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| Born | Roseanne Cherrie Barr (1952-11-03)November 3, 1952 (age 73) Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
| Occupations | Actress, comedian, writer, producer |
| Years active | 1970–present |
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| Partner | Johnny Argent (2003–present) |
| Children | 5 |
| Website | roseanneworld |
Roseanne Cherrie Barr (born November 3, 1952), also knownmononymously asRoseanne, is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer. She began her career instand-up comedy, going on to achieve widespread recognition for her work as the eponymous lead character on theABC sitcomRoseanne (1988–1997; 2018), for which she received anEmmy and aGolden Globe.
Having been revived in 2018 to strong ratings, plans for further seasons ofRoseanne were dropped after Barr made atweet condemned as racist by many commentators, with Barr later referring to the tweet as a "bad joke."[1] Her comeback comedy special,Cancel This!, was released onFox Nation in 2023.[2]
Barr was born inSalt Lake City, Utah, to aJewish family. She is the oldest of four children born to Helen (née Davis), abookkeeper and cashier, and Jerome Hershel "Jerry" Barr,[3] a salesman.[4] Her father's family were Jewish emigrants from theRussian Empire, and her maternal grandparents were Jewish emigrants fromAustria-Hungary andLithuania.[3] Her paternal grandfather changed his surname from "Borisofsky" to "Barr" upon entering the United States.[4] Barr's great-grandparents were murdered duringthe Holocaust.[5]
Her Jewish upbringing was influenced by her devoutlyOrthodox Jewish maternal grandmother.[4] Barr's parents kept their Jewish heritage secret from their neighbors and were partially involved inthe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[4] Barr has stated, "Friday, Saturday, and Sunday morning I was a Jew; Sunday afternoon, Tuesday afternoon, and Wednesday afternoon we were Mormons."[6]
When Barr was three, she was afflicted withBell's palsy on the left side of her face. She said, "[so] my mother called in a rabbi to pray for me, but nothing happened. Then my mother got a Mormon preacher, he prayed, and I was miraculously cured". Years later, she learned that Bell's palsy was usually temporary and that the Mormon elder came "exactly at the right time".[4]
Barr has stated that she is on theautism spectrum.[7] At six years old, she discovered her first public stage by lecturing at LDS churches around Utah and was elected president of a Mormon youth group.[4]
She attendedEast High School. At age 16, Barr was hit by a car, and the car's hood ornament impaled her skull; the incident left her with atraumatic brain injury.[4] Her behavior changed so radically that she was institutionalized for eight months atUtah State Hospital.[8][9]
In 1970, when Barr was 18, she moved out by informing her parents that she was going to visit a friend inColorado for two weeks, and never returned.[8]
The following year, Barr had a baby, whom she put up for adoption. She and her daughter amicably reunited 17 years later.[10]
While inColorado, Barr began doing stand-up gigs in clubs inDenver and other Colorado towns. She later tried out atThe Comedy Store inLos Angeles, and went on to appear onThe Tonight Show in 1985.[8]
In 1986, she performed on aRodney Dangerfield special and onLate Night with David Letterman, and the following year had her ownHBO special calledThe Roseanne Barr Show, which earned her anAmerican Comedy Award for the funniest female performer in a television special.[11]
Barr was offered the role of Peg Bundy inMarried... with Children, but turned it down.[12] In her routine she popularized the phrase "domestic goddess" to refer to a homemaker or housewife. The success of her act led to her own series onABC, calledRoseanne.
