Barbara Robertson

Barbara Robertson is an American actress and singer. She plays the role of "Jan the Unnamed" for the American Theatre Company's Pre-Broadway Chicago production of "Yeast Nation".^[1] Recently she played the role of Mame at the Drury Lane Theatre.

She may be most well known for playing Madame Morrible in the Chicago production of Wicked. She first played the role from May 8, 2007 through June 25, 2008, and again to close out the production from November 18, 2008 until the final performance on January 25, 2009. She also played a limited engagement with the touring production of the show on its stop in Chicago, which ran from December 1, 2010 through January 23, 2011.

She has also performed in Angels of America: Part I & II, Hamlet, A Little Night Music, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Mary Stuart, La Bete, Grand Hotel, The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?, Garden, Pal Joey, Black Snow, Kabuki Medea, and Emma's Child. Additionally, Robertson has performed in many film and TV productions, including The Company, Straight Story, Will of Their Own, Disney's Mother's Courage, Paramount's The Untouchables, and Early Edition.

She is a 1972 graduate of Glenbard West High School in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role
1987	Light of Day	Arguing Woman
1989	Cold Justice	Nancy
1990	Shaking the Tree	Nurse
1998	Stricken	Banyon's Mom
1999	The Straight Story	Deer Woman
2001	Soul Survivors	Margaret
2003	The Company	Harriet
2012	Adventures in the Sin Bin	Old Woman

Television

Year	Show	Role	Notes
1989	A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story	Miss Day, Receptionist	TV Movie
1990	Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston	Shelley	TV Movie
1992	In the Best Interest of the Children	Angela Bayer	TV Movie
1997	Early Edition	Sally Deluca	1 Episode
1998	A Will of Their Own	Maria Jermaine	1 Episode

Short Films

Year	Film	Role
2007	Hunter	Anne
2012	After Christmas	Linda
2014	The First Men

References

1. "Hilarious 'Yeast Nation' ferments in North Center". Dining Chicago. Retrieved 28 December 2010.