7.6
TV
Acting
Barbara Whinnery
- Born
- (age 73)
- Birthplace
- Berkeley, California, USA
- Credits
- 22 titles
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Barbara K. Whinnery (born July 1, 1953) is an American actress from Berkeley, California, best known for the role of Dr. Cathy Martin on the television drama St. Elsewhere. She has made guest appearances in several other television shows and has also appeared in movies and on stage.
She trained at the Actor’s Conservatory Theater in San Francisco (where her classmates included her future St. Elsewhere co-stars Denzel Washington and Cynthia Sikes ), and with Milton Katselas. She currently is a studio faculty member at The Acting Place in Los Angeles, California.
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Signature work
Known For
7.6
TV
8.1
TV
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
7.8
TV
ER
7.5
TV
Murder, She Wrote
7.0
TV
Matlock
7.1
TV
Diagnosis: Murder
5.4
Movie
Crawlspace
6.4
Movie
The Killing of Two Lovers
5.7
TV
St. Elsewhere
7.2
TV
Chicago Hope
7.3
TV
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
5.2
Movie
Hot to Trot
5.0
Movie
Stewardess School
4.5
Movie
Hamburger: The Motion Picture
7.5
TV
Brimstone
4.6
Movie
Miracles
6.5
Movie
Apollo 11: First Steps on the Moon
7.2
Movie
Seeds of Tragedy
Acting credits 22
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | REMNANT Film | Celia |
| 2026 | Buster Brooks Film | Grandma Jane |
| 2021 | The Killing of Two Lovers Film | Mrs. Staples |
| 2008 | True Blood TV | Child Psychologist (1 ep) |
| 1998 | Brimstone TV | Katherine (1 ep) |
| 1997 | Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction TV | Maggie (segment "Imaginary Friend") (1 ep) |
| 1997 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV | Mrs. Anderson (1 ep) |
| 1996 | Apollo 11: First Steps on the Moon Film | Lola Morrow |
| 1994 | ER TV | Mrs. Draper (1 ep) |
| 1994 | Chicago Hope TV | Mrs. Sylvia (1 ep) |
| 1994 | Vanishing Son TV | Ella (1 ep) |
| 1993 | Diagnosis: Murder TV | Psychic Harmony Center Representative, Nurse, Lorraine Bare (1 ep) |
| 1991 | Seeds of Tragedy Film | Alex |
| 1990 | People Like Us Film | Dodo Fitz Allen |
| 1988 | Hot to Trot Film | Denise |
| 1986 | Stewardess School Film | Gushy Woman |
| 1986 | Miracles Film | Prostituta |
| 1986 | Crawlspace Film | Harriet Watkins |
| 1986 | Matlock TV | Hairdresser, Doreen Ferguson, Arlene, Anna Moore (2 ep) |
| 1986 | Hamburger: The Motion Picture Film | Sister Sara |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote TV | Gretchen Pashko (1 ep) |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere TV | Cathy Martin (32 ep) |