In 1987,The Cosby Show executive producersMarcy Carsey andTom Werner wanted to bring a "no-perks family comedy" to television. They hiredCosby writerMatt Williams to write a script about factory workers and signed Barr to playRoseanne Conner.[13]
The show premiered on October 18, 1988, and was watched by 21.4 million households, making it the highest-rated debut of that season.[13]
Barr became outraged when she watched the first episode ofRoseanne and noticed that in the credits, Williams was listed as creator.[13] She told Tanner Stransky ofEntertainment Weekly, "We built the show around my actual life and my kids. The 'domestic goddess', the whole thing."[13] In the same interview, Werner said, "I don't think Roseanne, to this day, understands that this is something legislated by theWriters Guild, and it's part of what every show has to deal with. They're the final arbiters."[13]
During the first season, Barr sought more creative control over the show, opposing Williams' authority. Barr refused to say certain lines and eventually walked off set. She threatened to quit the show if Williams did not leave. ABC let Williams go after the thirteenth episode.[13] Barr gaveAmy Sherman-Palladino andJoss Whedon their first writing jobs onRoseanne.[14][15]
Roseanne ran for nine seasons from 1988 to 1997. Barr won anEmmy, aGolden Globe, aKids' Choice Award, and threeAmerican Comedy Awards for her part in the show. Barr had crafted a "fierce working-class domestic goddess" persona in the eight years preceding her sitcom and wanted to do a realistic show about a strong mother "who was not a victim of patriarchal consumerism."[15]
For the final two seasons, Barr earned $40 million, making her the second-highest-paid woman in show business at the time, afterOprah Winfrey.[16]
On July 25, 1990, Barr performed "The Star-Spangled Banner"off-key before a baseball game between theSan Diego Padres andCincinnati Reds atJack Murphy Stadium.[17] She later said she was singing as loudly as possible to hear herself over the public-address system, so her rendition of the song sounded "screechy". Following her rendition, she mimicked the often-seen actions of players by spitting and grabbing her crotch as if adjusting a protective cup. Barr later said that the Padres had suggested she "bring humor to the song", but many criticized the episode, includingPresidentGeorge H. W. Bush, who called her rendition "disgraceful".[18][19]
Barbara Ehrenreich called Barr a working-class spokesperson representing "the hopeless underclass of the female sex: polyester-clad, overweight occupants of the slow track; fast-food waitresses, factory workers, housewives, members of the invisible pink-collar army; the despised, the jilted, the underpaid",[20] but a master of "the kind of class-militant populism that the Democrats, most of them anyway, never seem to get right."[21] Barr reportedly refused to use the term "blue collar" because she felt it masks the issue of class.[22]
DuringRoseanne's final season, Barr was in negotiations betweenCarsey-Werner Productions and ABC executives to continue playingRoseanne Conner in a spin-off.[23] After failed discussions with ABC as well asCBS andFox, Carsey-Werner and Barr agreed not to continue the negotiations.[24]
She released her autobiography in 1989, titledRoseanne—My Life As a Woman.[25] That same year, she made her film debut inShe-Devil, playing a scorned housewife, Ruth. Film criticRoger Ebert gave her a positive review saying, "Barr could have made an easy, predictable and dumb comedy at any point in the last couple of years. Instead, she took her chances with an ambitious project—a real movie. It pays off, in that Barr demonstrates that there is a core of reality inside her TV persona, a core of identifiable human feelings like jealousy and pride, and they provide a sound foundation for her comic acting."[26]
In 1991, she voiced the baby Julie inLook Who's Talking Too. She was nominated for aGolden Raspberry Award forWorst Supporting Actress.[27]
She appeared three times onSaturday Night Live from 1991 to 1994, co-hosting with then-husbandTom Arnold in 1992.
In 1994, she released a second book,My Lives.[25] That same year, Barr became the first female comedian to host theMTV Video Music Awards on her own. She remained the only one to have done so until comedianChelsea Handler hosted in 2010.[28] In 1997, she made guest appearances on3rd Rock from the Sun andThe Nanny.
In 1998, she portrayed theWicked Witch of the West in a production ofThe Wizard of Oz atMadison Square Garden.[29] That same year, Barr hosted her own talk show,The Roseanne Show, which ran for two years before it was canceled in 2000.
In the summer of 2003, she took on the dual role of hosting a cooking show calledDomestic Goddess and starring in a reality show calledThe Real Roseanne Show about hosting a cooking show. Although 13 episodes were in production, ahysterectomy brought a premature end to both projects.[30]
In 2004, she voiced Maggie, one of the main characters in the animated filmHome on the Range.
In 2005, she returned to stand-up comedy with a world tour[31] and in February 2006, Barr performed her first dates in Europe as part of theLeicester Comedy Festival, England.[32] She released her first children's DVD,Rockin' with Roseanne: Calling All Kids, that month. Barr's return to the stage culminated in anHBO Comedy SpecialRoseanne Barr: Blonde N Bitchin, which aired November 2006, on HBO. Two nights earlier, Barr had returned to primetime network TV with a guest spot onNBC'sMy Name Is Earl, playing a crazytrailer park manager.
