Barbara Law

Barbara Law, née Dixon (born ) is an Irish-Canadian actress and singer. First prominent in Ireland with the pop trio Maxi, Dick and Twink and Brendan Bowyer's Royal Showband, she moved to Canada in the early 1970s after marrying Peter Law of The Pacific Showband. While the Pacific Showband continued to record and perform in its own right under the new name Dublin Corporation, Peter and Barbara Law also performed separately as co-vocalists for the band Sweet Chariot. Later the same year, she appeared alongside Taborah Johnson, Louis Negin, Richard Adams and Liliane Stillwell in Bananas, a musical revue at Toronto's Bayview Theatre which was directed by Jack Creley. In 1979, she appeared in Allan Guttman's cabaret show Tonight at 8:30...9 O'Clock in Newfoundland.

She released the disco album Take All of Me on Pavilion Records in 1979, scoring a minor dance club hit with the album's title track.

In the 1980s she worked as an actress, most prominently in the films The Surrogate and Bedroom Eyes, and received a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for the latter film. In 1984, she portrayed Katharine Hepburn in Cliff Jones's Howard Hughes musical For the Love of Howard, opposite Ross Petty as Hughes.

She also had guest roles in the television film The Popcorn Man, the television series Adderly, Night Heat, Diamonds, Katts and Dog, Counterstrike and Due South, and a minor role in the film The Planet of Junior Brown.

Filmography

+ Barbara Law film and television credits Year Title Role Notes 1984 The Surrogate Maggie Simpson Theatrical film 1984 Bedroom Eyes Jobeth Theatrical film 1986–1987 Night Heat Francie / Sonia Mann / Natalie 3 episodes 1987 Adderly Tamira 1 episode 1988 The Return of Ben Casey Della Television film 1988 Diamonds 1 episode 1990 Counterstrike Chantal Episode: "The Beginning" 1991 Katts and Dog Episode: "The Fugitive" 1992 Counterstrike Juliette Episode: "Till Death Do Us Part" 1993 Spenser: Ceremony Madame Television film 1995 Long Island Fever Georgia Television film 1996 Due South Sunny 1 episode 1997 The Planet of Junior Brown Rich Girl Theatrical film