Barbara Bain
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Barbara Bain (born Mildred Fogel; September 13, 1931) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Cinnamon Carter on the action television series Mission: Impossible (1966–1969), which earned her three Primetime Emmy Awards, as well as a Golden Globe Award nomination. She also starred as Dr. Helena Russell on the science fiction television series Space: 1999 (1975–1977). Bain has also appeared in the films Animals with the Tollkeeper (1998), Panic (2000), Forget Me Not (2009) and ...
Known For
Filmography
Prisoners in Space
2025
as Dr. Helena Russell
Space 1999 - 50 Years Out of Orbit
2025
as Self
On the Rocks
2020
as Gran
Reconnected
2018
as Gloria
The Matchmaker
2018
as Sarah
Silver Skies
2016
as Eve
Nothing Special
2010
as Catherine
The Return of Victor Bergman
2010
as Doctor Helena Russell (archive footage)
Forget Me Not
2009
as Sister Dolores
Political Disasters
2009
as Elizabeth
Haunted Echoes
2008
as Lenore Gitchell
Ben 10: Alien Force
2008
as Verdona (voice)
Dangerous Isolation
2006
as Elizabeth Kramer
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
2003
as Judy Utermeyer
American Gun
2002
as Anne Tillman
Smash Cuts! Super Sci-Fi Shorts Fest
2001
as Officer Ginlond (segment "Airtime")
Panic
2000
as Deidre
Bel Air
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Mrs. Iris Paul
Strong Medicine
2000
as Mrs. March
Gideon
1998
as Sarah
Animals with the Tollkeeper
1998
as The Mother
The Visitor
1997
as Constance MacArthur
Millennium
1996
as Lilly Unser
My So-Called Life
1994
as Vivian Wood
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Mother Superior
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
as Cinnamon Carter
The Spirit of '76
1990
as Hipster
Skinheads
1989
as Martha
Trust Me
1989
as Mary Casal
CBS Summer Playhouse
1987
as Julie Barrington
Moonlighting
1985
as Emily Greydon
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Nora Morgan
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Ellen Lombard
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
Journey Through the Black Sun
1982
as Doctor Helena Russell
Cosmic Princess
1982
as Doctor Helena Russell
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
1981
as Dr. Olga Schmetner
Don't Go Near the Park
1981
as Patty / Tra / Griffith's Wife / Petranella
Alien Attack
1980
as Doctor Helena Russell
Destination Moonbase-Alpha
1978
as Doctor Helena Russell
Space: 1999
1975
as Helena Russell
Space: 1999
1975
as Helena Russell
Savage
1973
as Gail Abbott
A Summer Without Boys
1973
as Ellen Hailey
Goodnight, My Love
1972
as Susan Lakely
Murder Once Removed
1971
as Lisa Manning
The Pet Set
1971
as Self
The Mama Cass Television Program
1969
as Self
Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob
1969
as Cinnamon Carter
Mission: Impossible - The Bunker
1969
as Cinnamon Carter
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited)
Mission: Impossible - The Slave
1967
as Cinnamon Carter
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self
Mission: Impossible - Old Man Out
1966
as Cinnamon Carter
Mission: Impossible
1966
as Cinnamon Carter
Get Smart
1965
as Alma
My Mother the Car
1965
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
as Dorothy
Straightaway
1961
Ben Casey
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Hawaiian Eye
1959
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Martha Peterson
Mr. Lucky
1959
as Prudence
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
as Veronica Vanderheit
Tightrope
1959
as Sandra
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as (uncredited)
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Perry Mason
1957
as Madelyn Terry
Perry Mason
1957
as Elayna Scott
Wagon Train
1957
as Lucy Garrison
State Trooper
1956
as Nen Slausen
Summer Playhouse
1954
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Self / Miss Mallory - Newspaperwoman