In April 2007, Barr hosted season three ofThe Search for the Funniest Mom in America onNick at Nite[33] and in 2008, she headlined an act at theSahara Hotel and Casino on theLas Vegas Strip.[34]
From 2008 to 2013, she and partner Johnny Argent hosted a weekly radio show on Sundays, onKCAA in the Los Angeles area, called "The Roseanne and Johnny Show".[35][36] From 2009 to 2010, she hosted a politically themed radio show onKPFK.[37]
In April 2009, Barr made an appearance onBravo's 2nd AnnualA-List Awards in the opening scenes. She playedKathy Griffin'sfairy godmother, granting her wish to be on the A-List for one night only. In February 2010, Barr headlined the inaugural Traverse City Comedy Arts Festival in a project of theTraverse City Film Festival.[38] Barr appeared inJordan Brady's documentary about stand-up comedy,I Am Comic.
In January 2011, Barr released her third book,Roseannearchy: Dispatches from the Nut Farm.[39]
In 2011, she appeared in aSuper Bowl XLV commercial forSnickers along with comedianRichard Lewis. It was the most popular ad, based on the number ofTiVo users rewinding and watching it over.[40]
On July 13, 2011,Roseanne's Nuts, areality show featuring Barr, boyfriend Johnny Argent, and son Jake as they run amacadamia nut and livestock farm inBig Island, Hawaii was premiered onLifetime, but was canceled in September of that year.[41][42][43]
In August 2011, it was reported that Barr was working on a new sitcom with20th Century Fox Television titledDownwardly Mobile.[44]Eric Gilliland was attached as co-creator, writer and executive producer; Gilliland was also a writer onRoseanne. In October 2011,NBC picked up the show but later dropped it.[45] A pilot was filmed but initially ended up being shelved by the network.[46] Barr called herprogressive politics the sole reason behind the pilot's rejection. She said she was notified that the show would not be picked up due to its being labeled "too polarizing" by network executives.
Barr wasroasted byComedy Central in August 2012.[47][48] After stating that he would not, Barr's former spouse Tom Arnold appeared on the roast.[49]
In the summer of 2014 Barr joinedKeenen Ivory Wayans andRussell Peters as a judge onLast Comic Standing onNBC.
On November 28, 2014, Barr's series,Momsters: When Moms Go Bad debuted on theInvestigation Discovery cable network, a network that she says she's a "little obsessed with". Barr hosts the show as herself.
On March 27, 2018, the revived,10th season ofRoseanne with the original cast premiered on ABC to high ratings.[50] On March 30, 2018, ABC renewed the series for an 11th season, with thirteen episodes.[51] On May 29, 2018, the series was canceled by ABC in the aftermath of a tweet widely considered to be racist.[52] Barr and Tom Werner later came to an agreement on relinquishing her producer's stake in a spin-off titledThe Conners, which ABC ordered for the fall season soon after.[53]
In September 2022, it was announced that Barr would appear in a new comedy special, titledCancel This![54] It was released on the streaming serviceFox Nation on February 13, 2023.[2][55]
On November 30, 2023, it was announced that Barr would star in an adult animated comedy series forThe Daily Wire, titledMr. Birchum, which was released in 2024.
