Carrie Barton
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Carrie Barton born August 10 in Sherman Oaks, CA is an American Actress who is known in the entertainment industry on both stage and screen as a versatile performer.
’s Sunset Beach (TV series)
and was a series regular on Apple Valley Knights, aka Sitting on a Rainbow. She has received critical acclaim for her diverse roles in the independent film genre as well. Recently she appeared as Sadie Pray in the indie favorite, Lucky which won many awards on the festival circuit including Best Director at The Sundance Film Festival (No Dance), Best Feature at The New York City Horror Film Festival
, The Los Angeles International Horror/Science Fiction Film Festival, and at the MicroCineFest, and Best Screenplay at the B-Movie Theater Film Fest to name a few. Her stage credits range from Agnes in Agnes of God
to Queen Elizabeth in Mary of Scotland and most everything in between. At age 19 at the Annie Russell Theatre
she played an 11-year-old stuttering Scottish girl, Mary Macgregor in Jay Presson Allen
’s popular play, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie for which she won Best Supporting Actress. She has enjoyed stellar reviews in such regional stage productions of Crimes of the Heart
, The Crucible
, Modigliani
, and Ingmar Bergman
's Face to Face
as well as many original works.
Barton was a theater major and a dance minor at Rollins College
in Winter Park, Florida. Between college years she studied at the famed Circle in the Square in the summer program. Upon college graduation she toured with the Seaside Music Theater in Kiss Me Kate
before moving to New York City. Once there, she studied with Alan Langdon of Circle in the Square fame before landing a national tour, which finally took her back to her hometown of Los Angeles
.
As a young girl Carrie began her career in her native Sherman Oaks, a suburb of Los Angeles, doing television commercials. Once back in Los Angeles from New York, she resumed her training and enrolled at The Beverly Hills Playhouse
where she studied under Milton Katselas
, Jeffrey Tambor
and Dorothy Lyman
. After four years there she began training with Jeff Goldblum
and Robert Carnegie at Playhouse West School and Repertory Theater starring in many main stage productions during her six-year stay there, again receiving outstanding notices.
Carrie Barton was also a competitive gymnast and retired due to an injury but not before she claimed first place on the uneven parallel bars at the state level in Florida.
Career
She has recurred on such television series as Tribes (series) and Aaron SpellingAaron Spelling
Aaron Spelling was an American film and television producer. As of 2009, Spelling's eponymous production company Spelling Television holds the record as the most prolific television writer, with 218 producer and executive producer credits...
’s Sunset Beach (TV series)
Sunset Beach (TV series)
Sunset Beach was an American television soap opera, first broadcast in the United States on NBC on January 6, 1997, and last airing on December 31, 1999. The show followed the loves and lives of the people living in a fictional coastal city named Sunset Beach, on the coast of California...
and was a series regular on Apple Valley Knights, aka Sitting on a Rainbow. She has received critical acclaim for her diverse roles in the independent film genre as well. Recently she appeared as Sadie Pray in the indie favorite, Lucky which won many awards on the festival circuit including Best Director at The Sundance Film Festival (No Dance), Best Feature at The New York City Horror Film Festival
New York City Horror Film Festival
The New York City Horror Film Festival was established by Michael J. Hein in 2001. It takes place each year in New York City for a week in October or November and specializes in the horror film genre....
, The Los Angeles International Horror/Science Fiction Film Festival, and at the MicroCineFest, and Best Screenplay at the B-Movie Theater Film Fest to name a few. Her stage credits range from Agnes in Agnes of God
Agnes of God
Agnes of God is a play by John Pielmeier which tells the story of a novice nun who gives birth and insists that the dead child was the result of a virgin conception. A psychiatrist and the mother superior of the convent clash during the resulting investigation...
to Queen Elizabeth in Mary of Scotland and most everything in between. At age 19 at the Annie Russell Theatre
Annie Russell Theatre
The Annie Russell Theatre is a historic theater in Winter Park, Florida, United States. The theatre was named after the English-born actress Annie Russell in 1931, and designed by the German-born architect Richard Kiehnel of Kiehnel and Elliott. It is located on the premises of Rollins College. On...
she played an 11-year-old stuttering Scottish girl, Mary Macgregor in Jay Presson Allen
Jay Presson Allen
Jay Presson Allen was an American screenwriter, playwright, stage director, television producer and novelist. Known for her withering wit and sometimes-off-color wisecracks, she was one of the few women making a living as a screenwriter at a time when women were a rarity in the profession...
