Adrienne Barbeau
Adrienne Barbeau
Adrienne Jo Barbeauis an American actress and the author of three books. Barbeau came to prominence in the 1970s as Broadway's original Rizzo in the musical Grease, and as Carol Traynor, the divorced daughter of Maude Findlayin the sitcom Maude. In the early 1980s, Barbeau was a sex symbol, starring in several horror and science fiction films, including The Fog, Creepshow, Swamp Thing, and Escape from New York. During the 1990s, she became known for providing the voice of Catwoman...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth11 June 1945
CitySacramento, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I'm not doing an impersonation. I think of it as a representation of her, an impression instead of an impersonation.
The last time I was on stage in New York was in 1972, downtown at the Eden Theatre in Grease .
I just made an attempt to take the experiences that Judy shows us in this script and find something in my lexicon of experience that helped me understand why she was doing what she was doing. Some of it I don't have an experience of, and some of it I do.
In all the horror films that I have done, all of those women were strong women. I don't feel I ever played the victim, although I was always in jeopardy.
I'm a short woman with a pretty good body and large breasts — that's not what I think of as sexy.
But when I think of superchicks, I think of the roles, not the variety.
I spent years working in low-budget horror films. When you've done 'Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death,' you can handle anything!
It's not easy, though, singing upside down in a headstand on a raised platform with your unfettered breasts hitting you in the chin.
Those who say, 'Well, she was just a drunk,' will get an understanding of what her demons were, what drove her and why she was the way she was.