Barbara Bain

Barbara Bain earns my deep respect. Winning three consecutive Emmys for Mission: Impossible is not luck, it is sustained mastery, and she did it playing a role built on poise and intelligence rather than melodrama. I find her career arc admirable: from Chicago and Illinois training to network stardom, then a pivot into science fiction with Space: 1999, and finally a Walk of Fame star late in life. She represents a kind of actress who commands a scene through restraint and bearing, and that quiet authority has aged far better than flashier contemporaries.

Name (English)

Barbara Bain

Name (Japanese)

バーバラ・ベイン

Reading

ばーばら・べいん

Born

September 13, 1931 (age 94)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Goat

Origin

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Occupation

model / stage actor / television actor / film actor / voice actor

University

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Awards & achievements

• 1967 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
• 1968 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
• 1969 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
• 2016 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara%20Bain
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%90%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q263143

Tags

• Illinois
• model
• stage actor
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-17

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