Barbara Garrick

• Name — Barbara Garrick • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1985–present • Notable Works — * One Life to Live • Tales of the City

Garrick appeared in several New York-based television soap operas, including the roles of villainous nurse Charlotte Wheaton on Guiding Light in 1985, and Rita Renfield on As the World Turns in 1999. She originated the role of unstable cult member Allison Perkins on One Life to Live from 1986 to 1987, returning from August 2001 to August 2002, and then making brief appearances in October 2002 and January 2003. Garrick once again returned to the role from January 2008 to March 2008. She reappeared from February to April 2010, and again on January 5, 2012, through the series' the broadcast finale January 13, 2012. Garrick returned for the first-season finale of Prospect Park's streaming reboot of One Life to Live on August 19, 2013. Garrick's first film role was as Helen Weaver in the 1988 film Eight Men Out, followed by performances in films such as Working Girl (1988), Postcards from the Edge (1990), The Firm (1993), and Sleepless in Seattle (1993). Garrick played DeDe Halcyon Day in four television miniseries based on Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City novels: Tales of the City (1993), More Tales of the City (1998), Further Tales of the City (2001), and Tales of the City (2019). In 2002, she was nominated for a Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series for Further Tales of the City. Garrick also appeared in several episodes of the New York City-based procedural shows Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1985 — Guiding Light — Charlotte Wheaton — TV series • 1985 — Spenser: For Hire — Cathy Lowington — "Discord in a Minor" • 1986 — The — Mrs. Sims — "The Haunting" • * 1986–1987, * 2001–2003, * 2008, 2010, * 2012–2013 — One Life to Live — Allison Perkins — Recurring role • 1987 — The — Deborah Whitten — "Hand and Glove" • 1988 — Spenser: For Hire — Valentine — "Haunting" • 1990 — Kojak: It's Always Something — Stacy Wainwright — TV film • 1991 — The — Carolyn — "Here's Why You Shouldn't Talk to Strangers in the Park" • 1993 — Dottie Gets Spanked — Lorraine Gale — TV short • 1993 — Tales of the City — DeDe Halcyon Day — TV miniseries • 1994 — Normandy: The Great Crusade — Karla King (voice) — TV film • 1995 — Law & Order — Jenny Sandig — "Savages" • 1996 — Lifestories: Families in Crisis — Zoe Rossi — "Someone Had to Be Benny" • 1996 — The — Dr. Ellen Kersaw — "Afterlife" • 1997 — Ellen Foster — Aunt Betsy — TV film • 1998 — More Tales of the City — DeDe Day — TV miniseries • 1998–1999 — As the World Turns — Rita Renfield — TV series • 2000 — Mary and Rhoda — Gallery Curator — TV film • 2000 — Law & Order — Mrs. Sims — "Trade This" • 2000 — Sex and the City — Celia — "Attack of the Five Foot Ten Woman" • 2001 — Amy & Isabelle — TV film • 2001 — Further Tales of the City — DeDe Day — TV miniseries • 2001 — Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Hannah's Mother — "Pixies" • 2001 — Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Jennifer Barish — "The Good Doctor" • 2003 — Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Kelly Wolcott — "Serendipity" • 2006 — Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Pam Williams — "Cruise to Nowhere" • 2019 — Tales of the City — DeDe Day — Main cast