Barbara Bosson

Barbara Bosson

Рождение : 1939-11-01, Charleroi, Pennsylvania, United States

Смерть : 2023-02-18

История

Barbara Bosson, who earned an Emmy Award nomination for her performance on Murder One (1995), was raised in Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, a small coal-mining town about 30 miles south of Pittsburgh. When she was a teenager, she and her family moved to Florida, where she attended Boca Ciega High School in Gulfport. After graduation, she was accepted into the Drama Department of Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh (now Carnegie Mellon). When Bosson learned the tuition would be too great a burden on her parents, she instead moved to New York. She supported herself in a variety of jobs -- secretary, television production assistant, Playboy Bunny, etc. -- while studying acting with Milton Katselas and Herbert Berghof, and musical comedy with Word Baker. Six years later, Bosson reevaluated her prospects while working as a secretary for ACT (the American Conservatory Theater). She spoke frequently with various drama department heads, including Earl Gister, head of Carnegie Tech's Drama Department. Deciding it wasn't too late to pursue her dream, she asked Gister for an audition. He agreed. Bosson can't remember her audition, but it convinced Gister to place her in the school and to assist her in finding scholarship money. So, at 26, she became Carnegie Tech's oldest freshman. While attending Carnegie Tech, Bosson met her future husband, Steven Bochco (whom she would not marry until years later), and fellow Hill Street Blues (1981) stars Bruce Weitz and Charles Haid. On a summer break from Carnegie Tech, she landed a job in San Francisco with the improvisational group, "The Committee". With Gister's blessing, she stayed with the group and performed with them for three years. Bosson is a five-time Emmy Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress in a Dramatic Series for her portrayal of "Fay Furillo" in the Emmy Award-winning series, Hill Street Blues (1981). An innovative cook, Bosson raised her own herbs and vegetables. She enjoyed skiing, doing crossword puzzles and dancing. Bosson also hated dieting, which she had done unsuccessfully for 25 years. Bosson had two children with Bochco and resided in Los Angeles.

Профиль

Barbara Bosson

Фильмы

The Bunny Years
Herself
A documentary based on former Playboy Bunny Kathryn Leigh Scott's book of the same name. The book and the documentary feature many interviews with former Bunnies on their experiences of working as cottontails in the Playboy Clubs.
Scattering Dad
Executive Producer
An agoraphobic woman who hasn't left her home in 20 years receives a visit from the spirit of her deceased husband who reminds her of a promise she made to scatter his ashes at his favorite vacation spot. With her daughters unavailable, she sets off to fulfill the promise herself.
Scattering Dad
Teleplay
An agoraphobic woman who hasn't left her home in 20 years receives a visit from the spirit of her deceased husband who reminds her of a promise she made to scatter his ashes at his favorite vacation spot. With her daughters unavailable, she sets off to fulfill the promise herself.
Scattering Dad
Story
An agoraphobic woman who hasn't left her home in 20 years receives a visit from the spirit of her deceased husband who reminds her of a promise she made to scatter his ashes at his favorite vacation spot. With her daughters unavailable, she sets off to fulfill the promise herself.
Большой секс-скандал по-американски
Brattner
Рассматривается дело о хищении. Подсудимый — скромный бухгалтер. Одна из свидетельниц — сексуальная секретарша, которая рассказывает нечто интересное о подсудимом. Бухгалтер в процессе выглядит уже не только растратчиком, в нём есть что-то необычное, вокруг него секс-скандал — всё это привлекает прессу и внимание женщин к процессу. Для того чтобы на присяжных никто не мог повлиять — а сделать это уже хочется, судья решает их изолировать в отдельной гостинице, чтобы их жёны и любовницы не пытались изменить ход процесса и вызволить незадачливого растратчика. В процессе всего этого разбирательства возникает множество недоразумений и комических ситуаций. И почти у каждого присяжного возникает свой секс-скандал.
Little Sweetheart
Mrs Davies
A criminal couple, hiding out in a remote property become the unwitting victims of a plot to blackmail them by the most unlikely of conspirators.
Your Alcohol I.Q.
Self
Just how much do you know about alcohol consumption? Take this video quiz to find out!
Supermom's Daughter
Donna Crandall
A career driven mother and her daughter don't see eye to eye when it comes to the daughter's future plans.
The Abduction of Allison Tate
Lisa Stubbs
When wealthy real estate developer Richard Tate seizes land belonging to a Native American tribe for his next construction project, a group of young men from the tribe decide to kidnap Tate's daughter Allison as a means of persuading her father to abandon the project and return their land. As time drags on with no resolution in sight, Allison begins to sympathize with the plight of her captors and joins them in their fight against her father.
Hostage Flight
Roberta Spooner
A plane is hijacked and bound for London. Once the terrorists begin killing hostages, the passengers take matters into their own hands.
Последний звёздный боец
Jane Rogan
Алекс Роган — обычный парнишка, который живет в трейлерном парке со своими родителями, пытается попасть в престижный колледж и коротает вечера за случайно попавшим в их поселение игровым автоматом «Последний звездный боец». В очередной из тоскливых дней, после очередного отказа на получение денег на учебу от очередного банка и очередной ссоры со своей девушкой, Алексу удается набрать рекордное количество очков. В результате Алекс, при помощи рекрутера-инопланетянина по имени Центавр, попадает в самую гущу галактической войны между Райлосом и Ко-Данской Армадой…
Убийства девушек с календаря
Nancy
Миллионер Ричардом Трейнором раз в год занимается составлением календарей для продажи. Он всегда приглашает девушек модельной внешности, чтобы, использовать их фотографии в качестве основы для своего календаря.Каждая приглашенная девушка занимает место определенного месяца.Выгоду получает как Ричард, так и его модели, получающие славу и хорошие гонорары. Ричард, заметив невероятный рост продаж календаря, решает организовать грандиозную вечеринку. Поначалу все идет хорошо, но внезапно происходит трагедия. Неизвестный скидывает с крыши здания девушку, которая была обозначена на календаре как Мисс Январь. Но критической ситуация становится после того, как убивают Мисс Февраль. В этот момент становится понятно, что кто-то методично убивает всех девушек с календаря. Расследование поручают опытному лейтенанту Дэну Стоунеру, который должен оперативно понять, что же произошло, найти убийцу и посадить его за решетку. Любое промедление может иметь слишком высокую цену.
Imps*
Pam
Once Upon a Time in a mythical place called Hollywood, a long, long, long time ago in a galaxy not so very far away, a witty group of actors with 38 EMMY Nominations, 3 Academy Award nominations, and 8 Golden Globe nominations, along with 4 Playmates and a Penthouse Pet, came together in a burst of comic frenzy and created imps*.
Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours
Sharon Peterson
A young private detective takes on his first case, a young woman with amnesia who doesn't know why a gunman is trying to kill her but believes she might be involved in a murder.
Mame
Emily
Following the death of his father, an orphan is sent to live with his free-spirited aunt.
A Session with the Committee
Self
A Session with the Committee
The Love God?
Minor Role (uncredited)
Ornithologist Abner Peacock sells off his modest-selling birdwatching periodical to a charlatan who turns it into a girlie mag, making it a massive financial success. After Peacock and the magazine are taken to court on obscenity charges, he unwillingly becomes a reluctant hero and ends up a swinging libertine.