Biography
While the role provided high visibility, Barbeau had little to do on the series. It, however, opened the door to a slew of TV-movies, specials, and guest spots beginning in the mid-1970s and continuing through the 90s. Barbeau has also had a modest feature career, generally in fairly savvy and thrifty genre fare.
Barbeau first gained notice on the Broadway stage in an early 1970s revival of "Fiddler on the Roof" and garnered a Tony nomination …
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Career Milestones
| Appeared Off-Broadway in "Stag Movie" | ||
| Made Broadway debut as Tevye's daughter, Hodel in a revival of "Fiddler on the Roof" | ||
| Moved to New York City and worked as a go-go dancer | ||
1972 | Made TV debut as the daughter of Bea Arthur's title character on the comedy series "Maude" (CBS) | |
1972 | Received a Tony Award nomination playing tough-girl Rizzo in the Broadway production of "Grease" | |
1976 | TV-movie debut, "Having Babies" | |
1980 | Made feature film debut in her then-husband, director John Carpenter's horror film, "The Fog" | |
1981 | Again teamed with then-husband John Carpenter for "Escape from New York" | |
1981 | Featured in the campy, slapstick comedy "The Cannonball Run" | |
1982 | Played Hal Holbrook's emotionally abusive wife in one of five short stories in the anthology horror movie "Creepshow"; written by Stephen King and directed by George A. Romero | |
1982 | Starred in the horror film "Swamp Thing"; written and directed by Wes Craven | |
1986 | Cast in a small role as Rodney Dangerfield's wife in the comedy "Back to School" | |
1989 | Starred in low-budget spoof "Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death"; co-starred Bill Maher | |
1992 | Lent her voice to Catwoman on "Batman: The Animated Series" (FOX) | |
1998 | Played Oswald's mother on the ABC comedy "The Drew Carey Show" | |
1998 | Released her debut album as a folk singer, the self-titled Adrienne Barbeau | |
2002 | Voiced the villieness Helga Von Guggen in the cartoon series "Totally Spies!" | |
2003 | Cast as Ruthie on the HBO series "Carnivàle" | |
2006 | Published autobiography There Are Worse Things I Could Do | |
2006 | Starred as Judy Garland in the Off-Broadway play "The Property Known as Garland" | |
2008 | Published first novel, Vampyres of Hollywood; co-written by Michael Scott | |
2008 | Voiced Scooters Mom in the animated feature "Fly Me to the Moon" | |
Awards
1976 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television in Maude |