Barra Grant (born Barbara Carol Wayne) 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
Television
Other work
Bibliography
Stage plays
A Mother, a Daughter and a Gun (2006). Miss America's Ugly Daughter, about her relationship to her mother, first performed on July 14, 2018, at The Edye, Santa Monica, California.
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American television actresses
Film producers from New York (state) American film actresses Screenwriters from New York (state) American film editors Actresses from New York City Writers from New York City Living people American people of Russian-Jewish descent American women film producers Jewish American actresses American women film editors Birch Wathen Lenox School alumni Bryn Mawr College alumni Barnard College alumni 21st-century American Jews 21st-century American women Year of birth missing (living people)
