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Advertise with us. Contact us. About us. Celebrity TV Shows August 09, Share Share this pen. Read also. Related posts. Adrienne Barbeau Biography. Adrienne Jo Barbeau is an American television, film, character and musical theater actress, as well as the author of two recently published books. Barbeau came to prominence in the s as Broadway's original Rizzo in the musical Grease, Bea Arthur's divorced daughter Carol Trainer in the hit sitcom Maude, and in several early s horror and science fiction films.

During the s, Barbeau became known for providing the sultry voice of Catwoman on Batman: The Animated Series and subsequent Batman cartoon series. Barbeau's father was French-Canadian and her mother Armenian-American.

In her autobiography, Barbeau says that she first caught the show business bug while entertaining troops at army bases throughout Southeast Asia, touring with the San Jose Civic Light Opera.

Career In the late s Barbeau moved to New York City and worked "for the mob" as a go-go dancer as well as appearing Off-Broadway in a "nudie musical" called Stag Movie before making her Broadway debut in Fiddler on the Roof playing Tevye's daughter Hodel alongside fellow co-star Bette Midler.

During the s Barbeau starred as the daughter of Bea Arthur's title character in the comedy series Maude which ran from to They were just watching my breasts precede me. My husband clued me in: who cared if I won the race, as long as I bounced when I ran? Barbeau's popularity stemmed partly from what critic Joe Bob Briggs referred to as the "two enormous talents on that woman", and her typecasting as a "tough broad". Barbeau refused offers to appear topless in Playboy, although shots from an early nude shoot in which she appeared topless appeared in High Society in July In some Off-Broadway plays early in her career , and in several movies, she has appeared topless as well.

Despite her initial success, she said at the time that she thought of Hollywood as a "flesh market", and that she would rather appear in films that "explore the human condition" and "deal with issues".

Barbeau was cast by her then-husband, director John Carpenter, in his horror film, The Fog, which was her first theatrical film appearance. She subsequently appeared in a number of earlys horror and science fiction films, a number of which have now become cult film classics, including Escape from New York also from Carpenter , Creepshow and Swamp Thing.

For the remainder of the s Barbeau mostly starred in low budget fare such as the spoof Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death. I learned so much about comedy from her. She made the best chicken salad you could imagine! She was really a homebody. What she cared about most were her children and her dogs and being at home. When I was 15 I joined a community theater in San Jose, California, and their touring company was chosen to entertain the armed forces.

It was an experience. Bette Midler played the scene where she has to beg Papa not to force her to marry, but let her marry the tailor instead.

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