Barbara K. Whinnery (born July 1, 1953) is an American actress from

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, best known for the role of Dr. Cathy Martin on the

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drama '' St. Elsewhere''. She has made guest appearances in several other television shows and has also appeared in movies and on stage. She trained at the Actor's Conservatory Theater in

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(where her classmates included her future St. Elsewhere co-stars

Denzel Washington Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has been described as an actor who reconfigured "the concept of classic movie stardom". Throughout his career spanning over four decades, Washington ha ...

and

Cynthia Sikes Cynthia Sikes Yorkin (born January 2, 1954) is an American actress known for her work on '' St. Elsewhere'' and ''Blade Runner 2049.'' Life and career Cynthia Sikes was born Cynthia Lee Sikes in Coffeyville, Kansas, in 1954. Early in her caree ...

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, and with

Milton Katselas Milton George Katselas (December 22, 1933 – October 24, 2008) was an American director and producer of stage and film, as well as a Hollywood acting instructor and coach who trained under Elia Kazan and Lee Strasberg at the acclaimed '' Ac ...

. She currently is a studio faculty member at The Acting Place in

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Filmography

Film

Television

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