http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/14/arts/television/patricia-barry-dead.html 2016-10-14 02:27:14 Patricia Barry, Actress in Many TV Roles, Dies at 93 Ms. Barry’s career’s was dominated by appearances on soap operas and shows like “The Twilight Zone.” === Patricia Barry, a prolific television actress who appeared in more than 100 series and movies, beginning in the medium’s earliest days, died on Tuesday at her home in Los Angeles. She was 93. Her death was confirmed by her publicist, The Associated Press said. Ms. Barry’s career began in the 1940s, when she won a After three uncredited screen roles (as “nurse,” “showgirl” and “music student”), she finally got a character name in “The Beast With Five Fingers,” a 1947 horror film remembered best for scenes in which a dead pianist’s disembodied hand, up to no good, creeps its way around an Italian mansion. Ms. Barry Her first appearance was as a guest on “The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse,” in an episode about Vincent van Gogh. Over the next decade she appeared in series as different as “Playhouse 90” (she was Jordan Baker in a version of “The Great Gatsby”) and “77 Sunset Strip.” She had a particularly good year in 1964, when she appeared in three feature films: “Send Me No Flowers” (with Rock Hudson and Doris Day), “Kitten With a Whip” (with Ann-Margret) and “Dear Heart” (with Glenn Ford). That fall she was cast as Jack Klugman’s wife in a new sitcom, “Harris Against the World.” When the series was canceled after 13 episodes, she returned to a busy schedule on series television. Her soap-opera period began in 1972, when she appeared on several episodes of “Days of Our Lives.” She was later on “All My Children” (1981) and “Guiding Light” (1985-87). She also acted in television movies, among them “First, You Cry” (1978), in which Mary Tyler Moore played a newswoman with breast cancer; “Crowhaven Farm” (1970), a horror tale about a coven of witches; and “Bogie” (1980), about Humphrey Bogart. Ms. Barry also still did the occasional film, among them “Sea of Love” (1989), with Al Pacino, as a lonely older woman who answers a personals ad. She may be best remembered for “ She had appeared on two episodes of the original “Twilight Zone” series as well, as a genie with a mild-mannered new master and as a glamorous single woman who unwittingly drinks an all-too-effective love potion. Her last film was “Delusional” (2014), a thriller about a mental patient. Patricia Allen White was born on Nov. 16, 1922, in Davenport, Iowa, the daughter of a physician. She graduated from Stephens College in Missouri, where she studied theater with the actress Maude Adams. She began her career doing summer theater in New Hampshire and made her Broadway debut in 1945 in a short-lived comedy, “Calico Wedding.” In 1950 she married Philip Barry Jr Her survivors include two daughters, Miranda Barry and Stephanie Barry Agnew, and two grandchildren. Ms. Barry was a founding member and a past president of Women in Film, a nonprofit that promotes gender parity on and off screen. She also ran a business in Southern California, leasing fully furnished houses to visiting stars and directors.