Roseanne Barr

Roseanne Barr (November 3 1952) is an actress, writer, talk-show host and comedian. Born Roseanne Cherrie Barr in Salt Lake City, Utah to a family of Jewish refugees. At various times in her career she has been known as Roseanne and Roseanne Arnold, Roseanne Barr Arnold Thomas Pentland due to marriage.

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November 3 - 1952 - Salt Lake City, Utah - Jewish

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Roseanne was made famous in the early 1980s with her stand-up comedy routine, which received significant critical acclaim for its unglamorized portrayal of the typical US middle-class housewife. It was during this routine that she also coined the now well-known phrase "Domestic goddess," referring to a homemaker. This led to her own series on ABC, called Roseanne. The show ran from 1988 to 1997, and co-starred Emmy winners Laurie Metcalf and John Goodman.

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1980s - Stand-up comedy - US - Middle-class - Housewife - Domestic goddess - ABC - Roseanne - 1988 - 1997 - Emmy - Laurie Metcalf - John Goodman

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A year after the end of her sitcom's run in 1997, Roseanne went on to host her own talk show, The Roseanne Show. The show ran for two years before it was cancelled in 2000; soon after she ventured back into stand-up comedy. In the summer of 2003, she took on the dual role of hosting a cooking show (called Domestic Goddess) and starring in a reality show (called The Real Roseanne Show) about hosting a cooking show, although her illness and emergency hysterectomy brought a premature end to both projects.

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1997 - The Roseanne Show - 2003 - Domestic Goddess - Reality show - Hysterectomy

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Roseanne married Bill Pentland on February 4, 1974, and they had three children (Roseanne had a daughter prior to marriage, whom she gave up for adoption, but this daughter is now somewhat back in her life). While taping her show she fell in love with fellow actor Tom Arnold and in January of 1990 she divorced Pentland and married Arnold. Four years later this marriage also ended in divorce. Roseanne married Ben Thomas on Valentine's Day in 1995 and they had one son, Buck Thomas. In 1998 she sued Thomas for divorce, claiming he had threatened to kidnap their son. The Thomas family later made up and Roseanne dropped the charges, but they divorced in 2002.

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February 4 - 1974 - Tom Arnold

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Roseanne was also known for her disruptive and bizarre behavior off-screen. Roseanne wanted full creative control over her show, which resulted in the firings and resignations of several writers and producers, as well as Roseanne's refusal to perform material which she considered sub-par. Roseanne also had a knack for getting tabloid coverage, such as her tumultuous and much-mocked marriage to Arnold, her claim of sexual abuse by her father, or her claims of having multiple personalities. Of note was the heavily publicized and extremely controversial occasion on which Barr "performed" the "Star Spangled Banner" before a baseball game in San Diego, California, on July 25, 1990. Attempting to bring humor to the song, she mimicked the behaviour of players by spitting and grabbing her crotch; barely singing the song, she instead screeched and screamed it. She was booed off the field because people thought she was insulting American tradition.

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Multiple personalities - Star Spangled Banner - Baseball - San Diego, California - July 25 - 1990

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