Barra Grant

Barra Grant is an American actress, screenwriter, film director and playwright.

Biography

Grant was born Barbara Carol Wayne in New York City, the daughter of Allan Wayne, a doll company executive, and Bess Myerson, Miss America 1945. Her parents divorced in 1958 due to her father's abuse. She became Barra Grant when her mother married Arnold Grant and he adopted her in 1962. She was educated at the Birch Wathen Lenox School, Bryn Mawr College, and Barnard College. She also went to London for three years to study acting.
Grant began an acting career in the early 1970s, appearing on television and in film. One of her first roles was as Lulie in the BBC series Take Three Girls. While acting at The Mark Taper she was inspired to start writing. In 1978, she wrote and appeared in the film Slow Dancing in the Big City. She began her directing career with an episode of NBC Special Treat titled "The Tap Dance Kid", based on a novel by Louise Fitzhugh.
Grant was married to writer and producer Brian Reilly until his death in 2011.

Filmography

Film

Acting roles

Year	Title	Role
1972	Daughters of Satan	Chris Robertson
1972	It Ain't Easy	Ann
1976	Mother, Jugs & Speed	Miss Crocker
1978	Slow Dancing in the Big City	Mildred

Television

Acting roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1971	Take Three Girls	Lulie	Main role
1971	Sarge	Christina	"A Terminal Case of Vengeance"
1972	'	Judy Conrad	"The Courtship of Mary's Father's Daughter"
1973	'	Eve Tanner	"Tightrope to Tomorrow"
1973	Love, American Style	Boni	"Love and the Baby Derby"
1973	Gunsmoke	Teresa	"The Widowmaker"
1973	Barnaby Jones	Marie Hubble	"Stand-In for Death"
1974	Trapped Beneath the Sea	Grace Wallants	TV film
1974	Roll, Freddy, Roll!	Sidni Kane	TV film
1975	Let's Switch!	Morgan Ames	TV film
1976	Good Heavens	Kiki	"Coffee, Tea, or Gloria"
1976	Serpico	Marilyn	"The Country Boy"
1977		Sylvia Grant	TV film
1978	Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force	Susan Hewman	TV film

Stage plays

A Mother, a Daughter and a Gun.
Miss America's Ugly Daughter, about her relationship to her mother, first performed on July 14, 2018, at The Edye, Santa Monica, California.