Adrienne Barbeau, best known for her role as Bea Arthur’s daughter in “Maude” and a host of horror films, like John Carpenter’s “The Fog,” was recently seen in Los Angeles and looked fantastic at 79 years old.
Barbeau was photographed in a stylish sweater with a light chevron pattern, paired with jeans and a pair of red cowboy boots.
She also wore chic glasses and a short haircut.
Barbeau got her start in entertainment after dropping out of college to join a USO tour with the San Jose Light Opera.
“Maude” star and scream queen Adrienne Barbeau was spotted in Los Angeles looking fabulous at 79 and sporting red cowboy boots. (GPRESS/MEGA)
The California native made her Broadway debut in the chorus of “Fiddler on the Roof,” after being a go-go dancer for the mob, which she wrote about in her autobiography “There Are Worse Things I Could Do.” ‘
Barbeau was seen at the airport and then having lunch with friends at Chin Chin restaurant in Los Angeles. (GPRESS/MEGA)
She later took over the role of Hodel, Tevye’s daughter, and appeared in 25 productions, including the role of Rizzo in “Grease,” which earned her a Tony nomination in 1972.
That same year, she landed the role of Carol Traynor, the daughter of Bea Arthur’s titular character in the film Norman Lear sitcom ‘Maude’.
Barbeau, left, co-starred with Bea Arthur in the sitcom “Maude.” (Bettman/CBS/Getty)
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‘Oh, I loved Bea,’ Barbeau told Closer Weekly from her TV mother. “I had never done TV before, so I assumed how professional and generous she was. She would be the first to say, ‘I think this joke might be funnier if Conrad (vainly) said it.’ It was all about what made the show the best. And there are still times when I hear Bea’s speech coming out of my mouth I learned so much about comedy from her.
In 1980, she began her scream queen status with “The Fog,” starring Jamie Lee Curtis and directed by John Carpenter. She and Carpenter met a year earlier when she starred in his TV movie “Someone’s Watching Me!” and they were married to each other from 1979 to 1984 and shared one son, John “Cody” Carpenter.”
She went on to appear in Carpenter’s next film, ‘Escape from New York’, as well as other cult classics such as ‘The Cannonball Run’, ‘Swamp Thing’ and ‘Creepshow’.
Barbeau starred in “The Fog,” which cemented her status as a horror icon. (MGM/Courtesy: Everett Collection)
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After her marriage to Carpenter, Barbeau met and married playwright Billy Van Zandt in 1992. The couple had twin sons in 1997 and divorced in 2018.
Barbeau’s career has never slowed down and according to her IMDb, she has appeared in 165 TV shows and films.
Last year she guest-starred in an episode of ‘9-1-1’ and most recently voiced a character in the animated films ‘Watchmen Chapter 1’ and Watchmen Chapter 2.
Barbeau’s career has never slowed down since her Broadway debut, with more than 165 TV and film credits to her name. (Paul Archuleta/Getty Images)
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She also has two upcoming projects, “The Demon Detective” and “The Pitchfork Retreat,” starring the late Tony Todd.
In addition to her prolific acting career, Barbeau is also an author, writing three dark fantasy novels in her “Vampyres of Hollywood” series, as well as her autobiography.
In 2022, together with Tom Moore and Ken Waissman, the director and producer of ‘Grease’, she compiled an anniversary book for the 50th anniversary of the musical, entitled ‘Grease, Tell Me More, Tell Me More: Stories from the Broadway phenomenon that started it all.”
Barbeau co-authored “Grease, Tell Me More, Tell Me More: Stories from the Broadway Phenomenon That Started It All,” in honor of the musical’s 50th anniversary in 2022. (Walter McBride/Corbis via Getty Images)
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“Fat was the cornerstone that led to every next step in my career. I’m so proud to have been a part of it. And so blessed because it gave me my best friends, who to this day are like family,” she shared Broadway world in 2021.
