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Film & TV
Sacramento, California, USA
Adrienne Jo Barbeau (born June 11, 1945) is an American actress, singer and the author of three books. Barbeau came to prominence in the 1970s as Broadway's original Rizzo in the musical Grease, and as Carol Traynor, the divorced daughter of Maude Findlay (played by Beatrice Arthur) in the sitcom Maude. In the early 1980s Barbeau was a sex symbol, starring in several horror and science fiction…
Known for
- Oddities2026
- Hollywood Does Abortion — self2026
- Remembering Wes Craven: His Life, Legacy and Nightmares — Self2026
- The Pitchfork Retreat — Elle2025
- The Demon Detective2025
- Duster2025
- Watchmen: Chapter I — Sally Jupiter / Silk Spectre / TV Broadcaster (voice)2024
- Hustlers Take All — Priscilla2024
- Watchmen: Chapter II — Sally Jupiter / Police Dispatcher (voice)2024
- Graves From the Black Lagoon — Helen2024
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Key facts
- Born
- Adrienne Jo Barbeau , ( 1945-06-11 ) June 11, 1945 (age 80) , Sacramento, California , U.S.
- Alma mater
- Foothill College
- Occupations
- Actress author
- Years active
- 1968–present
- Known for
- Grease (1971) , Maude (1972) , The Fog (1980) , Escape from New York (1981) , Swamp Thing (1982) , The Cannonball Run (1981) , Creepshow (1982) , General Hospital (1963) , DC Animated Universe
- Spouses
- John Carpenter ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1979 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1984 ) Billy Van Zandt ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1992 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2018 )
- Children
- 3, including Cody Carpenter
- Website
- abarbeau .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jo
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Sacramento
- Spouse
- Billy Van Zandt
- Child
- Cody Carpenter
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Escape from New York
- Hair colour
- brown hair
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- abarbeau.com
- Image
- AdrienneBarbeauJune2011.jpg
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- Adrienne Barbeau
- date of birth
- 1945-06-11
- start of work period
- 1972-00-00
- social media followers
- 13453
- name in native language
- Adrienne Jo Barbeau
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Encyclopedic overview
Adrienne Jo Barbeau (born June 11, 1945) is an American actress and author. She came to prominence in the 1970s as Broadway's original Betty Rizzo in the musical Grease, and as Carol Traynor, the divorced daughter of Maude Findlay (played by Bea Arthur) on the sitcom Maude (1972–1978). In 1980, she began appearing in horror and science fiction films, including The Fog (1980), Escape from New York (1981), Creepshow (1982), and Swamp Thing (1982). She also provided the voice of Catwoman in the DC Animated Universe. In the 2000s, she appeared on the HBO series Carnivàle (2003–2005) as Ruthie.
Early life
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