An American actress, comedian, writer, and television producer. She was born in Salt Lake City on November 3, 1952. She was born to a working-class Jewish family.
When Barr was three years old, she got Bell's palsy on the left side of her face.
When she was 16, she was hit by a car; the incident left her with a traumatic brain injury. Her behavior changed so radically that she was institutionalized for eight months. While institutionalized she had a baby, Brandi Ann Brownwhich, she put up for adoption. They were later reunited.
When she was 18 years old, she moved out by informing her parents she was going to visit a friend in Colorado for two weeks, but never returned.
On February 4, 1974, Roseanne married Bill Pentland, a motel clerk she met while in Colorado. They had three children: Jessica, Jennifer, and Jake. They divorced on January 16, 1990.
January 20, 1990, Barr married fellow comedian Tom Arnold and became known as Roseanne Arnold during the marriage.
Roseanne was offered the role of Peg Bundy in Married... with Children but turned it down.
Her show, "Roseanne", premiered on October 18, 1988, and was watched by 21.4 million households, making it the highest-rated debut of that season.
Her sister,Geraldine Barr, her brother, Ben Barr, both of whom inspired her to introduce gay characters into her sitcom. She stated she supports gay marriage.
Roseanne ran for nine seasons from 1988 to 1997.
Barr won an Emmy, a Golden Globe, a Kids Choice Award, and three American Comedy Awards for her part in the show.
For the final two seasons, Barr earned $40 million, making her the second-highest-paid woman in show business at the time, after Oprah Winfrey.
On July 25, 1990, Barr performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" off-key. She claimed she was initially having trouble hearing herself over the public-address system, so she was singing as loudly as possible. Following her rendition, she mimicked the often-seen actions of players by spitting and grabbing her crotch as if adjusting a protective cup. Barr claimed she had been encouraged by baseball officials to "bring humor to the song".
She appeared on September 19, 2011, at the Occupy Wall Street protests and spoke in support of the protestors.
In 2014, the parents of George Zimmerman, known for fatally shooting Trayvon Martin but was later acquitted of second degree murder and manslaughter, filed a lawsuit against Barr for tweeting their home address and phone number.
She allegedly tweeted "At first I thought it was good to let ppl know that no one can hide anymore ... If Zimmerman isn't arrested I'll rt his address again – maybe go 2 his house myself."
On May 16, 2017, ABC picked up the revival for mid-season 2018.
On May 29, 2018, the series was cancelled by ABC in the aftermath of a racist joke Barr made on Twitter earlier that day. Consisting of conspiracy theories and false statements surrounding George Soros, such as claiming Chelsea Clinton was married to one of his nephews, and accusing him of being a Nazi during his youth.
Barr also posted a tweet critical of Valerie Jarrett, a Senior Advisor to former U.S. president Barack Obama, reading:"muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj"
She later deleted the "ape" tweet and posted an apology, stating she was "truly sorry for making a bad joke about Jarrett'spolitics and looks".
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