Barbara Bain
{{Short description|American actress (born 1931)}}
{{for|the haematologist|Barbara J. Bain}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Barbara Bain
| image = Barbara Bain.jpg
| caption = Bain in 2006
| birth_name = Mildred Fogel
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1931|9|13}}
| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
| alma_mater = University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
| known_for = Mission: Impossible
Space: 1999
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|dancer|model}}
| years_active = 1957–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Martin Landau|1957|1993|reason=divorced}}
| children = Susan Landau Finch
Juliet Landau
}}
Barbara Bain (born Mildred Fogel,{{Cite news|title=Ask Mimi: Each week, Merli answers three arts and entertainment questions|author=Merli, Melissa|date=August 13, 2017|work=Champaign News Gazette|page=E2|quote=Wasn't Martin Landau married to a UI alum?
The versatile, Oscar-winning actor, who died July 15, was married to Emmy-winning actress Barbara Bain, who attended the UI under her real name, Mildred Fogel, from 1948 to '50, but did not graduate. However, she was the 1950 UI Homecoming queen.|id={{ProQuest|1950097927}}}} September 13, 1931{{Cite news|title=Today's Birthdays|author=|date=September 13, 2008|work=The Journal News|page=28|quote=Actress Barbara Bain is 77.Actor Richard Kiel is 69. Rock singer David Clayton-Thomas (Blood, Sweat & Tears) is 67. Actress Jacqueline Bisset is 64.|id={{ProQuest|2040101847}}}} See also:
- {{Cite news|title=Celebrity Birthdays|author=|date=September 13, 2022|work=Asheville Citizen-Times|page=6B|quote=Actor Barbara Bain is 91. [...] Singer David Clayton-Thomas of Blood, Sweat & Tears is 81. [...] Actor Jacqueline Bisset is 78.|id={{ProQuest|2717072431}}}}) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Cinnamon Carter CrawfordIn the season 2 episode The Photographer, Cinnamon is invited to a photoshoot. Her full name on the invitation card is Cinnamon Carter Crawford. on the action television series Mission: Impossible (1966–1969), which earned her three Primetime Emmy Awards, as well as a Golden Globe Award nomination. She also starred as Dr. Helena Russell on the British-Italian coproduction science-fiction television series Space: 1999 (1975–1977). Bain has also appeared in the films Animals with the Tollkeeper (1998), Panic (2000), Forget Me Not (2009) and On the Rocks (2020).
Early life
Bain was born Mildred Fogel in Chicago, Illinois,{{Cite news|title=Miss On a Mission|author=Leonard, Vince|date=December 11, 1966|work=The Pittsburgh Press TV Graphic|page=2|quote=Barbara was born in Chicago, attended public schools there and graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in sociology.|id={{ProQuest|2275278391}}}}{{cite web| title=Barbara Bain| url=http://www.walkoffame.com/barbara-bain| website=Hollywood Walk of Fame| access-date=7 May 2016}} the daughter of Russian-Jewish immigrants.{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nqRkAAAAMAAJ&q=MILLICENT+FOGEL+1931| title=Encyclopedia of early television crime fighters| first = Everett| last=Aaker| page=24| publisher =McFarland| year=2006 |access-date=2018-04-03|url-access = subscription |isbn =978-0786424764}}{{cite news| url=http://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/4111/| newspaper=The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles| title=Family Affair| first=Naomi| last=Pfefferman| date=April 5, 2001| quote=At Wilshire Boulevard Temple's Westside campus this month, the actress, who was raised in an assimilated Jewish home...}}{{cite news| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HVM_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=7lEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5616,2967232&dq=barbara-bain+jewish-faith&hl=en| title=Ask the Star| newspaper=Windsor Star| date=October 26, 1968| page=43| access-date=2018-04-03}} She graduated from the University of Illinois with a bachelor's degree in sociology.{{cite journal |title=Fission Impossible? for 19 Years, Barbara's Been the Bain of Martin Landeau |url= https://people.com/archive/fission-impossible-for-19-years-barbaras-been-the-bain-of-martin-landaus-existence-vol-5-no-23/ |first=Jerene |last=Jones |date=June 14, 1976 |journal=People |access-date=29 July 2019}} Developing an interest in dance, she moved to New York City, where she studied alongside Martha Graham. Dissatisfied with her career as a dancer, she went into modelling; jobs with Vogue, Harper's, and other publications followed.
Still uninspired, however, Bain entered the Theater Studio to study acting, first under Curt Conway, then Lonny Chapman. Progressing to the Actors Studio, she was instructed by Lee Strasberg.{{cite book| first=Tim| last=Heald| url =http://geocities.ws/imffan2102/Collection/Articles/MakingOf.pdf| title=The Making of Space: 1999| year= 1976| publisher=Random House Publishing Group| location=New York| isbn=978-0345252654| chapter=Alphans and Others: Barbara Bain}} {{page needed | date = November 2022}}[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1299&dat=19570828&id=WtpHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EIwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2066,5939987 "Curt Conway's Theatre Studio of New York, Inc."] Advertisement. The Village Voice. August 28, 1957.
