{{Short description|Canadian actress and filmmaker (born 1945)}} {{Infobox person | image = | website = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = 1945 | birth_place = New York City | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Actress | spouse = Gilles Groulx (1960s-1994) | children = | mother = | father = }} '''Barbara Ulrich''' (born 1945) is a Canadian actress and filmmaker, best known for her role as Barbara in the 1964 film ''The Cat in the Bag (Le Chat dans le sac)''.<ref>Herbert Aronoff, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montreal-star/181696242/ "At the film festival: 'Chat dans le sac'"]. ''Montreal Star'', August 10, 1964.</ref>
She was born in New York City to Jewish parents, before moving to Montreal, Quebec, with her family in the early 1950s.<ref name=tremblay>Régis Tremblay, "Nouvelle vague d'hier". ''Le Soleil'', December 1, 1999.</ref>
Despite having had a starring role in one of the most important films in Quebec and Canadian cinematic history, she did not maintain an acting career for many years afterward, instead concentrating on her family life with director Gilles Groulx.<ref name=tremblay/> Following Groulx's death in 1994 she remained active in promoting his cinematic legacy,<ref>Régis Tremblay, "Une révolution de palais qui a ébranlé L'ONF". ''Le Soleil'', December 1, 1999.</ref> serving as a spokesperson for his estate in film retrospectives and other later coverage of his career.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/friday-sept-27-2019-atticus-jia-tolentino-and-more-1.5296997/a-french-canadian-director-john-coltrane-and-an-album-nearly-lost-to-time-the-full-story-1.5297004 "A French-Canadian director, John Coltrane and an album nearly lost to time: the full story"]. ''Q'', September 27, 2019.</ref> She began to take occasional acting roles again in the 2000s, appearing in films such as ''Danny in the Sky'',<ref>Fabrice Pradas, ''Cinéma gay: un siècle d'homosexualité sur grand écran''. Publibook, 2006. {{ISBN|9782748387995}}. p. 117.</ref> ''Ascension'',<ref>Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/ascension-karim-hussain/ "Ascension – Film de Karim Hussain"]. ''Films du Québec'', January 1, 2009.</ref> and ''Mad Dog Labine''.<ref>Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/mad-dog-labine-beaulieu-cyr-lessard/ "Mad Dog Labine – Film de Jonathan Beaulieu-Cyr et Renaud Lessard"]. ''Films du Québec'', April 2, 2019.</ref>
She collaborated with Renaud Lessard on the 2025 film ''Barbaracadabra'', a comedic documentary about Ulrich grappling with her desire to add film directing to her résumé late in life. The film premiered in the National Competition at the 2025 Festival du nouveau cinéma.<ref>Camille Dehaene, [https://atuvu.ca/magazine-culturel/nouvelles-culturelles/festival-du-nouveau-cinema-2025-plus-de-260-films-presentes-a-montreal-pour-la-54e-edition "Festival du nouveau cinéma 2025 : plus de 260 films présentés à Montréal pour la 54e édition"]. ''Atuvu'', September 24, 2025.</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Barbara Ulrich film and television credits <!--per WP:ACCESSIBILITY & MOS:TABLECAPTION--> ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- | 1964 | ''The Cat in the Bag (Le Chat dans le sac)'' | Barbara | Theatrical film | <ref name="AFIf">{{cite web | title=Barbara Ulrich | url=https://catalog.afi.com/Person/17896-Barbara-Ulrich | access-date=26 September 2025 | website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films | publisher=American Film Institute}}</ref><ref name="TCMf">{{cite web | title=Barbara Ulrich: Filmography | url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/1489889%7C17896/Barbara-Ulrich#filmography | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017233131/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/1489889%7C17896/Barbara-Ulrich/#filmography | url-status=dead | archive-date=October 17, 2017 | access-date=26 September 2025 | website=Turner Classic Movies}}</ref> |- | 1965 | ''Festival'' | Herself | Episode: "Cine Boom" | <ref name="CBCaCine">{{cite web | title=''Festival'' - 1965-04-07 - Cine Boom | url=https://archivesales.prod-ema.aws-ca-central-1.ea-cbcrc.ca/en/items/80f9474b-5e6c-48fd-8628-7bc6b991435f | website=CBC Archive Sales | publisher=CBC / Société Radio Canada | access-date=26 July 2025}}</ref> |- | 1976 | ''The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox'' | Maisie | Theatrical film | <ref name="AFIf" /><ref name="TVGf">{{cite web | title=Barbara Ulrich: Credits | url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/barbara-ulrich/3030507856/ | access-date=26 September 2025 | website=TV Guide | publisher=TV Guide, A Fandom Company}}</ref> |- | rowspan=2| 1995 | ''Too Much Is Enough (Trop c'est assez)'' | Herself | Documentary film | |- | ''Brief Encounters and Light Inclinations (Brèves rencontres et légers penchants)'' | | | |- | 2001 | ''Danny in the Sky'' | Baba | Theatrical film | <ref name="TVGf" /> |- | 2002 | ''Ascension'' | Older Woman | Theatrical film | <ref name="TVGf" /> |- | 2016 | ''Quebec My Country Mon Pays'' | Herself | Documentary film | <ref name="TVGf" /> |- | 2018 | ''Mad Dog Labine'' | Colette | Theatrical film | <ref name="RTf">{{cite web | title=Barbara Ulrich | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/barbara_ulrich | access-date=26 September 2025 | website=Rotten Tomatoes | publisher=Fandango Media / NBCUniversal}}</ref> |- | 2019 | ''Forgotten Flowers (Les Fleurs oubliés)'' | Barbara | Theatrical film | |- |rowspan=2| 2025 | ''Death Does Not Exist (La mort n'existe pas)'' | Voice role | Theatrical film | <ref name="RTf" /> |- | ''Barbaracadabra'' | Herself | Theatrical film. Also codirector with Renaud Lessard | |}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Portal|Biography|Women|Film|Television|Canada}} ==External links== * {{AFI person|17896-Barbara-Ulrich}} * {{TCMDb name|id=1489889%7C17896}} * {{Rotten Tomatoes person|barbara_ulrich}} * {{TV Guide person|id=3030507856}} * {{IMDb Name|0880654}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ulrich, Barbara}} Category:1945 births Category:Living people Category:20th-century Canadian actresses Category:21st-century Canadian actresses Category:Canadian documentary film directors Category:Canadian women film directors Category:Canadian women documentary filmmakers Category:Canadian film actresses Category:Canadian television actresses Category:Jewish Canadian actresses Category:Jewish Canadian film people Category:American emigrants to Canada Category:Actresses from Montreal Category:Film directors from Montreal