Roseanne Cherie Barr (born November 3, 1952) is an American actress, comedian, writer, television producer and director.
Barr began her career in stand-up comedy at clubs in Colorado in the 1980s. Her big break came in 1987 when she was cast in her own sitcom, Roseanne. The show was a hit and lasted nine seasons, from 1988 to 1997. Barr won both an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her work on the show. In addition, she has won six People's Choice Awards, three American Comedy Awards, a Kids Choice Award, a GLAAD Media Award, and the TV Land Innovator Award.
Barr starred in the film She-Devil (1989) and had a voice role in Look Who's Talking Too (1991). In 2004, she voiced one of the main characters in the animated film Home on the Range. After her sitcom ended, Barr launched her own talk show, The Roseanne Show, which aired from 1998 to 2000. She later returned to stand-up in the mid-2000s. She had guest spots on shows, 3rd Rock from the Sun, The Nanny, and My Name Is Earl. Barr released her autobiography in 1989, a second book in 1994, and a third book in 2011. She will star in her own reality TV show on Lifetime, revolving around her family and life on her farm. She hosts a radio show on KCAA on Sundays.
In 1990, controversy arose when she sang the "The Star-Spangled Banner" during a nationally aired baseball game, by singing the song off-key, then spitting and grabbing her crotch. The next year she appeared in People magazine announcing that she was an "incest survivor", something her parents and sister publicly denied. Twenty years later Barr and her sister appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show to explain how they felt at the time. She was married to Bill Pentland for 15 years and had three children before divorcing and marrying comedian Tom Arnold four days later. Their marriage lasted for four years, before going through a highly publicized divorce. Barr married her bodyguard in 1995 and had one child before divorcing in 2002. She began dating Johnny Argent in 2003, and now lives in Hawaii.
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Known For
Mr. Birchum
Principal Bortles (voice) · (6 episodes)
2024
Roseanne Barr: Cancel This!
Self
2023
Dark Side of Comedy
Self (Archive Footage) · (1 episode)
2022
When Ruby Wax Met...
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2021
Fahrenheit 11/9
Self
2018
Roseanne for President!
Self
2015
Baal Shem Tov: Master of a Good Name
Grandma Ruth
2014
The Millers
Darla · (1 episode)
2013
Norm Macdonald Live
Self · (1 episode)
2013
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Kraang Prime (voice) · (3 episodes)
2012
Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne
Self
2012
The Undefeated
Self (archive footage)
2011
Roseanne's Nuts
(16 episodes)
2011
Portlandia
The New Mayor · (1 episode)
2011
Portlandia
Interim Mayor · (2 episodes)
2011
Looking for Lenny
Self
2011
Conan
Self · (1 episode)
2010
What If Cannabis Cured Cancer
Herself
2010
I Am Comic
Self
2010
Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack
Herself - Hijacker · (1 episode)
2008
Heckler
Self
2007
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Self
2007
Slacker Uprising
Self
2007
Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother
Self
2007
Manufacturing Dissent
Self (archive footage)
2007
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
(archive footage) · (1 episode)
2007
Roseanne Barr: Blonde and Bitchin'
Self
2006
My Name is Jackie Beat
2006
The Reichen Show
Self · (1 episode)
2005
My Name Is Earl
Millie Banks · (1 episode)
2005
Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class
Self (archive footage)
2005
The Office
Carla Fern · (2 episodes)
2005
A Dairy Tale
Maggie (voice)
2004
Home on the Range
Maggie (voice)
2004
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Little Patch Of Heaven
Maggie (voice)
2004
Goodnight, We Love You
Self
2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · (1 episode)
2003
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003
The Brothers Garcia: Mysteries of the Maya
Co-pilot
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self · (3 episodes)
2003
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
Self
2001
15 Minutes
Roseanne
2001
Cecil B. Demented
Rosanne
2000
The Awful Truth
Self · (1 episode)
1999
Futurama
Roseanne Barr (voice) · (1 episode)
1999
Dancing Outlaw II: Jesco Goes to Hollywood
Herself
1999
Get Bruce!
Self
1999
Hollywood Squares
Self - Panelist · (10 episodes)
1998
The Roseanne Show
Self - Host · (20 episodes)
1998
The View
Self · (2 episodes)
1997
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
Self
1997
Meet Wally Sparks
Roseanne Barr
1997
Rodney Dangerfield's 75th Birthday Toast
Self
1997
Love in Hollywood
Self
1996
Ruby Wax Meets
(1 episode)
1996
3rd Rock from the Sun
Janet (as Roseanne) · (2 episodes)
1996
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
Self - Presenter
1995
Blue in the Face
Dot
1995
Unzipped
Self
1995
Women of the House
Self · (1 episode)
1995
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · (1 episode)
1994
Downwardly Mobile
(7 episodes)
1994
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Madame Zoe
1994
The Nanny
Cousin Sheila · (1 episode)
1993
Politically Incorrect
(1 episode)
1993
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
Self
1993
The Woman Who Loved Elvis
Joyce Jackson
1993
The Jackie Thomas Show
Roseanne Conner (as Roseanne) · (1 episode)
1992
The Jackie Thomas Show
Regina (as Roseanne Arnold) · (1 episode)
1992
The Larry Sanders Show
Roseanne Barr · (1 episode)
1992
The Rosey & Buddy Show
Rosey (voice)
1992
Amnesty International's Big 30
Self
1991
Backfield in Motion
Nancy Seavers
1991
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
Ethel
1991
Tom Arnold: The Naked Truth
Self
1991
Look Who's Talking Too
Julie (voice)
1990
Decade
Self
1989
She-Devil
Ruth Patchett
1989
Roseanne
Roseanne Conner · (231 episodes)
1988
A Different World
Looter · (1 episode)
1987
The Roseanne Barr Show
1987
Rodney Dangerfield: It's Not Easy Bein' Me
Self
1986
MTV Video Music Awards
Self - Host · (1 episode)
1984
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (3 episodes)
1975
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1975
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (1 episode)
1962