Bain's first acting role was in Paddy Chayevsky's play Middle of the Night, which embarked on a national tour in October 1957.{{cite news| agency=Associated Press| url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LHgcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_2QEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4489,2317271&dq=paddy-chayefsky+middle-of-the-night+national-tour&hl=en| title= Actor's Return To Stage Is Paying Big Dividends| newspaper=Sarasota Herald-Tribune| date=May 12, 1957}} Accompanying Bain was fellow actor and new husband Martin Landau; the final leg of the tour brought the couple to Los Angeles, where they settled permanently. After moving, Bain established herself at the Actors Studio West, where she continued to teach classes and perform scene work.King, Susan (May 9, 2012). [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-xpm-2012-may-09-la-et-barbara-bain-20120509-story.html "Barbara Bain Remains 'Love Struck' When It Comes to Theater"]. Los Angeles Times.
Career
Bain's earliest television appearances included CBS's Tightrope, with Mike Connors, and three ABC series: The Law and Mr. Jones, Adventures in Paradise, and Straightaway. After a recurring role as David Janssen's romantic interest in Richard Diamond, Private Detective in 1959, she guest-starred as Madelyn Terry in a 1960 episode of Perry Mason, "The Case of the Wary Wildcatter".
In 1963, Bain appeared as Rob Petrie's soon-to-be ex-fiancée in The Dick Van Dyke Show, in the episode "Will You Two Be My Wife?", and in 1964 played the role of Elayna Scott in "The Case of the Nautical Knot" episode of Perry Mason. In 1965, she guest-starred alongside series star Jerry Van Dyke in an episode of My Mother The Car. She appeared in the 1966 final episode of the series alongside Van Dyke.
Between 1966 and 1969, Bain appeared—alongside her husband, Martin Landau—in the major role of Cinnamon Carter in Mission: Impossible, winning three consecutive Emmy Awards for Best Dramatic Actress for her performances in 1967, 1968, and 1969, in addition to a Golden Globe Award nomination in 1968.{{cite web|url=http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0151533.html|title=1967–1968 Emmy Awards|website=www.infoplease.com}} Bain reprised her character in a 1997 episode of Diagnosis: Murder. She starred opposite Landau again in the science-fiction TV series Space: 1999 (1975–77) as Dr. Helena Russell and in the made-for-TV film The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981).
She guest-starred in the October 29, 1985, episode of Moonlighting, playing Emily Greydon. Bain also appeared in My So-Called Life, playing Angela Chase's grandmother in one episode. Other appearances include "Matryoshka", an episode of the 1990s science-fiction series Millennium.
In 1998, Bain appeared in the Walker, Texas Ranger episode "Saving Grace", as the mother superior. In 2006, she had a minor role in one episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ("Living Legends"). In 2008, co-starring with her daughter Juliet Landau, Bain voiced the character of Verdona Tennyson in "What Are Little Girls Made Of?", an episode of Ben 10: Alien Force.
On April 28, 2016, Bain was honored with the 2,579th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, located at 6767 Hollywood Boulevard. Lifelong friends Edward Asner and Dick Van Dyke were on hand to speak and assist in the unveiling of the star.{{Cite web|title=Actress Barbara Bain Honored with Star On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame|website=Hollywood Walk of Fame|date=October 25, 2019 |url=https://walkoffame.com/barbara-bain/|access-date=26 August 2023}}
Personal life
Bain married actor Martin Landau in 1957; they divorced in 1993. They have two daughters, film producer Susan Landau Finch and actress Juliet Landau.{{cite news| url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/playtime-for-soontobe-producer-peta/2007/09/07/1188783491913.html|title=Playtime for soon-to-be producer Peta| first=Andrew| last=Hornery| date=September 8, 2007| newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald| access-date=2018-04-03}} Bain suffers from claustrophobia, which the writers of Mission: Impossible incorporated into her character on the show in the episode "The Exchange".{{cite book| first=Patrick J.| last=White| title=The Complete Mission: Impossible Dossier| place=New York| publisher=Avon Books| year=1991| pages=124, 182–183, 197| isbn=978-0380758777| oclc=24914321}}{{cite magazine| url=http://people.com/archive/the-impossible-years-vol-45-no-20/| magazine=People| volume=45| issue=20| date=May 20, 1996| title=The Impossible Years| last=Lipton| first=Michael J.| access-date=August 1, 2017| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801220005/http://people.com/archive/the-impossible-years-vol-45-no-20/| archive-date=August 1, 2017}}
Filmography
