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Barbara Trentham | |
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| Born | Barbara Lynn Schilling (1944-08-27)August 27, 1944 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | August 2, 2013(2013-08-02) (aged 68) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Mount Holyoke College |
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| Years active | 1972–1982 |
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| Children | 1 |
Barbara Trentham (bornBarbara Lynn Schilling; August 27, 1944 – August 2, 2013) was an American model and actress. In the early 1970s, her photo appeared on many prominent magazine covers, including the British edition ofVogue. As an actress, she starred in the 1975 filmRollerball, and had supporting roles in numerous other 1970s films.[1] Trentham was married to actor-comedianJohn Cleese.
Trentham, who was born Barbara Lynn Schilling in 1944 in theBrooklyn borough of New York City, moved with her parents as a child to Connecticut. She attendedMount Holyoke College inSouth Hadley, Massachusetts, from which she graduated in 1966 and then moved to England to study at theUniversity of Oxford. At Oxford she met fellow student Giles Trentham; they married in 1967 and she retained his name after their divorce in 1970.[2]
In the early 1970s, Trentham worked as a model in London. Her photo appeared several times on the cover pages of British magazines includingSeventeen andVogue.[3]
In 1972 she landed a supporting role in the horror thrillerThe Possession of Joel Delaney. She then moved to Los Angeles to pursue her acting career. She starred in the science fiction filmRollerball in 1975. In 1976 she performed in the action dramaSky Riders and had a cameo in the British-German television seriesThe Girl from Outer Space. In 1978, she appeared in the produced-for-television horror filmDeath Moon and 1979 in an episode of the adventure seriesA Man Called Sloane.
In 1980, while working in Los Angeles as a reporter and producer ofThose Amazing Animals, she met English actor and comedianJohn Cleese at aMonty Python performance. They married in 1981; their daughter Camilla was born in 1984. In 1987, the couple separated and three years later they divorced.[citation needed]
During her marriage to Cleese her love for art was reawakened and she began a third career as a painter, her preferred medium beingoil paint. In 1993 she moved toChicago, where she met the lawyer George Covington. The two married in 1998 and lived inLake Bluff, Illinois. She built up an art studio which became the meeting place and source of inspiration for local artists. She was also co-founder of Artists on the Bluff, a non-profit organization for artists.[4] She was a member of the Art Association ofJackson Hole, and organized events and art fairs there. From watercolor and acrylic to oil painting, Trentham produced pieces featuring both figures and landscapes.[5]
Barbara Trentham died on August 2, 2013, atNorthwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, aged 68, from complications fromleukemia.[6]
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