Roseanne Barr

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Birthday:

3 November 1952, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Birth Name:

Roseanne Cherrie Barr

Height:

163 cm

Roseanne Barr, one of America's funniest comedians, has another side that not many people have seen. She was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. During her teenage years, she worked as a dishwasher at a local restaurant. She married Bill Pentland and they had three children together. They remained married for 16 years, until Roseanne found her place as a comedian. She worked doing stand-up comedy until her 8/23/85 appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) thrust her into the limelight. In 1987, HBO offered her a show of her own, On Location: The Roseanne Barr Show (1987). It was canceled after a short time. In 1989, Roseanne starred opposite Meryl Streep and Ed Begley Jr. in She-Devil (1989). Though her first picture wasn't as successful as she might have hoped, her sitcom,Roseanne (1988), ran for 9 seasons seasons on ABC. During the show, Roseanne fell in love with fellow cast member Tom Arnold and divorced her husband Bill after 16 years of marriage in order to marry Arnold.After 4 years, Roseanne and Arnold divorced. Ratings on her TV show were also down. On Valentine's Day 1995, Roseanne married former bodyguard Ben Thomas. The marriage lasted until 2002. In 1996, she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and won, but she was not there to accept it. After Roseanne (1988) was canceled, she went on Broadway to play "The Wicked Witch of the West" in "The Wizard of Oz" to rave reviews. Show less «

Everything that's written about me has such a negative taint. It just has a life of its own, like an avalanche, and I don't think there's an...Show more »

Everything that's written about me has such a negative taint. It just has a life of its own, like an avalanche, and I don't think there's anything I can do to stop it. Show less «

[from an ad she took out in "The Hollywood Reporter"] This town is a back-stabbing, scum-sucking, small-minded town, but thanks for the mone...Show more »

[from an ad she took out in "The Hollywood Reporter"] This town is a back-stabbing, scum-sucking, small-minded town, but thanks for the money. Show less «

Women complain about premenstrual syndrome, but I think of it as the only time of the month that I can be myself.

TV family sitcoms have always been about fathers who know best and mothers who are so enchanted with everything they do. I wanted to be the ...Show more »

TV family sitcoms have always been about fathers who know best and mothers who are so enchanted with everything they do. I wanted to be the first mom to be a mom on TV. I wanted to sent out a message about how us women really feel. Show less «

I have a huge crush on [President George W. Bush]. I saw him at a recent fundraiser, and he's a babe. He's got that Ronald Reagan charm. I t...Show more »

I have a huge crush on [President George W. Bush]. I saw him at a recent fundraiser, and he's a babe. He's got that Ronald Reagan charm. I think he's hot. I respect his wife, but if he wasn't married I'd be putting on my cowboy boots and coming around. Show less «

I used to want to be a movie star so I wouldn't have to live in trailers anymore. And now that I make movies, I spend a lot of my life livin...Show more »

I used to want to be a movie star so I wouldn't have to live in trailers anymore. And now that I make movies, I spend a lot of my life living in trailers. Show less «

[interview with Edgar Arce, 2004] Well it's been a few years now and I've done some crazy stuff, you know . . . but I reconnected with what ...Show more »

[interview with Edgar Arce, 2004] Well it's been a few years now and I've done some crazy stuff, you know . . . but I reconnected with what made me famous, with that show and that family, and I went back to my stand-up where I can be myself completely. Show less «

Since I had my gastric bypass surgery in 1998, I eat like a bird. Unfortunately, that bird is a California condor.

We found a form of birth control that really works. Every night before we go to bed, we spend an hour with our kids.

[from an ad she placed in the Hollywood Reporter] This town is a back-stabbing, scum-sucking, small-minded town, but thanks for the money.