Barbara Garrick Nude Scenes: Tales of the City 1993 and 2019

Yes, Barbara Garrick has done nude scenes: as DeDe Halcyon Day in the 1993 PBS Tales of the City, including a long topless phone call in bed, and again in the 2019 Netflix hot tub with May Hong.

This hub collects 3 clips, each with its length and its own write-up: two from the 1993 miniseries and one from the 2019 revival. The hero clip above is the 1993 phone call, her clearest nude.

Updated: November 5, 2026 (Bangkok). New hub: every clip written up from scratch.

I’ve been behind the camera since 2001 and shot 2,000+ scenes, and I’ll be straight with you: Barbara Garrick did not fill a catalogue with nude work, but as DeDe she went there twice across two decades of Tales of the City. The 1993 phone call is the one people still look for, the white slip is the soft companion piece, and the 2019 hot tub brings DeDe back with Margot. Here is every clip of hers worth your time, and I’ll tell you what I left out.

Barbara Garrick is an American actress from Los Angeles, best known as DeDe Halcyon Day in Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City. She played DeDe in the 1993 PBS miniseries and again in the 2019 Netflix revival, and she has also appeared in The Firm, Eight Men Out, Jumper and a long run of television.

Barbara Garrick in Tales of the City (1993)

Miniseries: Tales of the City (PBS), 1993, directed by Alastair Reid | Role: DeDe Halcyon Day | What you see: full topless nudity on a phone call in bed, plus a white-slip bedroom cut

DeDe is the society wife whose marriage to Beauchamp Day is already rotting when Mary Ann Singleton lands in San Francisco. The 1993 series put that private life on screen in warm lamp light and network-TV frankness. For the 2019 cast and cuts, see the Tales of the City sex scenes hub.

The phone call in bed (1:58)

This is the clip at the top of this page.

PBS Tales of the City, 1993, episode 3. Barbara Garrick plays DeDe Halcyon Day, the Pacific Heights socialite whose marriage is falling apart. She is in bed with Beauchamp, then left alone with the phone: sheet at her waist, nothing on top, talking through the mess her life has become. Warm orange light through the blinds, a dog on the duvet earlier in the scene, and about two minutes of frank 1990s network nudity. It is her clearest nude scene and the one that put DeDe on the map before the Netflix revival.

The white slip (0:49)

PBS Tales of the City, 1993, episode 5. A quieter cut: DeDe in a short white slip around the bedroom and the vanity, Beauchamp reading in bed, warm lamp light. No full nude here, but it is the same marriage coming apart in soft fabric and about 50 seconds of that early-nineties look. Kept because it sits next to the phone scene and shows how much of DeDe’s private life the 1993 series was willing to put on screen.

Barbara Garrick in Tales of the City (2019)

Miniseries: Tales of the City (Netflix), 2019 | Role: DeDe Halcyon Day | What you see: an outdoor hot tub with Margot Park

Garrick came back as DeDe for the Netflix ten-episode return. The hot tub with May Hong is the revival’s clearest nude beat involving her, shot in late-afternoon light with champagne on the rim.

Hot tub with Margot (1:28)

Netflix Tales of the City, 2019, episode 4. Twenty-six years later Garrick is DeDe again, now inviting Margot Park (May Hong) over for champagne in the outdoor hot tub. Late-afternoon light, plants behind the rim, the two of them talking in the water. May Hong is the clearer nude for most of the minute and a half; Garrick is right there with her as DeDe, relaxed and fully in the scene. Same character, same frankness, new decade.

What I Left Out

I kept this page to scenes that are worth watching and that belong on Scandal Planet. I skipped the short 2019 kisses and underwear cuts with May Hong (15–21 seconds) that overlap the hot tub, and a longer 2019 compilation that mostly repeats the tub and a club night. I also left out other titles in her filmography with no usable intimate footage on the usual sources. This page is DeDe across both Tales runs.

Who Is Barbara Garrick?

Barbara Garrick was born on December 3, 1965 in Los Angeles. She came up through late-eighties film and television, including Eight Men Out and the 1988 Mike Nichols office comedy, then played DeDe Halcyon Day in the 1993 PBS adaptation of Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City.

She returned as DeDe for Netflix’s 2019 Tales of the City, and her other credits include The Firm, Postcards from the Edge, Jumper, and a long list of guest roles. DeDe is the part that keeps bringing people to her nude scenes.

Barbara Garrick FAQ

Has Barbara Garrick done nude scenes?

Yes. Her main nude work is as DeDe Halcyon Day in Tales of the City: a topless phone call in bed in the 1993 PBS miniseries, and a hot tub scene with May Hong in the 2019 Netflix revival.

Is Barbara Garrick nude in Tales of the City?

Yes. In the 1993 series she has a clear topless bedroom scene, and in the 2019 revival she shares the outdoor hot tub with Margot Park (May Hong).

Who does Barbara Garrick play in Tales of the City?

DeDe Halcyon Day, the Pacific Heights socialite, in both the 1993 PBS miniseries and the 2019 Netflix revival.

Was Barbara Garrick in the 1993 and 2019 Tales of the City?

Yes. She is one of the few cast members who played the same role in both adaptations.

How old is Barbara Garrick?

She was born on December 3, 1965 in Los Angeles, so she is 60 in 2026.

That is every Barbara Garrick scene I would actually send someone to. If a new one turns up that belongs here, I will add it.

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