Barbara Bryne
Barbara Bryne was a British-American actress of film, theatre, and television. On stage she appeared in comedy, dramatic, and musical productions of Broadway.
Early life and education
Barbara Bryne was born Barbara Isabel Birkinshaw on 1 April 1929 in London, England.She studied studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
Career
Bryne moved to Canada in the early 1960s. She was a frequent performer at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival from 1966, and at the Guthrie Theater for around 50 years.Bryne appeared in the original Broadway productions of Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George and Into The Woods. She also performed in Sondheim's A Little Night Music in Washington, D.C. She was also a frequent performer at Minneapolis' Guthrie Theater. Among the plays in which she appeared there were Mother Courage, The Glass Menagerie, She Stoops to Conquer, Design for Living, and Pygmalion.
On television, she played "Mrs. Gaffney" on the Tony Randall series, Love, Sidney. In 2011 she appeared as Queen Victoria in H.M.S. Pinafore, which was filmed for PBS in late August 2011. Among the films in which she has appeared are: Romeo & Juliet, Into the Woods, Two Evil Eyes, Sunday in the Park with George, Amadeus, The Bostonians, and The School for Scandal.