Who is Barbara Bain? Everything You Need to Know

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Also Known As: Mildred Fogel

Age: 91 Years, 91 Year Old Females

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Spouse/Ex-: Martin Landau (m. 1957–1993)

children: Juliet Landau, Susan Landau Finch

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Height: 5'9" (175 cm), 5'9" Females

City: Chicago, Illinois

Ancestry: Russian American

Notable Alumni: University Of Illinois At Urbana–Champaign

Grouping of People: U.S. Immigrants

U.S. State: Illinois

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education: University Of Illinois At Urbana–Champaign

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Childhood & Early Life

Barbara Bain was born as Mildred Fogel on September 13, 1931, in Chicago, Illinois. Her parents were Russian Jewish immigrants who had moved to the United States before her birth.

Bain attended the University of Illinois and received her bachelor's degree in sociology and subsequently moved to New York City to learn dancing. However, her dancing career didn’t turn out as she expected and she eventually dropped the idea to become a professional model.

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Career

As a professional model, Barbara Bain was featured in some of the top publications of the time, including the fashion giants ‘Vogue’ and ‘Harper's Magazine.’ Not satisfied with her modeling job, Bain wanted to pursue more exciting career options.

She started to study theatre and eventually joined the Actors Studio. She took lessons from the iconic Broadway actor Curt Conway. Things started to move smoothly for her and she was featured in many theatre productions, including ‘Middle of the Night’, directed by Paddy Chayevsky.

Bain’s first appearance on television came in 1958 when she appeared in ‘Harbormaster’ as ‘Mary Owens’. She then made appearances in other shows like ‘Mike Hammer’, ‘State Trooper’, ‘Richard Diamond, Private Detective’ and ‘The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis’.

She continued appearing in special roles in different television shows during the early 1960s, including ‘77 Sunset Strip’, ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’, ‘Ben Casey’, ‘Valentine's Day’, and ‘My Mother The Car’.

Bain was signed by the makers of the television series ‘Mission: Impossible’ in the mid-1960s. She was chosen for the role of ‘Cinnamon Carter’, an IMF agent, in the show. She was part of the show for all seven seasons, making appearances in 78 episodes.

After appearing in a couple of television movies and making some guest appearances in television shows, Bain landed another big role on television. She was picked for the role of ‘Dr. Helena Russell’ in the science-fiction television program ‘Space: 1999’. She was the only cast member who appeared in all the 48 episodes of the show.

In the ensuing years, Bain appeared in numerous television shows, albeit in small roles, and featured in some popular films as well. Her notable films are ‘Skinheads’, ‘American Gun’, and ‘Forget Me Not’.

Over the course of her career, she has appeared in many short films and her work in ‘Pacific Edge’ earned her critical praise. She won multiple awards for her role of ‘Coral’ in the short film.

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Major Works

Barbara Bain played one of the main characters, Cinnamon Carter, in the series ‘Mission: Impossible’ between 1966 and 1969. She featured alongside Greg Morris, Peter Graves, Steven Hill, Martin Landau, and Leonard Nimoy. She won three consecutive Emmy Awards between 1967 and 1969, becoming the first actress to do so in history.

Bain’s role of ‘Dr. Helena Russell’, a doctor of medicine and a scientist in her early forties, in the series ‘Space: 1999’ is one of the highlights of her acting career. She portrayed the Chief Medical Officer of the Moonbase Alpha in the series that ran between 1975 and 1977. The show focused on the inhabitants of Moonbase Alpha (a fictional moon base), who suffer a fatal explosion at the beginning of the show.

Family & Personal Life

Barbara Bain met Martin Landau on the set of ‘Mission: Impossible’. The two got married in January 1957 and had two children, Juliet Landau and Susan Landau Finch, together. The couple got divorced in1993.

1969	Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series	Mission: Impossible (1966)
1968	Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series	Mission: Impossible (1966)
1967	Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series	Mission: Impossible (1966)

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