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The London-born actress studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA).
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Barbara Bryne
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Onstage she has appeared in comedy, dramatic and musical productions. 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. 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, District of Columbia 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. On television she played "Mistress
Gaffney" on the Tony Randall series, Love, Sidney (1981-1983). In 2011 she appeared as Queen Victoria in His Majesty’s Ship Pinafore, which was filmed for Public Broadcasting Service in late August 2011.
Among the films in which she has appeared are: Romeo & Juliet (1993 television film), Into the Woods (1991 television film), Two Evil Eyes (1990.
"The Black Cat" segment), Sunday in the Park with George (1986 television film), Amadeus (1984), The Bostonians (1984), and The School for Scandal (1975 television film).
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