Adrienne Barbeau

Adrienne Barbeau

Known for
Acting
Born
June 11, 1945 (age 81)
Birthplace
Sacramento, California, USA

Biography

Adrienne Jo Barbeau (born June 11, 1945) is an American actress, singer 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 Findlay (played by Beatrice Arthur) in 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 on Batman: The Animated Series and subsequent Batman cartoon series. In the 2000s, she appeared in the HBO series Carnivàle as Ruthie the snake dancer.

Known For

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Filmography

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Hannah Goes to Hell

Hannah Goes to Hell

Movie

2026
Oddities poster

Oddities

Movie · as Betty

2026
Hollywood Does Abortion poster

Hollywood Does Abortion

Movie · as self

2026
Remembering Wes Craven: His Life, Legacy and Nightmares poster

Remembering Wes Craven: His Life, Legacy and Nightmares

Movie · as Self

2026
Stranger Things: Tales from '85 poster

Stranger Things: Tales from '85

TV · as Phyllis (voice) · 1 ep

2025
The Pitchfork Retreat poster

The Pitchfork Retreat

Movie · as Elle

2025
The Demon Detective poster

The Demon Detective

Movie · as Abby

2025
Duster poster

Duster

TV · 1 ep

2024
Watchmen: Chapter I poster

Watchmen: Chapter I

Movie · as Sally Jupiter / Silk Spectre / TV Broadcaster (voice)

2024
Hustlers Take All poster

Hustlers Take All

Movie · as Priscilla

2024
Watchmen: Chapter II poster

Watchmen: Chapter II

Movie · as Sally Jupiter / Police Dispatcher (voice)

2024
Graves From the Black Lagoon poster

Graves From the Black Lagoon

Movie · as Helen

2024
X-Men '97 poster

X-Men '97

TV · as Sister Anne (voice) · 1 ep

2023
Oddities poster

Oddities

Movie · as Susan

2023
Harlan Coben's Shelter poster

Harlan Coben's Shelter

TV · as Ellen Bolitar · 1 ep

2022
In Search of Darkness: Part III poster

In Search of Darkness: Part III

Movie · as Self

2022
Hellblazers poster

Hellblazers

Movie · as Georgia

2022
Early Retirement poster

Early Retirement

Movie · as Pat

2022
In Search of Tomorrow poster

In Search of Tomorrow

Movie · as Self

2021
Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale poster

Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale

Movie · as Self

2021
American Horror Stories poster

American Horror Stories

TV · as Verna · 1 ep

2021
Cowboy Bebop poster

Cowboy Bebop

TV · as Maria Murdock · 1 ep

2020
Jimmy's Jungle poster

Jimmy's Jungle

Movie · as Tammy

2020
Curious George: Go West, Go Wild poster

Curious George: Go West, Go Wild

Movie · as Ginny's Mom (voice)

2020
Eagle and the Albatross poster

Eagle and the Albatross

Movie · as Pearl

2020
Little Willy poster

Little Willy

Movie · as Adrienne

2020
For the Love of Jessee poster

For the Love of Jessee

Movie · as Katharyn

2020
Unearth poster

Unearth

Movie · as Kathryn Dolan

2020
AJ and the Queen poster

AJ and the Queen

TV · as Helen · 1 ep

2019
Hoax poster

Hoax

Movie · as Wilma

2019
The Chain poster

The Chain

Movie · as Emma

2019
Gates of Darkness poster

Gates of Darkness

Movie · as Rosemary

2019
Swell poster

Swell

Movie · as Dr. Shields

2019
Exorcism at 60,000 Feet poster

Exorcism at 60,000 Feet

Movie · as Mrs. Monetgue

2019
Apple Seed poster

Apple Seed

Movie · as Jolene

2019
Creepshow poster

Creepshow

TV · as Dixie Parmelee · 1 ep

2019
Swamp Thing poster

Swamp Thing

TV · as Dr. Palomar · 1 ep

2019
She Kills poster

She Kills

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
Death House poster

Death House

Movie · as Virtual Narrator (voice)

2018
Big Legend poster

Big Legend

Movie · as Rita Laird

2018
Malevolence 3: Killer poster

Malevolence 3: Killer

Movie · as Meredith Bristol

2018
Hell's Kitty poster

Hell's Kitty

Movie

2018
9-1-1 poster

9-1-1

TV · as Luisa Falcon · 1 ep

2017
Dimension 404 poster

Dimension 404

TV · as Wilma · 1 ep

2016
ISRA 88 poster

ISRA 88

Movie · as Dr. Withersford

2015
Tales of Halloween poster

Tales of Halloween

Movie · as The Radio DJ

2015
Divine Access poster

Divine Access

Movie · as Catherine

2014
The Memory Book poster

The Memory Book

Movie · as Sarah

2012
Complacent poster

Complacent

Movie · as Judy Sanderson

2012
Argo poster

Argo

Movie · as Nina / Serksi the Gallactic Witch

2011
Celebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1 poster

Celebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2011
Revenge poster

Revenge

TV · as Marion Harper · 3 eps

2010
Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen poster

Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen

Movie · as Adrienne

2010
Saturday Nightmares: The Ultimate Horror Expo of All Time!

Saturday Nightmares: The Ultimate Horror Expo of All Time!