Barr has been married three times and has five children. In 1970, when she was 17, she had a child, Brandi Ann Brown, whom she placed for adoption; they were later reunited.[4][56] On February 4, 1974, Barr married Bill Pentland, a motel clerk she met while in Colorado. They had three children: Jessica, Jennifer, and Jake.[56] They divorced on January 16, 1990.[57] Four days later, on January 20, 1990, Barr married fellow comedianTom Arnold and became known as Roseanne Arnold during the marriage. Barr had met Arnold in 1983 inMinneapolis, where he opened for her stand-up comedy act. In 1988, Barr brought Arnold onto her sitcom,Roseanne, as a writer.[58]
Barr filed for divorce from Arnold on April 18, 1994 in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, citingirreconcilable differences.[58] Their efforts to have children were unsuccessful.[59]
On February 14, 1995, Barr married Ben Thomas, her one-time personal security guard, atCaesars Tahoe with a reception atPlanet Hollywood. In November 1994, she became pregnant throughin vitro fertilization[59] and they had a son named Buck.[60] The couple stayed together until 2002.[61]
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.[61][62] They lived on a 46-acre (19-hectare)macadamia nut farm on theBig Island of Hawaii, which Barr purchased in 2007 for $1.78 million.[63] Barr sold the property in October 2025 for $2.6 million and moved toTexas Hill Country.[64] Barr has studiedKabbalah at theKabbalah Centre and frequently comments on the discipline.[65]
Barr's sister Geraldine[66][67] is a lesbian and her brother Ben is gay.[66][67] Barr has said that this inspired her to introduce gay characters into her sitcom and to supportsame-sex marriage.[68][66]
Geraldine worked as Barr's manager during the early part of her career and clashed with Barr's second husband, Tom Arnold.[69] Barr fired Geraldine, leading Geraldine to file a $70.3 millionbreach of contract lawsuit inSuperior Court of Los Angeles County on December 18, 1991. She said Barr promised her half the earnings from theRoseanne show as recompense for helping invent the "domestic goddess" character in 1981, and for serving as "writer, organizer, accountant, bookkeeper and confidante".[70] Since thestatute of limitations had expired, the suit was thrown out.[69]
In a 1991 interview withPeople, Barr described herself as anincest survivor, accusing both of her parents ofphysical andsexual abuse,[71] claims which they and Geraldine publicly denied.[72]Melvin Belli, her parents' lawyer, said they had passed apolygraph test "with flying colors".[72] Barr was part of an incest recovery group, something she said her parents knew about but for which they were "in denial".[72]
On February 14, 2011, Barr and Geraldine appeared onThe Oprah Winfrey Show where Barr admitted the word "incest" could have been the wrong word to use and that she should have waited until her therapy was over before revealing the "darkest time" in her life.[73] She toldOprah Winfrey, "I was in a very unhappy relationship and I was prescribed numerous psychiatric drugs ... to deal with the fact that I had some mental illness ... I totally lost touch with reality ... (and) I didn't know what the truth was ... I just wanted to drop a bomb on my family".[73] She added that not everything was "made up", saying, "Nobody accuses their parents of abusing them without justification".[73] Geraldine said they had not spoken for 12 years, but had reconciled.[73]
In the mid-1990s, Barr had multiple cosmetic surgeries performed, such as abreast reduction,tummy tuck, and anose job.[62] During the late 1990s, she hadgastric bypass surgery.[31]
In 1994, Roseanne announced that she haddissociative identity disorder caused by childhood abuse. She had personalities named Baby, Cindy, Evangelina, Fucker, Heather, Joey, Kevin, Nobody, Somebody, and Susan as well as her main personality, Roseanne.[74] By 2001, she claimed the personalities had mostly fused into one after 10 years of therapy.[75]
In 2015, Barr revealed she had been diagnosed with bothmacular degeneration andglaucoma, and thus was gradually losing her eyesight and expected to eventually go blind. She consumedmedical marijuana to decrease her highintraocular pressure (a feature of the diseases).[76] Barr later revealed that she was misdiagnosed and that her vision problem is really due to amole resting behind her eye, which could be corrected through surgery.[77] In November 2018, Barr was said to have had aheart attack, but she later stated on social media that she was not experiencing any medical issues.[78]
