Barbara Ulrich
Barbara Ulrich | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1945 (age 80–81) |
| Occupation | Actress |
Barbara Ulrich (born 1945) is a Canadian actress and filmmaker, best known for her role as Barbara in the 1964 film The Cat in the Bag (Le Chat dans le sac).[1]
She was born in New York City to Jewish parents, before moving to Montreal, Quebec, with her family in the early 1950s.[2]
Despite having had a starring role in one of the most important films in Quebec and Canadian cinematic history, she did not maintain an acting career for many years afterward, instead concentrating on her family life with director Gilles Groulx.[2] Following Groulx's death in 1994 she remained active in promoting his cinematic legacy,[3] serving as a spokesperson for his estate in film retrospectives and other later coverage of his career.[4] She began to take occasional acting roles again in the 2000s, appearing in films such as Danny in the Sky,[5] Ascension,[6] and Mad Dog Labine.[7]
She collaborated with Renaud Lessard on the 2025 film Barbaracadabra, a comedic documentary about Ulrich grappling with her desire to add film directing to her résumé late in life. The film premiered in the National Competition at the 2025 Festival du nouveau cinéma.[8]
Filmography
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | The Cat in the Bag (Le Chat dans le sac) | Barbara | Theatrical film | [9][10] |
| 1965 | Festival | Herself | Episode: "Cine Boom" | [11] |
| 1976 | The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox | Maisie | Theatrical film | [9][12] |
| 1995 | Too Much Is Enough (Trop c'est assez) | Herself | Documentary film | |
| Brief Encounters and Light Inclinations (Brèves rencontres et légers penchants) | ||||
| 2001 | Danny in the Sky | Baba | Theatrical film | [12] |
| 2002 | Ascension | Older Woman | Theatrical film | [12] |
| 2016 | Quebec My Country Mon Pays | Herself | Documentary film | [12] |
| 2018 | Mad Dog Labine | Colette | Theatrical film | [13] |
| 2019 | Forgotten Flowers (Les Fleurs oubliés) | Barbara | Theatrical film | |
| 2025 | Death Does Not Exist (La mort n'existe pas) | Voice role | Theatrical film | [13] |
| Barbaracadabra | Herself | Theatrical film. Also codirector with Renaud Lessard |
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Herbert Aronoff, "At the film festival: 'Chat dans le sac'". Montreal Star, August 10, 1964.
- ^ a b Régis Tremblay, "Nouvelle vague d'hier". Le Soleil, December 1, 1999.
- ^ Régis Tremblay, "Une révolution de palais qui a ébranlé L'ONF". Le Soleil, December 1, 1999.
- ^ "A French-Canadian director, John Coltrane and an album nearly lost to time: the full story". Q, September 27, 2019.
- ^ Fabrice Pradas, Cinéma gay: un siècle d'homosexualité sur grand écran. Publibook, 2006. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. p. 117.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Ascension – Film de Karim Hussain". Films du Québec, January 1, 2009.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Mad Dog Labine – Film de Jonathan Beaulieu-Cyr et Renaud Lessard". Films du Québec, April 2, 2019.
- ^ Camille Dehaene, "Festival du nouveau cinéma 2025 : plus de 260 films présentés à Montréal pour la 54e édition". Atuvu, September 24, 2025.
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Barbara Ulrich at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Barbara Ulrich at the TCM Movie DatabaseLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Barbara Ulrich at Rotten Tomatoes
- Barbara Ulrich at TV Guide
- Barbara Ulrich at IMDb
- 1945 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Canadian actresses
- 21st-century Canadian actresses
- Canadian documentary film directors
- Canadian women film directors
- Canadian women documentary filmmakers
- Canadian film actresses
- Canadian television actresses
- Jewish Canadian actresses
- Jewish Canadian film people
- American emigrants to Canada
- Actresses from Montreal
- Film directors from Montreal