Movie · as Self

2009
War Wolves poster

War Wolves

Movie · as Gail

2009
Alice Jacobs Is Dead poster

Alice Jacobs Is Dead

Movie · as Alice Jacobs

2009
The Dog Who Saved Christmas poster

The Dog Who Saved Christmas

Movie · as Cat Lady

2009
Joy Behar: Say Anything! poster

Joy Behar: Say Anything!

TV · 1 ep

2009
Celebrity Ghost Stories poster

Celebrity Ghost Stories

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2008
Fly Me to the Moon poster

Fly Me to the Moon

Movie · as Scooters Mom (voice)

2008
Reach for Me poster

Reach for Me

Movie · as Valerie

2008
Sons of Anarchy poster

Sons of Anarchy

TV · as Alice Noone · 1 ep

2007
Unholy poster

Unholy

Movie · as Martha

2007
Just Desserts: The Making of 'Creepshow' poster

Just Desserts: The Making of 'Creepshow'

Movie · as Self

2007
K-Ville poster

K-Ville

TV · 1 ep

2006
Christmas Do-Over poster

Christmas Do-Over

Movie · as Trudi

2006
Deceit poster

Deceit

Movie · as Kathleen Darrow

2006
Big John poster

Big John

Movie · as Self

2006
Dexter poster

Dexter

TV · as Suzanna Coffey · 1 ep

2006
The New Adventures of Old Christine poster

The New Adventures of Old Christine

TV · as Adrienne Barbeau · 1 ep

2005
The Many Faces of Catwoman poster

The Many Faces of Catwoman

Movie · as Self

2005
Grey's Anatomy poster

Grey's Anatomy

TV · as Jodie Crowley · 1 ep

2005
American Dad! poster

American Dad!

TV · as Maxine (voice) · 1 ep

2004
Ring of Darkness poster

Ring of Darkness

Movie · as Alex

2004
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies poster

John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies

Movie · as Self

2004
Ghost Rock poster

Ghost Rock

Movie · as Mattie Baker

2004
Century City poster

Century City

TV · 1 ep

2003
Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show

Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show

Movie · as Self

2003
Return to 'Escape from New York'

Return to 'Escape from New York'

Movie · as Herself

2003
Carnivàle poster

Carnivàle

TV · as Ruthie · 24 eps

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Cold Case poster

Cold Case

TV · as Helen McCormick (2008) · 1 ep

2002
No Place Like Home poster

No Place Like Home

Movie · as Evie

2002
The Santa Trap poster

The Santa Trap

Movie · as Alice the Homeless Mom

2002
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog' poster

Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'

Movie · as Self

2001
Spring Break Lawyer poster

Spring Break Lawyer

Movie · as Judge Stern

2000
The Convent poster

The Convent

Movie · as Christine O'Malley

2000
Across the Line poster

Across the Line

Movie · as Mrs. Randall

2000
Gotham Girls poster

Gotham Girls

TV · as Catwoman / Selina Kyle (voice), Catwoman / Selina Kyle / Renée Montoya (voice) · 21 eps

1999
A Wake in Providence poster

A Wake in Providence

Movie · as Aunt Lidia

1999
Batman Beyond poster

Batman Beyond

TV · as Singer (voice) · 1 ep

1998
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island poster

Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island

Movie · as Simone Lenoir (voice)

1998
A Champion's Fight poster

A Champion's Fight

Movie · as Nancy Muldenhower

1997
Bimbo Movie Bash poster

Bimbo Movie Bash

Movie · as Dr. Kurtz

1997
The Art of Illusion: 100 Years of Hollywood Special Effects poster

The Art of Illusion: 100 Years of Hollywood Special Effects

Movie · as Narrator

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
The New Batman Adventures poster

The New Batman Adventures

TV · as Catwoman / Selina Kyle (voice) · 2 eps

1997
The Angry Beavers poster

The Angry Beavers

TV · 1 ep

1996
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch poster

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

TV · as Adrienne Barbeau · 1 ep

1996
Nash Bridges poster

Nash Bridges

TV · as Annie Corell · 1 ep

1995
Sailor Moon poster

Sailor Moon

Movie · as Queen Beryl / Queen Serenity (voice)

1995
Burial of the Rats poster

Burial of the Rats

Movie · as The Queen

1995
Judge Dredd poster

Judge Dredd

Movie · as Voice of Central Computer (uncredited)

1995
The Drew Carey Show poster

The Drew Carey Show

TV · as Kim Harvey · 6 eps

1995
The Wayans Bros. poster

The Wayans Bros.

