Roseanne Barr

Bio:
Roseanne Barr (born Roseanne Cherri Barr on November 3, 1952 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is an American comedian, actress, writer, television producer and director. She was also a 2012 presidential nominee of the California-based Peace and Freedom Party. Although she started in stand-up comedy, Roseanne made it big with her hit sitcom Roseanne, which won her an Emmy and a Golden Globe for Best Actress. The show ran for nine seasons, and she moved onto The Roseanne Show, Roseanne’s Nuts, and a stand-up comedy tour when it ended. But in 2018, an eight-episode revival of the sitcom aired that was canceled prematurely due to a racist tweet about Valerie Jarrett. This wasn’t the first time Roseanne had faced controversy. In 2009, she dressed up as Adolf Hitler for a photo shoot, and in 1990, she imitated baseball players by spitting and grabbing her crotch during a “The Star-Spangled Banner” performance.

Best Known For:
She is best known for her own sitcom Roseanne, which lasted from 1988 to 1997. It was revived in 2018 and canceled that same year.

Personal Life:
Roseanne was born to a working-class Jewish family and is the oldest of four children. She had a child, Brandi Ann Brown, at 17 who she gave up for adoption. Roseanne then went on to marry motel clerk Bill Pentland in 1974 and have three children – Jessica, Jennifer and Jake. Four days after they were divorced in 1990, she married comedian Tom Arnold. They divorced in 1994, and Roseanne married security guard Ben Thomas a year later. They had a son together named Buck. She and Ben stayed together until 2002.