Barbara Sharma (born Barbara Anna Sharma Schirmer; September 14, 1938) is an American actress and dancer of the night clubs, stage, television, and film. She’s known for appearing in movies like Con Air, My Stepmother Is an Alien, Norman... Is That You?, and Time Share.She began dancing at age 4 and professionally at age 9, dancing in nightclubs in Miami, Florida and Havana, Cuba. As a dancer she had a close working relationship with Bob Fosse, working as a lead dancer in his company for five seasons.
She created roles in original Broadway productions during the 1960s, including Rosie in Sweet Charity and Mary in Hallelujah, Baby!, and as a regular performer on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In from 1970 to 1972, in which she often tap-danced and played, among many other roles, the "Burbank Metre Maid". She played Shelley Sealy as a main cast member of the short lived TV series Glitter (1984–85), and performed the recurring roles of Mrs. Recinos on Becker, Mrs. Douglas on Frasier, Amanda Wilkerson on Chico and the Man, and Myrna Morgenstein in Rhoda. She appeared in commercials from the 1950s to the 2000s, including commercials for Folgers, Glass Plus, and State Farm
