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Roseanne Barr is an American actress, comedian, writer and television producer & director who gained huge fame for her title role in the sitcom Roseanne.

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Raised in a working-class household in Salt Lake City, American actress and comedian Roseanne Barr was always funny. She gained her huge fame from a title role in the long-running and much-loved sitcom Roseanne. On the big screen, she starred in She-Devil opposite Meryl Streep and voiced a baby girl in Look Who's Talking Too. From 1998 to 2000, she hosted her own talk show,

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"The quickest way to a man's heart is through his chest."
– Roseanne Barr

"There's a lot more to being a woman than being a mother, but there's a hell a lot more to being a mother than most people suspect."
– Roseanne Barr

"The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it."

– Roseanne Barr

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Actor, comedienne, producer, talk show host. Born Roseanne Barr on November 3, 1952,in Salt Lake City, Utah. Roseanne became one of America's most watched sitcom stars during the late 1980s and 1990s. She married Bill Pentland in 1974 and the couple had three children.

Roseanne turned her experiences as a wife and mother into a stand-up comedy act and began performing at local clubs. Audiences responded to her "domestic goddess" routine and she got bigger gigs and made friends such as comics as Sam Kenison. She started making appearances on The Tonight Show in the mid-1980s. In 1988, Roseanne became a television star with her self-titled show. Her realistic depiction of a tough, but tender, wise-cracking mom struck a cord with viewers. Roseanne received three Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, before finally winning the award in 1995. She also earned a Golden Globe, a Kids Choice Award, and three American Comedy Awards for her part in the show.

In addition to the show, Roseanne worked in several feature films. She starred in She-Devil (1989) opposite Meryl Streep and Ed Begley, Jr., and appeared in Freddy's Dead (1991), Blue in the Face (1995), and Meet Wally Sparks (1997). She also voiced a baby girl in Look Who's Talking Too (1990) and a cow in Home on the Range (2004). She also wrote two books about her experiences: Roseanne: My Life as a Woman (1989) and My Lives (1994).

For almost a decade, viewers tuned in each week to catch the adventures of the Conners. After the show ended in 1997, Roseanne tackled a number of projects. She had her own talk show, The Roseanne Show, from 1998 to 2000. She then returned to her stand-up roots with her own HBO comedy special Roseanne Barr: Blonde N Bitchin' in 2006, and released her first kids' DVD, Rockin' with Roseanne: Calling All Kids that month. She also landed a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2007, she was chosen to host The Search for the Funniest Mom in America on Nick at Nite.

On March 2009, it was announced that Roseanne would be returning to primetime with a new sitcom. She also began co-hosting a one-hour show on KPFK.

 

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