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= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role ! class="unsortable" |Notes |
| rowspan="2" |1989
|Mary Casal | |
| Skinheads
|Martha | |
| 1990
|Hipster | |
| 1997
|Platform Six |Madame Harwin |
| rowspan="4" |1998
|The Mother | |
| Gideon
|Sarah | |
| Dry Martini
|Madame Richaud | rowspan="2" | Short film |
| Airtime
| |
| rowspan="2" |2000
|Deidre | |
| Bel Air
|Agnes | |
| 2002
|Anne Tillman | |
| rowspan="2" |2009
|In the Mix |Ms. Crump |Short film |
| Forget Me Not
|Sister Dolores | |
| rowspan="2" |2010
|Political Disasters |Elizabeth | |
| Nothing Special
|Catherine | |
| 2012
|Match Made |Meredith | rowspan="4" | Short film |
| 2014
|Lost Music |Roxanne |
| 2015
|Pacific Edge |Coral |
| rowspan="2" |2016
|Grace |Grace / Grandma |
| Silver Skies
|Eve | |
| rowspan="3" |2018
|Reconnected |Gloria | rowspan="3" | Short film |
| The Matchmaker
|Sarah |
| Take My Hand
|Marie |
| 2020
|Gran Keane | |
| 2025
|The Eagle Obsession |Self |Documentary |
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1958
| Mary Owens | Episode: "The Captain's Gun" |
| rowspan="7" | 1959
| Dora Church | Episode: "Accentuate the Negative" |
| Philip Marlowe
| Donna Raymond | Episode: "Ugly Duckling" (pilot) |
| State Trooper
| Madge Slausen | Episode: "Fiddle Dee Dead" |
| Richard Diamond, Private Detective
| Karen Wells | 5 episodes |
| Mr. Lucky
| Prudence | Episode: "The Money Game" |
| Alcoa Theatre
| Judy Coyne | Episode: "Small Bouquet" |
| Tightrope
| Sandra | Episode: "Cold Kill" |
| rowspan="2" | 1960
| D.J. | Episode: "Christmas Is a Legal Holiday" |
| Perry Mason
| Madelyn Terry | Episode: "The Case of Wary Wildcatter" |
| 1960–1961
| Martha Peterson | 2 episodes |
| 1962
| Melody | Episode: "The Craziest Race in Town" |
| rowspan="7" | 1963
| Dorothy | Episode: "Will You Two Be My Wife?" |
| Hawaiian Eye
| Anne Munroe | Episode: "Two Million Too Much" |
| Empire
| June Bates | Episode: "Hidden Asset" |
| The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
| Veronica | Episode: "I Was a Spy for the F.O.B." |
| The Lieutenant
| Cissie Van Osten | Episode: "A Touching of Hands" |
| 77 Sunset Strip
| Rachel Dent | Episode: "By His Own Verdict" |
| Wagon Train
| Lucy Garrison | Episode: "The Fenton Canaby Story" |
| rowspan="4" | 1964
| Betty | Episode: "The Night the Monkey Died" |
| Ben Casey
| Tutor | Episode: "A Woods Full of Question Marks" |
| Perry Mason
| Elayna Scott | Episode: "The Case of the Nautical Knot" |
| Valentine's Day
| Unknown | Episode: "The Old School Tie" |
| 1965
| Alma | Episode: "KAOS in CONTROL" |
| 1965–1966
| Inge / Frankie | Episode: "I'm Through Being A Nice Guy" / "Desperate Minutes" |
| 1966–1969
| Main cast (seasons 1–3) |
| 1969
| Newspaperwoman | Episode: "Crime Doesn't Pay But It's Tax Free" |
| 1971
| Murder Once Removed | Lisa Manning | Television film |
| 1973
| Savage | Gail Abbot | Television film |
| 1974
|Angelique |Episode: "The First Day" |
| 1975–1977
| Dr. Helena Russell | Main cast |
| 1981
| The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island | Dr. Olga Schmetner | Television film |
| 1984
| Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer | Julia Huntley | Episode: "A Death in the Family" |
| 1985
| Emily Greydon | Episode: "My Fair David" |
| rowspan="2" | 1987
| Christina Golitsyn | Episode: "The Khrushchev List" |
| CBS Summer Playhouse
| Julie Barrington | Episode: "Barrington" |
| 1988
| Nora Morgan | Episode: "Coal Miner's Slaughter” |
| 1991
| Ellen Lombard | Episode: "Unauthorized Obituary" |
| 1992
| Buffy Hines-Baldi | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1994
| Vivian Wood | Episode: "Other People's Mothers" |
| rowspan="2" | 1997
| Constance MacArthur | Episode: "Reunion" |
| Diagnosis: Murder
| Cinnamon Carter | Episode: "Discards" |
| 1998
| Mother Superior | Episode: "Saving Grace" |
| 1999
| Lilly Unser | Episode: "Matryoshka" |
| rowspan="2" | 2003
| Mrs. March | Episode: "Orders" |
| Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
| Judy Utemeyer | Television film |
| 2006
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Mrs. Iris Paul | Episode: "Living Legend" |
| 2008
| Verdona | Voice, episode: "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" |
| 2016
|Blanche |Episode: "Exodus" |
| 2020
|Aunt Simone |Episode: "Ripple Effect" |
References
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- [http://amestrib.com/entertainment/many-missions-barbara-bain Interview with Barbara Bain, October, 2014, Ames Tribune] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027130313/http://amestrib.com/entertainment/many-missions-barbara-bain |date=October 27, 2014 }}
- [https://www.classicfilmtvcafe.com/2019/09/barbara-bain-interview.html Interview with Barbara Bain at Classic Film & TV Cafe, 5 September 2019]
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