
Adrienne Jo Barbeau (born June 11, 1945) is an American actress, singer and the author of three books. Barbeau came to prominence in the 1970s as Broadway's original Rizzo in the musical Grease, and as Carol Traynor, the divorced daughter of Maude Findlay (played by Beatrice Arthur) in the sitcom Maude. In the early 1980s Barbeau was a sex symbol, starring in several horror and science fiction films, including The Fog, Creepshow, Swamp Thing, and Escape from New York. During the 1990s, she became known for providing the voice of Catwoman on Batman: The Animated Series and subsequent Batman cartoon series. In the 2000s, she appeared in the HBO series Carnivàle as Ruthie the snake dancer.
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Biography from TMDB.
- June 11, 1945 (81)
- Sacramento, California, USA
- Actor
- 93 on MovieCove · 144 credits in all
What are Adrienne Barbeau's films like?
Across their 56 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 6 · Wry 3 · Earnest 42
A split, not a type: Light 27 · Serious 9 · Dark 17
A split, not a type: Grounded 28 · Stylized 18 · Heightened 7
Gentle 16 · Charged 21 · Intense 16
Steady 28 · Shifting 22 · Whiplash 3
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 24 · Some laughs 18 · Funny 11
Slow burn 24 · Even-paced 27 · Relentless 2
Casual 29 · Engaged 23 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 29 · Affecting 13 · Heavy 11
Resolved 40 · Open-ended 10 · Ambiguous 3
Roles they play
Usually the Ally: 12 of 32 analyzed roles.
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- Allyas Carol Traynor in Maude (1972)
- Allyas Marica Levine in Have I Got a Christmas for You (1977)
- Allyas Veronica Daniels in Crash (1978)
- Allyas Sophie in Someone's Watching Me! (1978)
- Shapeshifteras Margaret Corwin in The Darker Side of Terror (1979)
- Heroas Stevie Wayne in The Fog (1980)
- Threshold guardianas Susan O'Neill in Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase (1981)
- Allyas Maggie in Escape from New York (1981)
- Allyas Alice Cable in Swamp Thing (1982)
- Shadowas Wilma Northrup (segment: The Crate) in Creepshow (1982)
- Shadowas Barbara Orloff in Seduced (1985)
- Allyas Lynn Chandler in Terror at London Bridge (1985)
- Allyas Lt. Beth O'Brien in Ultraman: The Adventure Begins (1987)
- Threshold guardianas Dr. Kurtz in Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death (1989)
- Shadowas Jessica Valdemar in Two Evil Eyes (1990)
- Shadowas The Queen in Burial of the Rats (1995)
- Shadowas Simone Lenoir in Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998)
- Heroas Adult Christine in The Convent (2000)
- Heraldas Ruthie in Carnivàle (2003)
- Threshold guardianas Alex in Ring of Darkness (2004)
- Allyas Gail Cash in War Wolves (2009)
- Mentoras Judy Sanderson in Complacent (2012)
- Threshold guardianas Sarah Lund in The Memory Book (2014)
- Mentoras Dr. Withersford in Beyond the Edge (2016)
- Allyas Rita Laird in Big Legend (2018)
- Heraldas Tammy in Jimmy's Jungle (2018)
- Mentoras Dr. Shields in Swell (2019)
- Allyas Pearl in The Eagle and the Albatross (2020)
- Allyas Katharyn in For the Love of Jessee (2020)
- Shadowas Kathryn Dolan in Unearth (2020)
- Mentoras Kathryn Dolan in Unearth (2020)
- Threshold guardianas Sally Jupiter in Watchmen: Chapter I (2024)
Moods and endings
- Happy20
- Bittersweet18
- Tragic3
- Ambiguous15
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Adrienne Barbeau's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 73 of their 93 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (40).
- The Real Ghostbusters (1986) · actor · free
- Sliders (1995) · actor · free
- The Memory Book (2014) · actor · free
- Back to School (1986) · actor · free
- Someone's Watching Me! (1978) · actor · free
- Monsters (1988) · actor · free
- Maude (1972) · actor · free
- Ultraman: The Adventure Begins (1987) · actor · free
- Creepshow (2019) · actor · free
- For the Love of Jessee (2020) · actor · free
- Two Evil Eyes (1990) · actor · free
- Jimmy's Jungle (2018) · actor · free
- All their movies on Tubi
- The Thing (1982) · actor
- Dexter (2006) · actor · free
- Grey's Anatomy (2005) · actor · free
- The Fog (1980) · actor
- Monsters (1988) · actor
- Creepshow (2019) · actor
- For the Love of Jessee (2020) · actor
- Two Evil Eyes (1990) · actor
- Jimmy's Jungle (2018) · actor
- Nash Bridges (1996) · actor · free
- Reach for Me (2008) · actor
- Harlan Coben's Shelter (2023) · actor
- All their movies on Prime Video
- The Real Ghostbusters (1986) · actor · free
- The Memory Book (2014) · actor · free
- Back to School (1986) · actor · free
- Monsters (1988) · actor · free
- Creepshow (2019) · actor · free
- For the Love of Jessee (2020) · actor · free
- The Drew Carey Show (1995) · actor · free
- Nash Bridges (1996) · actor · free
- Weird Science (1994) · actor · free
- Christmas Do-Over (2006) · actor · free
- Fantasy Island (1977) · actor · free
- The Convent (2000) · actor · free
- +5 more
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) · actor · free
- The Memory Book (2014) · actor · free
- Back to School (1986) · actor · free
- The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006) · actor · free
- Maude (1972) · actor · free
- Diagnosis Murder (1993) · actor · free
- The Drew Carey Show (1995) · actor · free
- Nash Bridges (1996) · actor · free
- Tales of Halloween (2015) · actor · free
- The Love Boat (1977) · actor · free
- Big Legend (2018) · actor · free
- Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death (1989) · actor · free
- +1 more
- Crunchyroll
- Howdy, show their 8 titles on Howdy
- MovieSphere+, show their 5 titles on MovieSphere+
- Screambox, show their 4 titles on Screambox
- Cineverse, show their 3 titles on Cineverse
- Lionsgate+, show their 2 titles on Lionsgate+
- Midnight Pulp, show their 2 titles on Midnight Pulp
- Shout! TV, show their 2 titles on Shout! TV
- Dove Channel, show their title on Dove Channel
- FOX One, show their title on FOX One
- Full Moon, show their title on Full Moon
- Kartoon Channel, show their title on Kartoon Channel
- Sony Pictures Core, show their title on Sony Pictures Core
Subscription and free streaming for Adrienne Barbeau's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
144 credits, 93 with a MovieCove page; 23 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows
Oddities (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

