Name Barra Grant Role Actress | ||
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Full Name Barbara Carol Wayne Born December 24, 1948 (age 75) ( 1948-12-24 ) New York, New York, U.S. Occupation Actress, director, screenwriter Spouse Brian Reilly (m. 1982–2011) Books A Mother, a Daughter, and a Gun: A Play in Two Acts, Slow Dancing in the Big City Grandparents Bella Podell, Louis Myerson Movies Love Hurts, Daughters of Satan, Life of the Party, Misunderstood, Let's Switch! Similar People Bess Myerson, Johnny Pacar, Carl Sagan, Eion Bailey, Jerry Schatzberg | ||
Parents Allan Wayne, Bess Myerson | ||
Brian Reilly & Barra Grant @Temecula Vly Intl Film Fest '09
Barra Grant (born Barbara Carol Wayne; December 24, 1948) is an American actress, screenwriter, film director and playwright.
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Personal life
Grant was born Barbara Carol Wayne in New York, New York, the daughter of Allan Wayne, a doll company executive, and Bess Myerson, Miss America 1945. Her parents divorced in 1958. She became Barra Grant when her mother married Arnold Grant and he formally adopted her in 1962. Barra Grant was married to writer and producer Brian Reilly until his death in 2011.
Career
Grant began her career as an actress in the early 1970s, appearing on television and in film. 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 career in directing with an episode of NBC Special Treat called "The Tap Dance Kid" based on a novel by Louise Fitzhugh.
Writing
