Barbara Bosson who earned an Emmy Award nomination for her performance on Murder One 1995 was raised in Belle Vernon Pennsylvania a small coalmining town about 30 miles south of Pittsburgh When she was a teenager she and her family moved to Florida where she attended Boca Ciega High School in Gulfport After graduation she was accepted into the Drama Department of Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh now Carnegie Mellon When Bosson learned the tuition would be too great a burden on her parents she instead moved to New York She supported herself in a variety of jobs secretary television production assistant Playboy Bunny etc while studying acting with Milton Katselas and Herbert Berghof and musical comedy with Word Baker Six years later Bosson reevaluated her prospects while working as a secretary for ACT the American Conservatory Theater She spoke frequently with various drama department heads including Earl Gister head of Carnegie Techs Drama Department Deciding it wasnt too late to pursue her dream she asked Gister for an audition He agreed Bosson cant remember her audition but it convinced Gister to place her in the school and to assist her in finding scholarship money So at 26 she became Carnegie Techs oldest freshman While attending Carnegie Tech Bosson met her future husband Steven Bochco whom she would not marry until years later and fellow Hill Street Blues 1981 stars Bruce Weitz and Charles Haid On a summer break from Carnegie Tech she landed a job in San Francisco with the improvisational group The Committee With Gisters blessing she stayed with the group and performed with them for three years Bosson is a fivetime Emmy Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress in a Dramatic Series for her portrayal of Fay Furillo in the Emmy Awardwinning series Hill Street Blues 1981 An innovative cook Bosson raised her own herbs and vegetables She enjoyed skiing doing crossword puzzles and dancing Bosson also hated dieting which she had done unsuccessfully for 25 years Bosson had two children with Bochco and resided in Los Angeles
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