The Pitchfork Retreat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

The Demon Detective(2025)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Duster(2025)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows
Graves From the Black Lagoon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

Watchmen: Chapter II(2024)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Watchmen: Chapter I(2024)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Hustlers Take All (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

X-Men '97(2024)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Harlan Coben's Shelter(2023)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows
Oddities (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

Early Retirement (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

Hellblazers(2022)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Cowboy Bebop(2021)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows
American Horror Stories(2021)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows
Jimmy's Jungle(2018)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Unearth(2020)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
Little Willy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

For the Love of Jessee(2020)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
AJ and the Queen(2020)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Gates of Darkness(2019)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Creepshow(2019)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows
Hoax(2019)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
Exorcism at 60,000 Feet(2019)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Chain of Death(2019)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Swamp Thing(2019)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Apple Seed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

Swell(2019)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Malevolence 3: Killer(2018)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Big Legend(2018)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Hell's Kitty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

Death House(2017)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
9-1-1(2018)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Dimension 404(2017)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows
Beyond the Edge(2016)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Tales of Halloween(2015)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Divine Access (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

The Memory Book(2014)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Argo(2012)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Complacent(2012)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Revenge(2011)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Joy Behar: Say Anything! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

Alice Jacobs Is Dead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

War Wolves(2009)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Reach for Me(2008)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Sons of Anarchy(2008)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Fly Me to the Moon 3D(2007)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
K-Ville (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

Unholy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

Christmas Do-Over(2006)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
Deceit(2006)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Dexter(2006)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
Grey's Anatomy(2005)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
American Dad!(2005)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Ghost Rock (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

Century City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

Ring of Darkness(2004)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
Cold Case (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

Carnivàle(2003)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
The Santa Trap(2002)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
No Place Like Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

Spring Break Lawyer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

Gotham Girls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

Across the Line(2000)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
The Convent(2000)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Batman Beyond(1999)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
A Wake in Providence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
The New Batman Adventures (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

Bimbo Movie Bash (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

The Angry Beavers(1997)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows
The Art of Illusion: 100 Years of Hollywood Special Effects (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
Nash Bridges(1996)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows
The Drew Carey Show(1995)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows
Burial of the Rats(1995)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Judge Dredd(1995)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
Sailor Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

Sliders(1995)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
The Wayans Bros.(1995)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
Jailbreakers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

Silk Degrees (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

One West Waikiki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

Rebel Highway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

Weird Science(1994)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows
Babylon 5(1993)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Diagnosis Murder(1993)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows
Demolition Man(1993)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Father Hood(1993)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Queen Esther (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

The Burden of Proof (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

Doublecrossed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

Blood River (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

Dream On (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

Two Evil Eyes(1990)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
The Easter Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Monsters(1988)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows
Open House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

The Real Ghostbusters(1986)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Back to School(1986)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Terror at London Bridge(1985)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
The Twilight Zone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

Seduced(1985)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Murder, She Wrote(1984)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
The Time Traveller (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

Creepshow(1982)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Hotel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

The Thing(1982)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Swamp Thing(1982)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Cannonball Run(1981)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Escape from New York(1981)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Tourist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

Valentine Magic on Love Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

Top of the Hill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

The Fog(1980)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films$weepstake$ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

Someone's Watching Me!(1978)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
Crash(1978)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Fantasy Island(1977)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows
Return to Fantasy Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Love Boat(1977)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
Red Alert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

Eight Is Enough(1977)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows
Battle of the Network Stars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

Having Babies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

The Great Houdinis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

Quincy, M.E. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

Maude(1972)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
Hallmark Hall of Fame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)
Hannah Goes to Hell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 144 titles, 143 of them dated from 1951 to 2026; peak year 2019.

