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Occupation
  
Actress

Years active
  
1982–present


Name
  
Olivia Barash

Role
  
Actress

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Born
  
October 11, 1965 (age 58) (
1965-10-11
)
Miami, Florida, U.S.

Education
  
Palisades Charter High School

Movies and TV shows
  
Similar People
  
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Olivia Barash (born January 11, 1965, in Miami, Florida) is an American actress. As an adult, she has appeared in films, including the cult film Repo Man, and on television as a child actress, including Little House on the Prairie, Charlie's Angels, Soap, and as an adult in Fame, and St. Elsewhere.

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She appeared in the pilot episode of The Incredible Hulk (as a little girl whom the Hulk saves from drowning in a lake).

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Career

Barash, who was also raised in New York City, began her work in the entertainment industry at the age of five years. During her early years of acting, singing and dancing in classic musicals on stage in New York, Olivia starred as “Baby June” in Gypsy with Angela Lansbury. She was the first child actor to win the acclaimed New York Critic's Circle Award. Moving to Hollywood as a teen with her family, she attended Palisades High School in Pacific Palisades, California and graduated in 1982.

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In 1983, Barash appeared on the cover of Los Angeles disc jockey Rodney Bingenheimer's "Rodney On the Roq" volume #3 album as a uniformed, high school teen in a classroom. The album was a collection of punk rock and "new wave" songs featured on Bingenheimer's late night radio show on 106.7 KROQ-FM in Los Angeles. In 1984 she appeared as a guest on Bingenheimer's radio show to promote Repo Man.

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She is currently directing and producing with Fallout Entertainment: Friends Of The Viper Room. This project was inspired by her accounts and experiences while working at the Los Angeles club The Viper Room back in its heyday in the mid 1990s.


