Person
Barbara Pollard
Acting
Biography
Barbara Pollard is an acclaimed Canadian actress, playwright, director, and comedienne based in Vancouver, British Columbia. With a professional career spanning over four decades, she has worked extensively across theater, film, and television. She is widely recognized for playing the drug-trade mastermind Melissa Montgomery in the Netflix drama series Virgin River.
Known for
Supernatural
Neighbor
The X-Files
Gwen
The Outer Limits
Alice
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
Babushka
Virgin River
Melissa Montgomery
Wild Cards
Elderly Betty
Chesapeake Shores
Norah Alessandri
Blockbuster
Edith
Palace Guard
1991
Another Sweet Christmas
Doris
Filmography
- 2026A Castle of Our OwnMayor Betty Finch
- 2025Another Sweet ChristmasDoris
- 2025Merry Christmas, Ted Cooper!Ruth
- 2024Confessions of a Christmas LetterEdith
- 2024Wild CardsElderly Betty
- 2023ChampionsDot
- 2022BlockbusterEdith
- 2022A Kismet ChristmasRaylene
- 2020Good Morning Christmas!Ginny Roman
- 2019Virgin RiverMelissa Montgomery
- 2018All of My Heart: The WeddingAlice
- 2017All of My Heart: Inn LoveAlice
- 2017The Birthday WishKatherine Turner
- 2016Chesapeake ShoresNorah Alessandri
- 2015Harvest MoonRosie
- 2015All of My HeartAlice
- 2014Far from HomeVelma
- 2010R. L. Stine's The Haunting HourBabushka
- 2005SupernaturalNeighbor
- 1995The Outer LimitsAlice
- 1994While Justice SleepsPauline
- 1993Final AppealPrison Guard
- 1993The X-FilesGwen
- 1991Palace Guard
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