Wikipedia Biodata / Profile Background
Introduction :
Adrienne Barbeau was born on June 11, 1945, in Sacramento, California, as Adrienne Jo Barbeau. For her education, she attended and graduated from Del Mar High School in San Jose, California.
Family and Personal Life :
- Adrienne is a daughter of parents – Mother Armene and Father Joseph Barbeau, who was a Public Relations Official for Mobil Oil. Her mother was of Armenian descent and her father’s ancestry included French-Canadian, Irish, and German.
- She has a sister, Jocelyn Barbeau, and a half-brother on her father’s side, Robert Barbeau, who still resides in the Sacramento area.
- Adrienne was married to director John Carpenter from January 1979 to 1984. The two met on the set of his 1978 TV movie, Someone’s Watching Me! The couple had a son, John Cody (born on May 7, 1984) shortly before they separated. During their marriage, the couple remained “totally outside Hollywood’s social circles.”
- She married actor/producer Billy Van Zandt, thirteen years her junior, on December 31, 1992. The two met in 1991 when Adrienne was cast in the West Coast premiere of his play, Drop Dead! Billy is the half-brother of musician & actor Steven Van Zandt.
- She gave birth to twin boys, Walker Steven and William Dalton Van Zandt, on March 17, 1997, at age 51.
Profession : Career, Salary and Net Worth
- She is best known for her roles on the TV series Maude (1972) and in horror films, especially those directed by John Carpenter, with whom she was once married.
- Early in her career, she starred in Someone’s Watching Me! (1978), The Fog (1980), Escape from New York (1981) and Swamp Thing (1982), all John Carpenter-related projects.
- Chris was also seen in an episode of Ashton Kutcher’s show ‘Punk’d’ along with his wife, Ellen.
- She has collaborated with George A. Romero on occasion, such as the Stephen King-scripted Creepshow (1982) and Two Evil Eyes (1990).
- Her work with other horror directors includes the Wes Craven comic book monster movie Swamp Thing (1982).
- During the 1990s, she became best known for providing the voice of Catwoman on Batman: The Animated Series (1992).
Rumours, Controversies and Interesting Facts :
- She has natural brunette hair and large brown eyes.
- When she gave birth to twin boys in 1997, she claimed that she was the only one on the maternity ward who was also a member of American Association of Retired Persons.
- Captain Murphy, a character from the animated television series Sealab 2021, had an obsession with Adrienne and mentioned her in several episodes. In the episode “I Robot” he ponders becoming an “Adrienne Barbeau-bot” with laser beam eyes and “D-Cups Full of Justice.”
- An episode of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (season 6, episode 5) features a storyline in which Miles develops an obsession with Adrienne, going so far as to buy a cardboard cut-out of her. Adrienne herself makes a cameo appearance at the end of the episode. Upon meeting her, Sabrina compliments Adrienne for her performance as Senator Cretak in the aforementioned Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode.
- Adrienne’s autobiography “There Are Worse Things I Could Do” was published in 2006 by Carroll & Graf, rose to no. 11 on the Los Angeles Times best-sellers list.
- In her autobiography, Adrienne 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.
- In July 2008, her first novel, Vampyres of Hollywood, was published by St Martin’s Press. The novel was co-written by Michael Scott. The first sequel Love Bites was published in 2010, and the second, Make Me Dead was published in 2015.
Hi Adrienne,
I just want to say I’ve been in love with you From the first time I saw you. I love all your films I couldn’t wait to watch swamp thing so many times and escape from New York. You are so beautiful.
Take care…lots of love,
Tom Groves.
Hi Adrienne Barbeau. You are so beautiful. I love you. I dig you in Maude, Swamp Thing and The Fog. Harold Rushmore Actor It’s Showtime At The Apollo, The Cosby Mysteries, Comedian, Model and Athlete Pro Tennis and Harlem Hurricanes Football. Watching you for years Adrienne, Harold. P S. I’m 62.Will be 63 Oct. 25th.