Dorie Barton
{{Short description|American actor, writer, and director}}
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Dorie Barton is an American actor, writer, and director.{{Cite web|title=Dorie Barton|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bc5ebbaa4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428113311/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bc5ebbaa4|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 28, 2019|access-date=2021-03-05|website=BFI|language=en}} She began her professional acting career working on a television soap opera and went on to appear in various theater, film, and television productions. She made her debut as a writer-director of film in 2016, and also teaches theater at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Early life
Barton was an Army brat, meaning that her family lived in different places during her childhood, including Iowa and Virginia. She graduated from the California Institute of the Arts with a BFA degree in theater.{{cite web |url=https://nashvillefilmfestival.org/film-maker/dorie-barton|title=Dorie Barton|accessdate=20 March 2021}}
Acting career
Barton began her acting career on One Life to Live, playing Beth Garvey, a runaway teenage mother, from 1993 to 1994. When the character was written out of the show, the producers of One Life to Live gave her the option for what would happen to her character, and Barton opted for her character to die on-camera.
Her additional television roles include playing Tess Farraday in the sitcom Stark Raving Mad from 1999 to 2000.{{Cite web|last=Wallenfels|first=Jessica|date=7 Apr 2000|title="Uptown Girl - Dorie Barton Loosens up her Act as the Prissy Tess on Stark Raving Mad" 7 Apr 2000, 106 - Calgary Herald at Newspapers.com|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/486248616/?terms=dorie%20barton&match=1|access-date=2021-03-05|website=Newspapers.com|language=en}} She also appeared in Angel, Justice League, Nowhere Man, Vanishing Son, and One Life to Live.
Film roles include How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale (2000), Do You Wanna Know a Secret? (2001), Down with Love (2003), Just Desserts (2004), and God Bless America (2011).
Barton also provides voice-overs for films, video games and commercial ads.
Theater
Barton's stage appearances include: Sophistry, Lost Studio Theatre, Los Angeles, 1995; Edith Sussman, Die! Mommy! Die!, House of Sussman Company, Coast Playhouse, West Hollywood, CA, 1999; Secretary and Toni Newsome, Pentecost, Theatre of Note, Evidence Room Theatre, Los Angeles, 2002; and Cringe, Hollywood Stories, Evidence Room Theatre, 2002–2003. Barton also appeared as Paulinka in A Bright Room Called Day, and as a member of ensemble for a production of The Skin of Our Teeth. In 2006, she appeared in Kira Obolensky's play Lobster Alice'' with the Blank Theatre Company at 2nd Stage Theatre in Hollywood.{{Cite news|date=2006-07-31|title='Lobster Alice' Shows Style|pages=38|work=The Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73534086/lobster-alice-shows-style/|access-date=2021-03-15}}
Directing career
Barton made her debut as writer-director with the feature film Girl Flu.,{{Cite web|last1=Erbland|first1=Kate|date=2016-06-09|title=LAFF Review: 'Girl Flu' is a Light-Hearted Comedy About Puberty|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2016/06/girl-flu-review-laff-los-angeles-film-festival-katee-sackhoff-dorie-barton-1201686550/|access-date=2021-03-05|website=IndieWire|language=en}}{{Cite web|last1=Hipes|first1=Patrick|date=2018-09-24|title=Katee Sackhoff-Starrer 'Girl Flu', Pongalo's First Original Film, Launches On Streaming Service|url=https://deadline.com/2018/09/girl-flu-movie-pongalo-launch-katee-sackhoff-jade-pettyjohn-streaming-1202470017/|access-date=2021-03-05|website=Deadline|language=en-US}} which premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival in 2016.{{Cite web|date=2016-06-07|title=LA Film Festival 2016: Dorie Barton's 'Girl Flu.' is an infectious indie comedy|url=https://www.dailynews.com/arts-and-entertainment/20160607/la-film-festival-2016-dorie-bartons-girl-flu-is-an-infectious-indie-comedy|access-date=2021-03-05|website=Daily News|language=en-US}} It was a festival hit, screening at festivals worldwide and winning awards including the Audience Award (New Director category) at the Nashville Film Festival. The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "It's easy to wish Barton’s direction were more ambitious or her screenplay bolder, but there's a sincerity here, a lack of pretension and a generosity of spirit that proves infectious".{{Cite web|date=2016-06-11|title='Girl Flu': LAFF Review|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/katee-sackhoff-girl-flu-laff-901810|access-date=2021-03-05|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en}}
She co-directed She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms.{{Cite web|last=Editor|first=Spectrum|date=2020-11-04|title='She Kills Monsters': VCUarts students debut virtual production from home|url=https://commonwealthtimes.org/2020/11/04/she-kills-monsters-vcuarts-students-debut-virtual-production-from-home/|access-date=2021-03-05|website=The Commonwealth Times|language=en-US}}
In 2021, she is writing and directing the upcoming movie Welcome to the Show.{{Cite web|title=WELCOME TO THE SHOW|url=https://www.doriebarton.com/welcome-to-the-show|access-date=2021-03-05|website=doriebarton|language=en}}
Teaching career
Barton teaches theater at Virginia Commonwealth University, and serves as film director for VCU's Mainstage Productions. She directs the VCUarts Theatre Showcase Films for graduating acting students, providing a debut into the film industry, and also works as a consultant for scripts and film productions.{{cite web|url=https://www.doriebarton.com/about|title=About|accessdate=20 March 2021}}
Awards
- Audience Award in the New Director category at the Nashville Film Festival for Girl Flu (2016)
- Selected as a finalist for the Commercial Diversity Director's Program (2018)
Filmography
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- 1993–1994: Love, Lie, Passion (One Life to Live , TV series)
- 1995: Delinquent's Derby
- 1999: Foreign Correspondents
- 1999–2000: Men without Nerves ( Stark Raving Mad , TV series, 20 episodes)
- 2000: How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale (TV movie)
- 2001: Sabrina the Teenage Witch ("Hex, Lies & No Videotape")
- 2001: Do You Wanna Know a Secret?
- 2001: The Kidnapping of Chris Burden
- 2002: Baby Bob (TV series, two episodes)
- 2002: My Wife, Her Dad, and I ( In-Laws , TV series, two episodes)
- 2003: Down with Love - To the devil with love! (Down with Love)
- 2003: Martha, Inc.: The Story of Martha Stewart (TV movie)
- 2003: Justice League - Princess Audrey (episode: "Maid of Honor")
- 2003–2004: I'm with Her (TV series, four episodes)
- 2004: Love for Dessert (Just Desserts, TV movie)
- 2004: Meet the Fockers
- 2005: Bewitched
- 2006: What I Did for Love (TV movie)
- 2006: Roasted and Sold (Grilled)
- 2008: The Nanny Express (TV movie)
- 2009: All About Steve
- 2009: Otis E.
- 2011: God Bless America
- 2011: The Mentalist - Linda Tibbs
- 2012–2013: Ave 43 (TV series, seven episodes)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0059132}}
- [https://www.doriebarton.com Official site]
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Category:American film actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:Film directors from Virginia
Category:American women screenwriters
Category:American women television writers
Category:American television writers