tough" seems to be a word threaded through Babcock's personal life as well. The daughter of the US Army General, she was raised in Tokyo and spoke Japanese before English. On screen, Babcock seems very much the "lady". Her early Continued
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milestones
Year
Milestone
1960 
TV debut, "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" as Pamela Osborne (date approximate)
1966 
Played "Mea3" in "A Taste of Armageddon" episode of "Star Trek"
1968 
Film debut, "Day of the Evil Gun"
1971 
TV-movie debut, "The Last Child"
1973 
Played team owner in "Bang the Drum Slowly"
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