Roseanne Barr

Roseanne Cherie Barr born November 3 1952 is an American actress comedian writer television producer and director Barr began her career in standup 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 Peoples 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 SheDevil 1989 and had a voice role in Look Whos 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 standup in the mid2000s 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 StarSpangled Banner during a nationally aired baseball game by singing the song offkey 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Roseanne Barr licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia