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biography "There Are Worse Things I Could Do," published in March 2006 by Carroll & Graf. |
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Author (with Michael Scott) of the novel "Vampyres of Hollywood," published in July 2008 by St. Martin's Press, New York City, NY. |
Where Are They Now?
2006
| Talent Agent: |
Bauman, Redanty & Shaul
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| Profession: |
Actress / Thanks / Self |
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11 June 1945, Sacramento, California, USA (age 64) |
| Birth Name: |
Adrienne Jo Barbeau |
| Height: |
5' 3½" (1.61 m) |
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Billy Van Zandt (31 December 1992 - present) 2 children
John Carpenter (1 January 1979 - 1984) (divorced) 1 child
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| Awards: |
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 nomination |
| Credited Years: |
1972 - 2010 |
Trademarks
Real Life Quotes
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About her role on Maude: "If the producers needed information in a scene, my character was the one to do it. What I didn't know is that when I said those things, I was usually walking down a flight of stairs and no one was even listening to me. They were just watching my breasts precede me." |
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[on her role in The Cannonball Run] "All the talent I needed was in my breastbone." |
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[on the remake of The Fog] "I have not seen it and I have no desire to see it, either." |
Trivia
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Attended Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, California. |
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Made her Broadway debut in Fiddler on the Roof in 1968, where she met another young, up-and-coming actress named Bette Midler. "I guess I adopted some of her enthusiasm and hopefully her street smarts," said Barbeau. |
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Gave birth to twin boys, Walker and William. [March 1997] |
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Has son, Cody Carpenter, with John Carpenter. |
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Is of French and Armenian ancestry. |
Where Are They Now?
| 2006 |
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Release of her memoir, "There Are Worse Things I Could Do". |
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Release of her book, "Vampyres of Hollywood" by Adrienne with Michael Scott. |
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