Adrienna Barbeau

Name: Adrienne Barbeau
Sex: F
Nationality: American
Birth Date: June 11, 1945
Birth Place: Sacramento, California
Profession: actress
Education: Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, California (junior college)
  Dancing and singing lessons
Husband/Wife: John Carpenter (director; married in 1979; divorced), Billy Van Zandt (actor and producer; married in 1992-)
Son: John Cody Carpenter, Walker Steven Barbeau Van Zandt (born on March 19, 1997), William Dalton Barbeau Van Zandt (twin of Walker)
Claim to fame: as Carol Trainer in TV Series: Maude (1972)
   
FAN MAIL:
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9255 Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, Ca 90069
USA

ADRIENNE BARBEAU NEWS AND TRIVIA
  • Her cousin named his daughter Adrienne Barbeau.
  • Won Tony nomination in 1971 through her rendition of LOOK AT ME, I'M SANDRA DEE - a Broadway production.
  • Nominated for a Tony Award for her portrayal of bad-girl Rizzo in the original Broadway production of GREASE.
  • Made her Broadway debut in Fiddler on the Roof.
  • Worked as a New York city go-go dancer from 1964-1967 while breaking in on Broadway.
  • In the late 1970s, a poster of her wearing lingerie sold well.
  • Girlfriend of Huff Hefner's when he started Playboy magazine.
  • Touring Pacific military bases as a member of the San Jose Light Opera at age 19.
  • Her father is French Canadian and her mother is Armenian.
  • Her parents divorced when she was twelve years old, causing such a trauma to her that she went throught therapy for years.
  • Narrator of Judith Krantz's Mistral's Daughter (1996) audiobook.
  • Narrator of Jane Heller's Internal Affairs (1996) audiobook.
  • Nominated for Best Supporting Actress - Television at Golden Globe Awards for MAUDE. (1972)

Quotes
  • "I used to go to bed convinced that I had leeches all over my back and body."

Awards
  • Theatre World Award for Grease (1972)
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