Barr elicited criticism in July 2009 when she posed asAdolf Hitler in a feature for thesatirical Jewish publicationHeeb magazine called "That Oven Feelin'".[79][80] TheNazi theme was her suggestion, and featured her with a Hitler mustache andswastika arm-band, holding a tray of burntgingerbread man cookies the article referred to as "burntJew cookies".[81] The magazine's publisher, Josh Neuman, said the photos were taken for satire and were not done forshock value. Barr, who is Jewish, said she was "making fun of Hitler, not his victims".[82]Fox News TV hostBill O'Reilly was highly critical of her for "mockingthe Holocaust" andExtra'sMario Lopez stated "Come on, Roseanne. Hitler jokes are never funny."[83][84] The revival of her show in March 2018 caused the photos to resurface onsocial media and renewed mentions of the incident in the Jewish magazineThe Forward and theLos Angeles Times, among others.[80][85][84]
In 2014, the parents ofGeorge Zimmerman, the man known forfatally shooting Trayvon Martin, filed a lawsuit against Barr for tweeting their home address and phone number in 2012.[86] Zimmerman's parents alleged that Barr sought to "cause a lynch mob to descend" on their home.[87][88] In August 2015,summary judgment was granted in favor of Barr.[89]
In late March 2018, Barr tweeted about a conspiracy theory involvingDavid Hogg, a survivor of theMarjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida. The conspiracy theory falsely claimed that Hogg gave a Nazi salute at aMarch for Our Lives rally on March 24. Barr later deleted her tweet.[90]
| Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) tweeted: |
Replying to @MARS0411 @385parkplace @SGTreport
muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj
29 May 2018[91]
On May 29, 2018, Barr responded to a thread onTwitter aboutValerie Jarrett, a senior advisor to former PresidentObama.[92] The tweet, which read "muslim brotherhood &planet of the apes had a baby=vj" [sic], was widely criticized as being racist about Jarrett ("vj").[93][94] Barr was initially defensive, but later posted an apology "for making a bad joke about [Jarrett's] politics and her looks."[52] She disputed allegations of racism, tweeting she believed Jarrett was Saudi, Jewish, and Persian,[95] and released a video where she claims she "thought the bitch was white", and that she was being labelled a racist for having voted forDonald Trump.[96] Barr also said she made the tweet, which she called wrong and indefensible, at 2:00 a.m. while onAmbien, a sedative.Sanofi, which manufactures Ambien, responded by tweeting that "racism is not a known side effect of any Sanofi medication", though noted Ambien had been linked to reduced inhibitions.[97] Later that day, ABC canceledRoseanne and removed the show's content from the network website. Reruns of the originalRoseanne were also removed from theKatz Broadcasting-owned diginetLaff.[98] The cancellation announcement from ABC presidentChanning Dungey, the first African-American woman to head the network, called Barr's remark "abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values."[52] Within three weeks, the television show was revived as spinoffThe Conners, with mostly the same cast and crew, minus Barr.[99] In a later interview withSean Hannity, Barr said that her tweet was intended to be a political statement rather than a racial one.[100]
Barr’s co-star,John Goodman, has consistently said since the Jarrett incident in 2018 that he does not believe Barr is a racist.[101] Also responding to the 2018 incident, former presidential advisorSusan Rice (who is African-American) retweeted something Barr had said about Rice in 2013: “Susan Rice a man with big swinging ape balls.”[102]
Barr claimed thatGeorge Soros helped Nazis to round up Jews to be sent to concentration camps. In reality, his assimilated father entrusted him to a Hungarian official with whom the 14-year-old Soros went to inventory a Jewish property.[103][104] Soros said he need not feel guilt, since, if he had not have been there, "somebody else would ... be taking it away anyhow".[105] In response to a tweet about Soros byChelsea Clinton, Barr tweeted using a clip from60 Minutes interview of Soros and misquoted him. She later apologized for her comments.[106]
In 2023, Barr appeared onTheo Von's podcastThis Past Weekend, where she and Von discussed former President Donald Trump's false claims of election fraud, and she said, "that's all a lie, the election was not rigged [...] thirty-six counties have 81 million people in them. That's the truth and don't you dare say anything against it or you'll be off YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and all the other ones. Because there's such a thing as the truth and facts and we have to stick to it." She then appeared to deny the Holocaust, declaring, "six million Jews should die right now, because they cause all the problems in the world",[107] in what she said was sarcasm. Within the same podcast, she discussed her Jewish faith, and in response to Von's comment that "Hollywood is a Jewish business", she replied, "people should be glad that it's Jewish, too, because if Jews were not controlling Hollywood all you'd have was fucking fishing shows".