Barbara Bryne

Barbara Bryne (born 1 April 1929) is a British-born U.S.-based stage, film and television actress. Onstage she has appeared in comedy, dramatic and musical productions. The London-born actress studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA).

Career

Bryne came to Canada in the early 1960s and has been a frequent performer at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival since 1966 and at the Guthrie Theater (Minneapolis) for 50 years.[1][2] In 1982, she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award as Outstanding Actress in a Drama for her role as "Kath" in the first American production of Joe Orton's Entertaining Mr. Sloane (which starred Maxwell Caulfield in the title role).

She was in the original Broadway productions of Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George (as George's mother) and Into The Woods (as Jack's mother). She also performed in Sondheim's A Little Night Music in Washington, D.C. She was also a frequent performer at Minneapolis' Guthrie Theater. Among the plays in which she appeared there were Mother Courage, The Glass Menagerie, She Stoops to Conquer, Design for Living, and, most recently, Pygmalion.[3]

On television she played "Mrs. Gaffney" on the Tony Randall series, Love, Sidney (1981–83). In 2011 she appeared as Queen Victoria in H.M.S. Pinafore, which was filmed for PBS in late August 2011.[4] Among the films in which she has appeared are: Romeo & Juliet (1993 TV film), Into the Woods (1991 TV film), Two Evil Eyes (1990; "The Black Cat" segment), Sunday in the Park with George (1986 TV film), Amadeus (1984), The Bostonians (1984), and The School for Scandal (1975 TV film).

Stage
Year Title Role(s) Notes
1966 Henry VI Margery Jourdan
1966 Twelfth Night Maria
1967 Richard III Duchess of York
1967 The Government Inspector Locksmith's Wife, Korobkin's Wife
1967 The Merry Wives of Windsor Ensemble
1968 Tartuffe Mme. Pernelle
1968 The Three Musketeers Mme. Coquenard, Landlady of the Gilded Lily
1968 A Midsummer Night's Dream Puck
1981 Cymbeline The Queen
1981 Entertaining Mr Sloane Kath Nomination: Drama Desk Award
1984 Sunday in the Park with George Blair Daniels, Old Lady Broadway debut
1985 Hay Fever Clara
1986 Into the Woods Jack's Mother
1989 The Importance of Being Earnest Lady Augusta Bracknell
1992 Romeo and Juliet Nurse
1993 A Midsummer Night's Dream Robin Starveling
1995 The Merry Wives of Windsor Mistress Quickly
2002 A Little Night Music Madame Armfeldt
2002 The Chairs Old Woman
2003 Three Sisters Anfisa
2006 The Birthday Party Mistress Quickly
2007 Our Leading Lady Maude Bentley
2007 Jane Eyre Mrs. Fairfax
2009 When We Are Married Mrs. Northrop
2010 Macbeth Weïrd Sister
2011 H.M.S. Pinafore Queen Victoria
2012 Hay Fever Clara
2012 Embers Nini

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1984The BostoniansMrs. Tarrant
1984AmadeusFrau Weber
1990Two Evil EyesMartha(segment "The Black Cat")

References
  1. "Christopher Plummer, Barbara Byrne [sic] and more join Guthrie's 50th Anniversary Gala"; accessed 6 August 2014.
  3. "Barbara Bryne Begins Performances in Guthrie's The Chairs Oct. 25". Playbill.com. 25 October 2002. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  4. Barbara Bryne at IMDb
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