Filmography

Actress
2015
Adventurados as
Moon base Security
2014
The Fishbone Reality: Unstuck - Part 1 of Intrinsically Intertwined (Video short) as
Elvis Of Venice (voice)
2014
Theory of a Deadman: Drown (Music Video) as
Revivalist
2013
Blue Dream as
Rachel Purviance
2009
Repo Chick as
Railroad Employee
2000
Perfect Fit as
Janet
1994
Floundering as
Ruthie
1989
Grave Secrets as
Darla
1989
21 Jump Street (TV Series) as
Becky
- Nemesis (1989) - Becky
1989
Dr. Alien as
Leeanne
1988
Ramones: I Wanna Be Sedated (Music Video) as
Catholic School Girl
1988
Patty Hearst as
Fahizah
1988
St. Elsewhere (TV Series) as
Annette
- Down and Out on Beacon Hill (1988) - Annette
1987
Ohara (TV Series) as
Rita Riley
- Take the Money and Run (1987) - Rita Riley
1987
Fame (TV Series) as
Maxie / Maxie Sharp
- Baby, Remember My Name (1987) - Maxie
- Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore (1987) - Maxie
- Of Cabbages and Kings (1987) - Maxie
- Reggie and Rose (1987) - Maxie
- The Lounge Singer Who Knew Too Much (1987) - Maxie
- Best Buddies (1987) - Maxie
- Ian's Girl (1987) - Maxie (credit only)
- That Was the Weekend That Was (1987) - Maxie
- Stradi-Various (1987) - Maxie (credit only)
- The Big Contract (1987) - Maxie
- Pros and Cons (1987) - Maxie (credit only)
- The Crimson Blade (1987) - Maxie
- Love Kittens Go to High School (1987) - Maxie Sharp
1985
Tuff Turf as
Ronnie
1984
Spencer (TV Series) as
Marsha
- Fast Times (1984) - Marsha
1984
Repo Man as
Leila
1984
Night Court (TV Series) as
Mary Elaine Montgomery
- Santa Goes Downtown (1984) - Mary Elaine Montgomery
1983
The Young Landlords (TV Movie) as
Jennie
1983
One Day at a Time (TV Series) as
Olivia Birvey
- A Young Man's Fancy (1983) - Olivia Birvey
1983
Insight (TV Series) as
Cathy
- Clearing House (1983) - Cathy
1981
Through the Magic Pyramid (TV Movie) as
Baket
1981
Aloha Paradise (TV Series) as
Fredi
- Make Me a Match/Treasure Hunt/The Kid Who Would Be a Daddy/ (1981) - Fredi
1981
Little House on the Prairie (TV Series) as
Sylvia Webb
- Sylvia (Part Two) (1981) - Sylvia Webb
- Sylvia (Part One) (1981) - Sylvia Webb
1978
ABC Weekend Specials (TV Series) as
Charlotte Cooper / Jenny
- Zack and the Magic Factory (1981) - Jenny (as Olivia Barasch)
- The Contest Kid Strikes Again (1979) - Charlotte Cooper
- The Contest Kid and the Big Prize (1978) - Charlotte Cooper
1979
Out of the Blue (TV Series) as
Laura Richards
- Double Jeopardy (1979) - Laura Richards
- The Coin of Truth (1979) - Laura Richards
- Stacey's Nightmare (1979) - Laura Richards
- Out for the Season (1979) - Laura Richards
- Laura, the Runaway (1979) - Laura Richards
- The Hustle (1979) - Laura Richards
- The Random Bust (1979) - Laura Richards
- Random's Arrival (1979) - Laura Richards
- Random, Who? - Laura Richards
- The Reluctant Angel - Laura Richards
1979
Flatbush (TV Series)
- Kar Kannibals (1979)
1979
The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal (TV Movie) as
Ruthie
1979
Alice (TV Series) as
Melissa Lloyd
- Tommy's First Love (1979) - Melissa Lloyd
1978
In the Beginning (TV Series) as
Willie
- Wedding for Thee (1978) - Willie
- Well Healed (1978) - Willie
- The Poker Game (1978) - Willie
- The Kook (1978) - Willie
- Aggie's Love Story (1978) - Willie
- The Good Thief (1978) - Willie
- Father Cleary's Crisis (1978) - Willie
- What's It All About? (1978) - Willie
- Pilot (1978) - Willie
1978
Charlie's Angels (TV Series) as
Sam
- Mother Angel (1978) - Sam
1978
The Magical World of Disney (TV Series) as
Inez Dumaine
- Child of Glass (1978) - Inez Dumaine
1978
American Hot Wax as
Susie
1978
ABC Afterschool Specials (TV Series) as
Eugenie Legrand
- Michel's Mixed-Up Musical Bird (1978) - Eugenie Legrand
1977
The Incredible Hulk (TV Series) as
Girl at Lake
- The Incredible Hulk (1977) - Girl at Lake
1977
Soap (TV Series) as
Molly
- Episode #1.4 (1977) - Molly
1977
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (TV Series) as
Brownie
- Episode #2.165 (1977) - Brownie (credit only)
- Episode #2.164 (1977) - Brownie (uncredited)
1977
Code R (TV Series) as
Jan
- Suzy's Day Off (1977) - Jan
1974
The Big Blue Marble (TV Series) as
Ubbidubbi Dog Trainer
- Switzerland, Japan and New York (1974) - Ubbidubbi Dog Trainer
1971
The Secret Storm (TV Series) as
Lupita
- Episode #1.4495 (1971) - Lupita
- Episode #1.4444 (1971) - Lupita
- Episode #1.4439 (1971) - Lupita
1970
A World Apart (TV Series) as
Louise (1970-1971)
Director
2014
The Fishbone Reality: Unstuck - Part 1 of Intrinsically Intertwined (Video short)
Producer
2015
As I AM: The Life and Times of DJ AM (Documentary) (associate producer)
2014
The Fishbone Reality: Unstuck - Part 1 of Intrinsically Intertwined (Video short) (producer)
2013
Blue Dream (co-producer)
Soundtrack
2013
Hansel & Gretel Get Baked (producer: "The Witch")
2008
Victim (Short) (performer: "Are You Tired?") / (writer: "Are You Tired?")
1994
Floundering (performer: "I Wanna Have My Way with You") / (producer: "I Wanna Have My Way with You") / (writer: "I Wanna Have My Way with You")
1991
The Doors (performer: "Who's Walking Away") / (writer: "Who's Walking Away")
1987
Fame (TV Series) (performer - 6 episodes)
- Baby, Remember My Name (1987) - (performer: "Fame")
- Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore (1987) - (performer: "You Can Really Do It")
- Of Cabbages and Kings (1987) - (performer: "The Ring Of Love", "Believe" (uncredited))
- The Lounge Singer Who Knew Too Much (1987) - (performer: "When The Going Gets Tough (The Tough Get Going)" - uncredited)
- The Crimson Blade (1987) - (performer: "Forever In Your Eyes")
- Love Kittens Go to High School (1987) - (performer: "First In Line")
Music Department
1990
Night Visions (TV Movie) (singer-songwriter/original song)
1983
The Young Landlords (TV Movie) (singer)
Miscellaneous
2013
Scar the Martyr: Soul Disintegration (Music Video) (production assistant/driver)
2009
New Day (story consultant)
Writer
2014
The Fishbone Reality: Unstuck - Part 1 of Intrinsically Intertwined (Video short)
Cinematographer
2014
The Fishbone Reality: Unstuck - Part 1 of Intrinsically Intertwined (Video short) (documentary segments)
Thanks
2013
Hansel & Gretel Get Baked (thanks)
2003
Mayor of the Sunset Strip (Documentary) (we would like to thank: with love)
Self
2023
Two Dollar Late Fee (Podcast Series) as
Self - Guest
- The Olivia Barash Interview "Tuff Turf" (2023) - Self - Guest
1979
The $10,000 Pyramid (TV Series) as
Self - Celebrity Contestant
- All-Star Junior Pyramid (1979) - Self - Celebrity Contestant
Archive Footage
1991
Shock Cinema Vol. 3 (Video documentary) as
Self

References

Olivia Barash Wikipedia