[107] The segment in which she talked about the Holocaust was subsequently spread on Twitter, misleadingly edited to remove the context which made it clear that her remarks were sarcastic, sparking controversy.[108] Twitter subsequently added a "context" message to the tweet containing the edited video, which states, "this is a deceptively edited clip from a comedy podcast. Roseanne is Jewish, and this was part of a satirical rant about censorship on YouTube. She was not actually denying the Holocaust, or wishing death upon Jews."[109] In response to the controversy over her remarks, she stated that she had lost family members in the Holocaust,[110] clarifying, "I was raised in an apartment building with Holocaust survivors, so of course I don't believe the Holocaust never happened and I actually am [a religious Jew]".[111]Jonathan Greenblatt, Director and CEO of theAnti-Defamation League (ADL), tweeted in response to the clip, "sarcasm or not, Roseanne Barr's comments about Jews and the Holocaust are reprehensible and irresponsible. This isn't funny."[110] TheSimon Wiesenthal Center reviewed the interview and concluded that she had been taken out of context.[110] The podcast episode was subsequently removed from YouTube for violating the site's hate speech policies.[112]
On August 5, 2011, Barr appeared onThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno and announced her candidacy for president in the2012 presidential election, running on the self-created "Green Tea Party" ticket.[113][114] Her candidacy called attention to economics, personal health, and meditation.[115]
She also stated she would run forPrime Minister of Israel. In an interview withThe Jewish Daily Forward, she invokedtikkun olam in her support of bringing women into politics and religion.[115]
On September 19, she appeared at theOccupy Wall Street protests and spoke in support of the protestors.[116] "She stated any 'guilty' Wall Street bankers should be forced to give up any income over $100 million, and if they are unable to live on that, be sent to re-education camps, and if that doesn't help bebeheaded".[117][failed verification]
Barr filed with theFederal Election Commission as aGreen Party presidential candidate in January 2012. She formally announced her candidacy for the party's presidential nomination on February 2.[118][119][120][121] On July 14, she came in second in the2012 Green Party presidential primaries and subsequent convention roll call,[122] losing the nomination toJill Stein.[122] Stein choseCheri Honkala as her running-mate[123] after campaign manager Ben Manski said Barr was shortlisted for the job.[124]
Barr was given a prime speaking role at theGreen Party National Convention inBaltimore, Maryland, but decided to instead send a surrogate (Farheen Hakeem) to speak on her behalf. Barr's surrogate reportedly chided the party for not respecting Barr's candidacy. A shouting match in a hallway reportedly ensued.[125]
Barr repeatedly criticized Jill Stein after losing the Green Party nomination,[126][127][128] and used allegedtransphobic words in statements about Stein onTwitter.[129]
Shortly after losing the Green Party nomination,[130] on August 4, 2012, Barr won the presidential nomination of thePeace and Freedom Party with activistCindy Sheehan as herrunning mate.[131][132]
Sheehan immediately had disagreements with Barr's views on policy, desire to campaign only online, and treatment of Green Party nominee Jill Stein, leading Sheehan to request that her name be taken off the Peace and Freedom Party ticket. Sheehan was told it was too late to have her name removed, so she instead announced that she would be leaving the campaign.[133][134]
Barr appeared on the ballot in California, Colorado, and Florida. She did not appear on the ballot in her home state of Hawaii (which did not allow write-in votes). She ended up voting for PresidentObama. She received 67,326 votes nationwide, placing sixth overall with 0.05% of the popular vote; Stein, who appeared on the ballot of thirty-six states and theDistrict of Columbia, placed far ahead of her in fourth place with 0.36% of the popular vote and 469,627 votes.[135]
Barr was followed by a film crew throughout her entire campaign, with documentarianEric Weinrib directing, leading to questions about the sincerity of her campaign. Over 300 hours were filmed and were released as a film calledRoseanne for President! Despite questions of her sincerity regarding her campaign, Barr and her family have insisted her desire to run for president was "very real."[136][137][138][139]
Barr voiced her support for Republican presidential candidateDonald Trump in a June 2016Hollywood Reporter interview. "I think we would be so lucky if Trump won. Because then it wouldn't beHillary."[141]
