Roseanne Barr Biography
Roseanne Cherrie Barr is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer. Barr began her career in stand-up comedy before gaining acclaim in the television sitcom Roseanne. She won an Emmy and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her work on the show.
Roseanne Barr’s Age and Birthday
Roseanne is 70 years old as of 2023. She was born on 3 November 1952 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Roseanne celebrates her birthday on 3 November every year.
Roseanne Barr Height and Weight
Barr stands at a height of 5 feet and 2 inches tall. She weighs 80 kilograms. However, her body measurements have not yet been made public. We will update this section when the information becomes available.
Roseanne Barr’s Family, Parents, and Siblings
Barr was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to a Jewish family. She is the oldest of four children born to Helen, a bookkeeper, and cashier, and Jerome Hershel who worked as a salesman. Her father’s family were Jewish emigrants from Russia, and her maternal grandparents were Jewish emigrants from Austria-Hungary and Lithuania.

Roseanne Barr Husband
Barr has been married three times and has five children. In 1970, when she was 17, Barr had a child, Brandi Ann Brown, whom she placed for adoption; they were later reunited. On February 4, 1974, Barr married Bill Pentland, a motel clerk she met while in Colorado. They had three children: Jessica, Jennifer, and Jake. Pentland and Barr divorced on January 16, 1990. Four days later, on January 20, 1990, Barr married fellow comedian Tom Arnold and became known as Roseanne Arnold during the marriage.
Barr filed for divorce from Tom Arnold on April 18, 1994, in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, citing irreconcilable differences. On February 14, 1995, Barr married Ben Thomas, her one-time personal security guard, at Caesars Tahoe with a reception at Planet Hollywood. In November 1994, she became pregnant through in vitro fertilization and they had a son named Buck. The couple stayed together until 2002. In 2002, Barr met Johnny Argent online after running a writing competition on her blog and began dating him in 2003, after a year of phone conversations. They live on a 46-acre macadamia nut farm located on the Big Island of Hawaii
Roseanne Barr Education
Roseanne dropped out of high school when she was 17 years old. After a car accident, she was admitted to a mental institution, claiming she was having nightmares and memory loss. She left the institute less than a year later.
Roseanne Barr Career
Barr decided to become a stand-up comedian in the early 1980s, using her experiences as a mother and wife as comic material and performing at local clubs in Denver and Colorado. She also appeared on major shows such as “The Comedy Store,” “The Tonight Show,” and “Late Night with David Letterman.” From 1988 to 1997, Barr was a popular T.V. figure through her show, “Roseanne,” on ABC. In the sitcom, she portrayed herself as a rigid, soft, wisecracking mother. It earned her numerous awards, including an Emmy, a Golden Globe, and a Kids’ Choice Award. While she was still a television sensation, Barr published her autobiography, “Roseanne – My Life As a Woman,” in 1989.
In the same year, she appeared in the film “She-Devil.” Throughout the 1990s, she worked on a variety of entertainment projects, including a voice-over for “Look Who’s Talking Too,” made appearances on “Saturday Night Live,” and released her second autobiographical book, “My Life” in 1994. Barr debuted as a stage actor in 1998 when she played the “Wicked Witch of the West” in the Broadway play “The Wizard of Oz” at Madison Square Garden. In the same year, she launched her talk show, “The Roseanne Show.”
Barr took a long break from the entertainment world after “The Roseanne Show” was canceled in 2000. In 2006, she returned to television as a stand-up comedian with “Roseanne Barr: Blonde and Bitchin.” Barr became more involved with television in the late 2000s, hosting “The Search for the Funniest Mom in America” on Nick at Nite and co-hosting an hour-long political show on K.P.F.K. In 2012, Comedy Central ‘roasted’ her. In 2012, she filed as a Green Party presidential candidate with the Federal Election Commission and officially confirmed her candidacy for the party’s presidential nomination.
She lost the candidacy and revealed that she would operate on the Peace and Freedom Party ticket alongside activist Cindy Sheehan. This time, she was nominated. Barr decided to join Keenen Ivory Wayans and Russell Peters as a judge on N.B.C.’s. “Last Comic Standing” in the summer of 2014. On April 28, 2017, it was reported that Barr, along with the majority of the original cast, was shopping an eight-episode revival of “Roseanne” to various networks and Netflix, with the original characters serving as producers.
On March 27, 2018, the revived 10th season of “Roseanne” debuted on A.B.C. to powerful ratings. The program received a 13th-episode 11th season renewal from A.B.C. on March 30, 2018. Following a widely regarded racist tweet, A.B.C. canceled the show on May 29, 2018. In a follow-up spin-off, “The Conners,” which A.B.C. planned for the fall season shortly after, Barr and Werner decided to give up her producer stake. Barr then made a guest appearance in 2020 on the talk show “Quarantined with Norm Macdonald.”
Roseanne Barr Net worth and Salary
Roseanne has been so popular and successful hence she has a net worth of approximately $ 85 million dollars as of 2023. However, details about her salary are still unknown to the public. We will update the information as soon as it is available.
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