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Barbara Babcock is an American character actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as 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.
Born
Saturday, 27 February 1937
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| How William Shatner Changed the World | Philana | 2005 |
| Home Alone 4 | Molly | 2002 |
| Pasadena | Lillian Greeley | 2001 |
| Space Cowboys | Barbara Corvin | 2000 |
| Judging Amy | Diane McCarty | 1999 |
| Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie | Dorothy Jennings | 1999 |
| A Vow to Cherish | Ellen Brighton | 1999 |
| Childhood Sweetheart? | Rose Carlson | 1997 |
| The Pretender | Edna Raines | 1996 |
| Chicago Hope | Beverly Kronk | 1994 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| How William Shatner Changed the World | Philana | 2005 |
| Home Alone 4 | Molly | 2002 |
| Pasadena | Lillian Greeley | 2001 |
| Space Cowboys | Barbara Corvin | 2000 |
| Judging Amy | Diane McCarty | 1999 |
| Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie | Dorothy Jennings | 1999 |
| A Vow to Cherish | Ellen Brighton | 1999 |
| Childhood Sweetheart? | Rose Carlson | 1997 |
| The Pretender | Edna Raines | 1996 |
| Chicago Hope | Beverly Kronk | 1994 |
| Frasier | Penelope Janvier | 1993 |
| Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert | Rhonda Devon | 1993 |
| Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Dorothy Jennings | 1993 |
| Jack's Place | Becky Sherman | 1992 |
| Far and Away | Nora Christie | 1992 |
| Sisters | Dr. Julia Aussenberg | 1991 |
| Wings | Mae Hackett | 1990 |
| A Family For Joe | Miss Quinn Collins | 1990 |
| Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen | Martha Robertson | 1990 |
| Heart of Dixie | Coralee Claibourne | 1989 |
| Happy Together | Ruth Carpenter | 1989 |
| Empty Nest | Paula / Paula Conroy | 1988 |
| China Beach | Lt. Col. Libby Heiss | 1988 |
| The Law and Harry McGraw | Ellie Maginnis | 1987 |
| News at Eleven | Joanna Steckler | 1986 |
| Mr. Sunshine | Mrs. June Swinford | 1986 |
| Mary | Janet | 1985 |
| That Was Then... This Is Now | Mrs. Douglas | 1985 |
| The Golden Girls | Charmaine Hollingsworth | 1985 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Cissie Enright | 1985 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Rosemary Taylor / Rosaline Gardner / Priscilla Daniels / Meredith Delaney / Carol Collins | 1984 |
| Steambath | Wanda Blakely | 1984 |
| The Four Seasons | Lorraine Elliot | 1984 |
| Quarterback Princess | Judy Maida | 1983 |
| The Lords of Discipline | Abigail St. Croix | 1983 |
| Remington Steele | Marisa Peters | 1982 |
| Cheers | Lana | 1982 |
| Hotel | Monica Shawcross | 1982 |
| Best of the West | Merilee Pendleton | 1981 |
| Back Roads | Rickey's Mom | 1981 |
| Hill Street Blues | Grace Gardner / Sister Chastity | 1981 |
| Flo | Louise Browning | 1980 |
| The Black Marble | Madeline Whitfield | 1980 |
| Salem's Lot | June Petrie | 1979 |
| Paris | Florence Carlin | 1979 |
| Benson | Lily Maxwell | 1979 |
| Survival of Dana | Lorna Sims | 1979 |
| The White Shadow | Mrs. Simpson | 1978 |
| Taxi | Karen | 1978 |
| Dallas | Liz Craig | 1978 |
| Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. | Rachel Sullivan | 1977 |
| Logan's Run | Marianne | 1977 |
| Rafferty | Dr. Renata Bristol | 1977 |
| Quincy M.E. | Melissa Asten | 1976 |
| Jigsaw John | Eunice Considine | 1976 |
| Starsky and Hutch | Ellen Forbes | 1975 |
| Chosen Survivors | Dr. Lenore Chrisman | 1974 |
| The Rockford Files | Karen Hall / Kathryn Cooper | 1974 |
| Shaft | Jane Cunningham | 1973 |
| Bang the Drum Slowly | Team Owner | 1973 |
| The Streets of San Francisco | Judy Tyrell | 1972 |
| The Sixth Sense | Arlene | 1972 |
| The Last Child | Shelley Drumm | 1971 |
| McMillan & Wife | Lydia Corman | 1971 |
| Cannon | Ruth Gardner | 1971 |
| Banyon | Caroline Wheeler | 1971 |
| Night Gallery | Flora Alden (segment "Brenda") | 1969 |
| Love, American Style | Anna Scott (segment "Love and the Opera Singer") | 1969 |
| Heaven with a Gun | Mrs. Andrews | 1969 |
| Medical Center | Dr. Janet Waltham | 1969 |
| The Bold Ones: The Protectors | Dr. Marti Lang | 1969 |
| Day of the Evil Gun | Angie Warfield | 1968 |
| Mannix | Ellen West / Janet / Lucille / Nurse Hapgood | 1967 |
| Judd for the Defense | Eloise / Helen / Judd's Secretary | 1967 |
| The Second Hundred Years | Secretary | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible | Major Maria Felder | 1966 |
| Family Affair | Pamela | 1966 |
| The Green Hornet | Elaine / Elaine Carey | 1966 |
| Star Trek | Zetar / Trelane's Mother / Philana / Mea 3 / Cmdr. Loskene / Beta 5 Computer / Isis | 1966 |
| Hogan's Heroes | Mama Bear / Maria Schmidt / Maria | 1965 |
| The F.B.I. | Mary Hale | 1965 |
| The Munsters | Miss Guthrie | 1964 |
| The Lieutenant | Doris Broxton / Helen Vilardi | 1963 |
| Combat! | Woman at table in Savoy | 1962 |
| The Lucy Show | English Teacher | 1962 |
| Our American Heritage | Annie Lee | 1959 |
| The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | Pamela Osborne | 1959 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1995 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 1981 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Won |