A July 2016CNN story reported she did not endorse Trump as she only supports herself for president—"I will be writing myself in in every election from now until I win."[142]
In March 2018, Barrretweeted a false claim byQAnon conspiracy theoristLiz Crokin that Trump had saved hundreds of children from sex traffickers during his first month in office, as well as similar misinformation aboutchild trafficking. Barr later deleted her tweets.[143][144] In May 2018, Barr defended her support for Trump onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.[145]
In December 2023, Barr spoke at theTurning Point USA-hosted America Fest.[146]
Barr is featured in rapperTom MacDonald's single "Daddy's Home", released on January 17, 2025; the song's name references thesecond inauguration of Donald Trump.[147] Barr's solo verse in the song includes the lyrics "ScrewEminem" and "Why they trying to turn Becky into Dan?", the latter referencing the characters in her shows.[148]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | She-Devil | Ruth Patchett | |
| 1990 | Look Who's Talking Too | Julie (voice) | Nominated—Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress |
| 1991 | Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare | Childless Woman | |
| 1993 | Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | Madame Zoe | |
| 1995 | Blue in the Face | Dot | |
| 1997 | Meet Wally Sparks | Cameo as Herself | |
| 2000 | Cecil B. Demented | Cameo as Herself | |
| 2001 | Joe Dirt | Joe Dirt's Mother | Scenes deleted, replaced byCaroline Aaron in the final film |
| 2004 | Home on the Range | Maggie (voice) | |
| 2014 | Master of the Good Name | Grandma Ruth | Co-starringMayim Bialik |
| 2016 | Roseanne for President! | Herself | Documentary about her 2012 presidential campaign[151] |
| 2023 | Cancel This! | Herself | Comedy special[55] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Rodney Dangerfield: It's Not Easy Bein' Me | Herself | HBO special |
| 1988–97; 2018 | Roseanne | Roseanne Harris-Conner | Producer 1990–1991 Co-executive producer 1991–1992 Executive producer 1992–1997 Directed two episodes in 1995 and 1996 |
| 1990 | Little Rosey | Executive producer | 13 episodes |
| 1991 | Backfield in Motion | Nancy Seavers | TV movie (also executive producer) |
| 1992 | A Different World | Looting Wife (uncredited) | 1 episode |
| 1992 | The Rosey and Buddy Show | Rosey (voice) | TV movie (also creator, writer, and executive producer) |
| 1992 | The Jackie Thomas Show | Regina | 2 episodes (executive producer – 18 episodes) |
| 1993 | The Woman Who Loved Elvis | Joyce Jackson | TV movie (also executive producer) |
| 1993–95 | The Larry Sanders Show | Roseanne | 3 episodes |
| 1994 | General Hospital | Jennifer Smith | 1 episode |
| 1995 | Women of the House | Roseanne | 1 episode |
| 1997 | 3rd Rock from the Sun | Janet | 2 episodes |
| 1997 | The Nanny | Cousin Sheila | 1 episode |
| 2006 | My Name Is Earl | Millie Banks | 1 episode |
| 2012 | Downwardly Mobile | Rose Davis | Unsold pilot co-starringJohn Goodman (also creator and executive producer) |
| 2013 | Portlandia | Interim Mayor/The New Mayor | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | The Office | Carla Fern | 2 episodes |
| 2013–14 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Kraang Prime | 6 episodes |
| 2014 | The Millers | Darla | 1 episode |
| 2015 | Cristela | Veronica | 2 episodes |
| 2024 | Mr. Birchum | Principal Pam Bortles (voice) | Animated series |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Roseanne Barr Live from Trump Castle | Herself (also writer, director, and executive producer) | HBO comedy special |
| 1994 | MTV Video Music Awards | Host | First female host |
| 1996 | Saturday Night Special | Host | 6 episodes |
| 1998–2000 | The Roseanne Show | Host (also executive producer) | |
| 2003 | The Real Roseanne Show | Host (also executive producer) | 2 episodes (+11 unaired) |
| 2006 | Roseanne Barr: Blonde and Bitchin' | Herself (also writer and executive producer) | HBO comedy special |
| 2009 | The Tipping Point | Host (also creator and executive producer) | Unsold political talk show pilot |
| 2011 | Roseanne's Nuts | Herself (also executive producer) | |
| 2012 | Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne | Roastee | |
| 2014–2015 | Last Comic Standing | Judge | 19 episodes |
| Momsters: When Moms Go Bad | Host | 7 episodes | |
| 2023–present | The Roseanne Barr Podcast | Host | 29 episodes as of January 7, 2024 |
Barr has a star on theHollywood Walk of Fame on the north side of the 6700 block ofHollywood Boulevard.[152]
She's earned $40 million in the last two years, making her the second-highest-paid woman in show business, afterOprah
She was responding to a Tweet that alleged that "Jarrett helped hide a lot." That was a reference to a Wikileaks claim that the CIA during Obama's term spied on candidates for the French election.
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