Williams, Barbara 1953(?)- (Barbra Williams)

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Williams, Barbara 1953(?)- (Barbra Williams)

PERSONAL

Born 1953 (some sources say 1954), near Esperanza, British Columbia, Canada; daughter of Jack (a logger and tugboat skipper) and Simone Williams; married Nick Mancuso (an actor; divorced); married Tom Hayden (a politician), August 7, 1993; children: (second marriage) Liam Jack Diallo; stepchildren: Troy Garity. Avocational Interests: Environmental issues, social activism.

Addresses:

Contact—Silver, Massetti, and Szatmary, 8730 West Sunset Blvd., Suite 440, West Hollywood, CA 90069

Career:

Actress, writer, production coordinator, unit manager, and production assistant. Worked with the residential theatrical company of the Vancouver Cultural Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, for five years. Singer and songwriter. Also worked as a waitress in Canada.

Awards, Honors:

Genie Award, best performance by an actress in a dramatic program or miniseries, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, 1997, for Mother Trucker: The Diana Kilmury Story; Gemini Award nomination, best performance by an actress in a featured supporting role in a dramatic program or miniseries, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, 1998, for Breach of Faith: Family of Cops II; Genie Award nomination, best performance by an actress in a supporting role, 2001, for Love Come Down; British Columbia Drama Award, best actress, for Suddenly Last Summer.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Girlfriend, The Gentle Rain, Allied Artists, 1966.

Shana, Firebird 2015 A.D., Brian Distributing Corporation, 1981.

Miri, Tell Me That You Love Me (also known as Miri), Astral Films, 1983.

Mickey Davis, Thief of Hearts, Paramount, 1984.

Dawn, Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling, Columbia, 1986.

Line server, Forever Evil, Liberty Home Video, 1987.

(As Barbra Williams) Karen, Tiger Warsaw (also known as The Tiger), Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1988.

Nora, Watchers, Universal, 1988.

Julie Brandt, The Man Inside (also known as L'affaire walraff), New Line Cinema, 1990.

Angela, City of Hope, Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1991.

Vera, Oh, What a Night, Norstar Entertainment, 1992.

Aunt Anna Corlett, Digger, 1993.

Joan Abbott, Inventing the Abbotts, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1997.

Dr. Sarah Schaeffer, They Come at Night, Pikesville Productions, 1998.

Jennifer Krippendorf, Krippendorf's Tribe, Buena Vista, 1998.

Sharon, Bone Daddy (also known as Palmer's Bones and L'affaire Palmer), Artisan Entertainment, 1998.

Faith, Jack the Dog, Jung N Restless, 2000.

Olive Carter, Love Come Down (also known as Cris du coeur), Unapix Entertainment, 2000.

Piano teacher, Lost Girl, Found Art Productions, 2000.

Francesca, Perfect Pie (also known as La voie du destin), Odeon Films, 2002.

Barbara, The Inner Circle, PorchLight Entertainment, 2003.

Faith, Manhood, Lightning Entertainment, 2003.

Bernell, Little Chenier (also known as Little Chenier: A Cajun Story), Radio London Films, 2006.

Film Work:

Production assistant, Race for the Yankee Zephyr (also known as Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr), ARC, 1981.

Unit manager: New Zealand, White Water Summer (also known as The Rites of Summer), Columbia, 1987.

Assistant production coordinator, Dangerous Minds, Buena Vista, 1995.

Television Appearances; Series:

Recurring role, Against the Law, Fox, 1990-91.

Sam Richardson, Sins of the City, USA Network, 1998.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Nurse Andrea Davidson, Shocktrauma, syndicated, 1982.

Edie, Peter Gunn, ABC, 1989.

Grace, Keeper of the City, Showtime, 1991.

Charlene, Quiet Killer (also known as Black Death and New York, alerte a la peste), CBS and CTV, 1992.

Marie, Indecency, USA Network, 1992.

Susan Silverman, Spenser: Ceremony, Lifetime, 1993.

Susan Silverman, Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes, Lifetime, 1994.

Beth Honeycutt, In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped, NBC, 1995.

Kate Fein, Family of Cops (also known as Un famille de flics), CBS, 1995.

Diana Kilmury, Mother Trucker: The Diana Kilmury Story (also known as Diana Kilmury: Teamster, Teamster, and La route de l'espoir), TNT, 1996.

Ali Torre, Joe Torre: Curveballs along the Way, Showtime, 1997.

Kate Fein, Breach of Faith: Family of Cops II (also known as Family of Cops II), CBS, 1997.

Eva, Naked City: A Killer Christmas, Showtime, 1998.

Eva, Naked City: Justice with a Bullet, Showtime, 1998.

Kate Fein, Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion (also known as Family of Cops III), CBS, 1999.

Helen, Every Second Counts, Hallmark Channel, 2008.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Widow, All's Well That Ends Well, 1978.

Sarah Reed, Country Estates, ABC, 1993.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Maggie, Quarterlife, NBC, 2008.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

"Lyon's Den," For the Record, 1980.

Maggie Verona, "The Human Interest Story," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, NBC, 1985.

Sister Allison, "That Terrible Swift Sword," Stingray, NBC, 1986.

Jenny Mitchell, "One Way Ticket to the End of the Line," Stingray, NBC, 1987.

Sylvia Thorton, "The Making of a Martyr," The Equalizer, CBS, 1989.

Pat Hardaker, "In Search of a Dream," Street Legal, 1989.

Judith, "Father and Son," Neon Rider, 1990.

Claire McIntire, "Let Death Do Us Part," The Hidden Room, Lifetime, 1991.

Philomena Connors, "Fowl Play," Sweating Bullets (also known as Tropical Heat), CBS, 1991.

Anna, "Liaisons," Star Trek: The Next Generation (also known as Star Trek: TNG), syndicated, 1993.

Vera Keegan, "Cold Spell," Picket Fences, CBS, 1994.

Caitlin Doyle, "Under the Bed," The Outer Limits (also known as The New Outer Limits), Showtime and Sci-Fi Channel, 1995.

Dawn, "Paper Dove," Millennium, Fox, 1997.

Sam Richardson, "Quarry," Sins of the City, 1998.

"Go Heart or Go Home," The Associates, 2002.

Diane Logan, "The Finger," CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (also known as CSI: Las Vegas, C.S.I., and Les Experts), CBS, 2002.

"The Wives of Christmas Past," Just Cause, PAX, 2002.

Wild Card, Lifetime, 2003.

Barbara Harper, "Judas on a Pole," Bones, Fox, 2006.

Maggie, "Compromise," Quarterlife, NBC, 2008.

Stage Appearances:

Appeared as Amelia Earhart, Amelia; Catherine Holly, Suddenly Last Summer; Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, Vancouver Cultural Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Romola, Nijinsky, Vancouver Cultural Centre; Joan Baez, The Met, Los Angeles; in Dracula, Eighteen Wheels, Vancouver Cultural Centre; Marat/Sade, Vancouver Cultural Centre; Preparing (solo show), Vancouver Cultural Centre; The Tempest, Vancouver Cultural Centre; Rock and Roll.