TV · as Trish Neidermeyer · 1 ep

1995
Sliders poster

Sliders

TV · as Mother Morehouse · 1 ep

1994
Silk Degrees poster

Silk Degrees

Movie · as Violet

1994
Jailbreakers poster

Jailbreakers

Movie · as Mrs. Sheila Norton

1994
Weird Science poster

Weird Science

TV · 1 ep

1994
Babylon 5 poster

Babylon 5

TV · as Amanda Carter · 1 ep

1994
One West Waikiki poster

One West Waikiki

TV · 1 ep

1994
Rebel Highway poster

Rebel Highway

TV · as Sheila Norton · 1 ep

1993
Father Hood poster

Father Hood

Movie · as Celeste

1993
Demolition Man poster

Demolition Man

Movie · as Main Frame Computer (voice) (uncredited)

1993
Diagnosis: Murder poster

Diagnosis: Murder

TV · as Vivien Sanderson · 1 ep

1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine poster

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

TV · as Cretak · 1 ep

1992
Queen Esther poster

Queen Esther

Movie

1992
The Burden of Proof poster

The Burden of Proof

TV · as Silvia Hartnell · 2 eps

1992
Batman: The Animated Series poster

Batman: The Animated Series

TV · as Catwoman (voice) · 8 eps

1991
Doublecrossed poster

Doublecrossed

Movie · as Debbie Seal

1991
Blood River poster

Blood River

Movie · as Georgina

1991
The Horror Hall of Fame II

The Horror Hall of Fame II

Movie · as Self - Presenter

1990
Two Evil Eyes poster

Two Evil Eyes

Movie · as Jessica Valdemar

1990
The Easter Story poster

The Easter Story

Movie · as Mary Magdalene (voice)

1990
Dream On poster

Dream On

TV · as Gloria Gantz · 1 ep

1989
Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death poster

Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death

Movie · as Dr. Kurtz

1989
Ultraman: The Adventure Begins poster

Ultraman: The Adventure Begins

Movie · as Beth O'Brien (voice)

1989
Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief poster

Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief

Movie · as Self

1988
Monsters poster

Monsters

TV · as Fiona Flynn · 1 ep

1987
Open House poster

Open House

Movie · as Lisa Grant

1986
Back to School poster

Back to School

Movie · as Vanessa

1986
The Real Ghostbusters poster

The Real Ghostbusters

TV · as Mrs. Campbell (voice) · 1 ep

1985
Terror at London Bridge poster

Terror at London Bridge

Movie · as Lynn Chandler

1985
Seduced poster

Seduced

Movie · as Barbara Orloff

1985
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as (segment "Teacher's Aide") · 1 ep

1984
The Time Traveller poster

The Time Traveller

Movie · as Andrea

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Kathryn, Lynette Bryant · 1 ep

1982
Creepshow poster

Creepshow

Movie · as Wilma Northrup (segment "The Crate")

1982
Swamp Thing poster

Swamp Thing

Movie · as Alice Cable

1982
The Thing poster

The Thing

Movie · as Computer (voice) (uncredited)

1982
Hotel poster

Hotel

TV · as Barbara Harrington · 2 eps

1981
Escape from New York poster

Escape from New York

Movie · as Maggie

1981
The Cannonball Run poster

The Cannonball Run

Movie · as Marcie

1981
Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase

Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase

Movie · as Susan O'Neill

1980
The Fog poster

The Fog

Movie · as Stevie Wayne

1980
Tourist poster

Tourist

Movie · as Barbara Huggins

1980
Valentine Magic on Love Island poster

Valentine Magic on Love Island

Movie · as Beverly McGraw

1980
Top of the Hill poster

Top of the Hill

TV · as Elizabeth Stone · 2 eps

1979
The Darker Side of Terror poster

The Darker Side of Terror

Movie · as Margaret Corwin

1979
$weepstake$

$weepstake$

TV · as Bonnie Jones · 1 ep

1978
Someone's Watching Me! poster

Someone's Watching Me!

Movie · as Sophie

1978
Return to Fantasy Island poster

Return to Fantasy Island

Movie · as Margo Dean

1978
The Crash of Flight 401 poster

The Crash of Flight 401

Movie · as Veronica Daniels

1978
Fantasy Island poster

Fantasy Island

TV · as Brenda Richards / Adele Anthony · 2 eps

1977
Red Alert poster

Red Alert

Movie · as Judy Wyche

1977
Have I Got a Christmas for You poster

Have I Got a Christmas for You

Movie · as Marcia Levine

1977
The Love Boat poster

The Love Boat

TV · as Cathy Randall · 2 eps

1977
Eight Is Enough poster

Eight Is Enough

TV · 1 ep

1976
The Great Houdinis poster

The Great Houdinis

Movie · as Daisy White

1976
Having Babies poster

Having Babies

Movie · as Allie Duggin

1976
Quincy, M.E. poster

Quincy, M.E.

TV · as Carol Bowen - Rape Counselor · 1 ep

1976
Battle of the Network Stars poster

Battle of the Network Stars

TV · 2 eps

1974
Tony Orlando and Dawn poster

Tony Orlando and Dawn

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1972
Maude poster

Maude

TV · as Carol Traynor · 141 eps

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 5 eps

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Marcia Levine · 1 ep