Barbara Tarbuck
Barbara Tarbuck (15 January 1942 - 26 December 2016) was an American actress.
In 2013, she played Sussman's Mother in the Showtime series DEXTER.
Appearances[]
Career[]
Film
Her film credits include roles in Come Simi (2015); S. Darko (2009); Wednesday Again (2008); Walking Tall (2004); The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story (2003); The Tie That Binds (1995); Scanner Cop II (1995 Video); Midnight Witness (1993); Curly Sue (1991); Big Trouble (1986); Short Circuit (1986); and Night-Flowers (1979).
TV Movies
Her TV movies include Disillusioned (2018); Just Ask My Children (2001); Mr. Murder (1998); Before He Wakes (1998); Eye of the Stalker (1995); A Kiss Goodnight (1994); Jack Reed: Badge of Honor (1993); A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story (1992); A House of Secrets and Lies (1992); The Death of the Incredible Hulk (1992); Out of Time (1988); David (1988); Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story (1984); Dirty Work (1985); A Christmas Without Snow (1980); Mrs. R's Daughter (1979); and The Cracker Factory (1979).
Shorts
Her shorts include The Painting (2014); Wild Horses (2013); Gone (2007); and The Legend of Razorback (2002).
Television
Her TV credits include appearances on Mad Men; American Horror Story; Glee; The Event; General Hospital; Journeyman; Smith; Eyes; Close to Home; CSI: NY; Medium; Medical Investigation; Nip/Tuck; NCIS; Cold Case; Without a Trace; NYPD Blue; Mister Sterling; Six Feet Under; Star Trek: Enterprise; Crossing Jordan; Judging Amy; The Division; The Huntress; CSI: Crime Scene Investigation; ER; L.A. Doctors; The Practice; The Burning Zone; Pacific Blue; The Lazarus Man; Seduced by Madness: The Diane Borchardt Story (mini-series); Picket Fences; Civil Wars; Quantum Leap; Silk Stalkings; Star Trek: The Next Generation; She-Wolf of London; ABC Afterschool Specials; Santa Barbara; Dragnet; The Outsiders; 21 Jump Street; I Know My First Name Is Steven (mini-series); Moonlighting; L.A. Law; Hunter; Knots Landing; The Golden Girls; Falcon Crest; Highway to Heaven; Dynasty; The Twilight Zone; Cagney & Lacey; St. Elsewhere; Condo; M*A*S*H; Newhart; Lou Grant; Police Squad!; Quincy M.E.; Little House on the Prairie; CBS Afternoon Playhouse; California Fever (mini-series); Dallas; Charlie's Angels; The Incredible Hulk; The Waltons; and David Cassidy - Man Undercover.
Theatre
Barbara performed numerous times on stage.
Personal Life[]
Barbara was born as Barbara Joan Tarbuck in Detroit, Michigan. She attended Cooley High School and Wayne State University. She earned her Master's degree in Theatre from the University of Michigan, and began to work on her Ph.D. at Indiana University. While there, she was granted a Fulbright Scholarship to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. She then moved to New York to pursue her acting career. Until her death, she was married to James Denis Connolly and they have one child. At age 74, she died in Los Angeles, California, of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. [1]