Barrie Youngfellow Freed obit

Barrie Youngfellow Freed has died

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Barrie Youngfellow Freed passed this past Monday night. She was 75. She called Woodstock, NY her home since 1989. She loved the town and the friends she met there. Before retiring she worked as an actress on stage and television starring on the long running series “It’s a Living”. Born in Cleveland, Ohio where she performed the title role in several productions of Peter Pan. She could fly with the best of them. She was the best of friends and had many loyal ones. Loved a good story and a nice bottle. Had a great laugh that confirmed her sense of life. Even during her decline, she could shoot off a good one liner. She was so nourished by the care and kindness and love that she received from the staff at Ten Broeck Rehab. Thank you, Catskill. She was married to her husband of 39 years, Sam, who was almost as important to her as her dogs and cats. She is survived by her sister Heide Rivchun of Cleveland and her sister Kim Rivchun of Providence, Rhode Island. Cremation arrangements are under the guidance of the Joseph V. Leahy Funeral Home, Inc. 27 Smith Avenue, Kingston. www.jvleahyfh.com. In lieu of a donation please give someone a loving hug.

Youngfellow began her career in the early 1970s in a small role in a 1973 episode of The New Temperatures Rising Show. She went on to appear as a guest in episodes of numerous American TV shows of the 1970s and 80s, including The Streets of San Francisco, Fernwood 2 Night, WKRP in Cincinnati, Barney Miller, The Jeffersons and Three's Company. She also starred in numerous films and made-for-TV movies including Nightmare in Blood, Vampire, It Came Upon the Midnight Clear and Moviola: The Scarlett O'Hara War in which she portrayed Joan Crawford.

Youngfellow is best known for her role as sharp-tongued and sarcastic waitress Jan Hoffmeyer Gray on the sitcom It's a Living from 1980–82 on ABC and 1985–89 in first-run syndication. She and Gail Edwards, Paul Kreppel and Marian Mercer were the only actors from It's a Living to last all the way through the show's network and syndication runs. In 1990, It's a Living producers Paul Junger Witt and Tony Thomas cast Youngfellow in the pilot episode of Blossom, in which she played the mother of Mayim Bialik's title character; she did not continue with the project when NBC picked it up as a regular series. In 1998, she made her last TV appearance, in an episode of Law & Order.

She married stage and screen actor Sam Freed in 1983.[2] The two narrated the 2001 audiobook of The Children's Book of Faith by William J. Bennett.[3] Youngfellow was formerly married to Michael Mund Youngfellow from 1968 to 1975.

As of 2011, she was president of the California corporation To Be Announced, Inc. (founded November 20, 1978)

Actress (32 credits)

 1998 Law & Order (TV Series)

Dr. Emily Lindros

- Burden (1998) ... Dr. Emily Lindros

 1990 Blossom (TV Series)

Barbara Russo

- Pilot (1990) ... Barbara Russo

 1989 Murder, She Wrote (TV Series)

Olivia Hudson

- Trevor Hudson's Legacy (1989) ... Olivia Hudson

 1980-1989 It's a Living (TV Series)

Jan Hoffmeyer Gray / Jan Hoffmeyer

- The Sonny and Dot Show (1989) ... Jan Hoffmeyer Gray

- A Very Special It's a Living (1989) ... Jan Hoffmeyer Gray

- Matchmaker, Matchmaker (1989) ... Jan Hoffmeyer Gray

- My Little Red Book (1989) ... Jan Hoffmeyer Gray

- The Dark at the Top of the Top (1989) ... Jan Hoffmeyer Gray

1985 The Lady from Yesterday (TV Movie)

Rita Bartlett

 1985 ABC Weekend Specials (TV Series short)

Mrs. Cribbens

- The Adventures of a Two-Minute Werewolf (1985) ... Mrs. Cribbens

 1984 It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (TV Movie)

Kate Westin

 1980-1983 Trapper John, M.D. (TV Series)

Stacey / Harriet

- Mother Load (1983) ... Stacey

- It's a Wise Surgeon (1980) ... Harriet

 1983 It Takes Two (TV Series)

Anne

- The Choice (1983) ... Anne

 1982 Filthy Rich (TV Series)

Valerie

- The Happy Medium (1982) ... Valerie (scenes deleted)

 1980 Good Time Harry (TV Series)

Audrey Simpson

- Audrey Simpson (1980) ... Audrey Simpson

 1980 The Scarlett O'Hara War (TV Movie)

Joan Crawford

 1979 Paris (TV Series)

Joyce Slade

- Friends and Enemies (1979) ... Joyce Slade

 1979 Vampire (TV Movie)

Andrea Parker

 1979 Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (TV Movie)

Jan Fletcher

 1979 Three's Company (TV Series)

Debbie

- Triangle Troubles (1979) ... Debbie

 1979 The Jeffersons (TV Series)

Dr. Beamish

- A Bedtime Story (1979) ... Dr. Beamish

 1978 WKRP in Cincinnati (TV Series)

Linda Taylor

- Love Returns (1978) ... Linda Taylor

 1978 The Eddie Capra Mysteries (TV Series)

Gretchen

- How Do I Kill Thee? (1978) ... Gretchen

 1978 Barney Miller (TV Series)

Marsha Dixon

- Kidnapping: Part 2 (1978) ... Marsha Dixon

- Kidnapping: Part 1 (1978) ... Marsha Dixon

 1978 A.E.S. Hudson Street (TV Series)

Dr. Gloria Manners

- Dr. Friedman (1978) ... Dr. Gloria Manners

- Diagnosis: Dead, Prognosis: Good (1978) ... Dr. Gloria Manners

- Shut Down (1978) ... Dr. Gloria Manners

- In the Black (1978) ... Dr. Gloria Manners

- Dr. No-No (1978) ... Dr. Gloria Manners

 1978 Emergency! (TV Series)

Christine

- Survival on Charter #220 (1978) ... Christine

 1978 Annie Flynn (TV Movie)

Annie Flynn

 1978 Carter Country (TV Series)

Bambi

- Roy's Separation (1978) ... Bambi

 1977 Fernwood Tonight (TV Series)

Ms Linda Barry

- Nudists (1977) ... Ms Linda Barry

 1977 The Bay City Amusement Company (TV Movie)

Ann

 1977 Three Women

Connie (uncredited)

 1977 Nightmare in Blood

Cindy

 1976 Jigsaw John (TV Series)

Patricia Dampier

- The Death of the Party (1976) ... Patricia Dampier (uncredited)

 1975 Police Woman (TV Series)

The Attorney

- Cold Wind (1975) ... The Attorney

 1973 The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series)

Dean's Assistant

- Betrayed (1973) ... Dean's Assistant

 1973 The New Temperatures Rising Show (TV Series)

Nurse #1

- Scalpel, Sponge, Typewriter (1973) ... Nurse #1