Adrienne Barbeau

Adrienne Barbeau
Barbeau in June 2011
Born	Adrienne Jo Barbeau (1945-06-11) June 11, 1945 (age 78) Sacramento, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Foothill College
Occupations	Actress author
Years active	1968–present
Known for	Grease Maude The Fog Escape from New York SwampThing The Cannonball Run Creepshow General Hospital
Spouses	John Carpenter ​ ​ (m. 1979; div. 1984)​ Billy Van Zandt ​ ​ (m. 1992; div. 2018)​
Children	3, including Cody Carpenter
Website	abarbeau.com

Adrienne Jo Barbeau (born June 11, 1945) is an American actress and author. She 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 Bea Arthur) on the sitcom Maude (1972–1978).^[1] In 1980, she began appearing in horror and science fiction films, including The Fog (1980), Escape from New York (1981), Creepshow (1982), and Swamp Thing (1982). She also provided the voice of Catwoman in the DC Animated Universe. In the 2000s, she appeared on the HBO series Carnivàle (2003–2005) as Ruthie.