’s popular play, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie for which she won Best Supporting Actress. She has enjoyed stellar reviews in such regional stage productions of Crimes of the Heart
Crimes of the Heart
Crimes of the Heart is a play by Beth Henley.-Synopsis:At the core of the tragic comedy are the three Magrath sisters, Meg, Babe, and Lenny, who reunite at Old Granddaddy's home in Hazlehurst, Mississippi after Babe shoots her abusive husband. The trio was raised in a dysfunctional family with a...
, The Crucible
The Crucible
The Crucible is a 1952 play by the American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatization of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay during 1692 and 1693. Miller wrote the play as an allegory of McCarthyism, when the US government blacklisted accused communists...
, Modigliani
Modigliani
Modigliani may refer to:* Amedeo Modigliani , painter and sculptor** Modigliani, a 2004 biographical film about the painter and sculptor* Elio Modigliani , anthropologist, zoologist, and plant collector...
, and Ingmar Bergman
Ingmar Bergman
Ernst Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish director, writer and producer for film, stage and television. Described by Woody Allen as "probably the greatest film artist, all things considered, since the invention of the motion picture camera", he is recognized as one of the most accomplished and...
's Face to Face
Face to Face (1976 film)
Face to Face is a 1976 Swedish film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. It tells the story of a psychiatrist who is suffering from a mental illness. It stars Liv Ullmann and Erland Josephson. The film was screened at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, but was not entered into the main competition...
as well as many original works.
Barton was a theater major and a dance minor at Rollins College
Rollins College
Rollins College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Winter Park, Florida , along the shores of Lake Virginia....
in Winter Park, Florida. Between college years she studied at the famed Circle in the Square in the summer program. Upon college graduation she toured with the Seaside Music Theater in Kiss Me Kate
Kiss Me, Kate
Kiss Me, Kate is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. It is structured as a play within a play, where the interior play is a musical version of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. The original production starred Alfred Drake, Patricia Morison, Lisa Kirk and Harold Lang.Kiss...
before moving to New York City. Once there, she studied with Alan Langdon of Circle in the Square fame before landing a national tour, which finally took her back to her hometown of Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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.
As a young girl Carrie began her career in her native Sherman Oaks, a suburb of Los Angeles, doing television commercials. Once back in Los Angeles from New York, she resumed her training and enrolled at The Beverly Hills Playhouse
Beverly Hills Playhouse
The Beverly Hills Playhouse is one of the oldest acting schools and theatres in Los Angeles. Located at 254 South Robertson Boulevard in Beverly Hills, California, United States.-The early years:...
where she studied under Milton Katselas
Milton Katselas
Milton Katselas was an American film director and famous Hollywood coach for The Beverly Hills Playhouse...
, Jeffrey Tambor
Jeffrey Tambor
Jeffrey Michael Tambor is an American actor, perhaps best known for his roles as George Bluth Sr. and Oscar Bluth on Arrested Development and Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show.-Early life:...
and Dorothy Lyman
Dorothy Lyman
Dorothy Lyman is an American television actress, director and producer. She is most commonly known for her work as architect Gwen Parrish Frame in Another World and in All My Children as Opal Sue Gardner, and on the syndicated sitcom Mama's Family, as Naomi Harper.Lyman was born in Minneapolis,...
. After four years there she began training with Jeff Goldblum
Jeff Goldblum
Jeffrey Lynn "Jeff" Goldblum is an American actor. His career began in the mid-1970s and he has appeared in major box-office successes including The Fly, Jurassic Park and its sequel Jurassic Park: The Lost World, and Independence Day...
and Robert Carnegie at Playhouse West School and Repertory Theater starring in many main stage productions during her six-year stay there, again receiving outstanding notices.
Carrie Barton was also a competitive gymnast and retired due to an injury but not before she claimed first place on the uneven parallel bars at the state level in Florida.