Biggest box office
Back to School (1986)

Highest rated
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998)

Most popular right now
Carnivàle (2003)
Film career
Peak 2019 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 26 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
Awards
Nominated for a Golden Globe in 1977, Best Supporting Actress - Television.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Adrienne Barbeau's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 29th percentile, the median of all 56; across their 53 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 25th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up19
- 50th to 74th24
- 25th to 49th22
- Below 25th28
Shape of the crowd
38 of their 93 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved12
- Universally Panned1
- Loved with Detractors1
- Divisive3
- Cult Classic5
- Crowd Pleaser27
- Broadly Agreed6
- Mixed38
Reviewers score the acting 57/100 in their films, across 46 reviewed titles; fans 72, detractors 36. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Adrienne Barbeau's work okay for kids?
Across up to 21 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Adrienne Barbeau work with?
People who share at least 2 of Adrienne Barbeau's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; John Carpenter shares the most, 5.
Directors
- John CarpenterShared titles: John Carpenter: Fear Is Just the Beginning... The Man and His Movies (2004), Return to 'Escape from New York' (2003), Escape from New York (1981), The Fog (1980), Someone's Watching Me! (1978)See all 5 shared titles with John Carpenter

- Justin LeeShared titles: Hellblazers (2022), Swell (2019), Big Legend (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Justin Lee

- Michael WorthShared titles: Complacent (2012), Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen (2010), War Wolves (2009)See all 3 shared titles with Michael Worth

- George A. RomeroShared titles: Just Desserts: The Making of 'Creepshow' (2007), Two Evil Eyes (1990), Creepshow (1982)See all 3 shared titles with George A. Romero

Writers
- Dave GibbonsShared titles: Watchmen: Chapter I (2024), Watchmen: Chapter II (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Dave Gibbons

- J. Michael StraczynskiShared titles: Watchmen: Chapter I (2024), Watchmen: Chapter II (2024)See all 2 shared titles with J. Michael Straczynski

Actors
- Lance HenriksenShared titles: Exorcism at 60,000 Feet (2019), Big Legend (2018), Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Lance Henriksen

- Ray WiseShared titles: Chain of Death (2019), Seduced (1985), Swamp Thing (1982)See all 3 shared titles with Ray Wise

- Tim ThomersonShared titles: Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen (2010), War Wolves (2009), Christmas Do-Over (2006)See all 3 shared titles with Tim Thomerson

- Tom AtkinsShared titles: Just Desserts: The Making of 'Creepshow' (2007), Escape from New York (1981), The Fog (1980)See all 3 shared titles with Tom Atkins

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Pasquale BubaShared titles: Just Desserts: The Making of 'Creepshow' (2007), Two Evil Eyes (1990), Creepshow (1982)See all 3 shared titles with Pasquale Buba

- Dean CundeyShared titles: Return to 'Escape from New York' (2003), Escape from New York (1981), The Fog (1980)See all 3 shared titles with Dean Cundey

- Cris MertensShared titles: Watchmen: Chapter I (2024), Watchmen: Chapter II (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Cris Mertens
- Tim KellyShared titles: Watchmen: Chapter I (2024), Watchmen: Chapter II (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Tim Kelly
Producers
- Jeffrey SchenckShared titles: The Dog Who Saved Christmas (2009), Christmas Do-Over (2006), Ring of Darkness (2004)See all 3 shared titles with Jeffrey Schenck
- Cindy RagoShared titles: Watchmen: Chapter I (2024), Watchmen: Chapter II (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Cindy Rago
- James KriegShared titles: Watchmen: Chapter I (2024), Watchmen: Chapter II (2024)See all 2 shared titles with James Krieg

- Lawrence GordonShared titles: Watchmen: Chapter I (2024), Watchmen: Chapter II (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Lawrence Gordon

Mixed roles
- Alan HowarthShared titles: Hoax (2019), John Carpenter: Fear Is Just the Beginning... The Man and His Movies (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Alan Howarth

- John HarrisonShared titles: Just Desserts: The Making of 'Creepshow' (2007), Creepshow (1982)See all 2 shared titles with John Harrison

- Richard P. RubinsteinShared titles: Just Desserts: The Making of 'Creepshow' (2007), Creepshow (1982)See all 2 shared titles with Richard P. Rubinstein









