Barbara Rhoades
Barbara Rhoades (born March 23, 1946)[1] is an American actress, known primarily for her comedy and mystery roles, especially as lady bandit Penelope "Bad Penny" Cushings in The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968). She had a recurring role on Soap, as Maggie Chandler, Jodie Dallas' future wife.
Barbara Rhoades | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 23, 1946 Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S. |
| Other names | Barbara Rhodes Barbara Orenstein |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1968–present |
| Spouse(s) | Bernie Orenstein (1979–present) |
Early years
Born and raised in Poughkeepsie, New York, Rhoades is the daughter of Sherry Rhoades. She attended Our Lady of Lourdes High School.[2] She began taking dancing lessons when she was 7 years old.[3]
Career
Rhoades began acting in the late 1960s, appearing in guest roles on several television series, including It Takes a Thief, Ironside, Mannix, McMillan & Wife, Columbo, Kojak, Starsky & Hutch, Alias Smith and Jones, Love, American Style, The Odd Couple, The Six Million Dollar Man, Bewitched, Maude, Trapper John, M.D.,The Partridge Family, Murder, She Wrote and Law & Order. She was a regular cast member of the 1977 situation comedy Busting Loose, portraying Melody Feebeck, and in 1989, as Jessica Gardner on Generations[4]
In 1967, Rhoades signed a long-term exclusive contract with Universal Pictures.[5]
Rhoades appeared in a number of films during the 1970s, including There Was a Crooked Man... (1970), opposite Kirk Douglas and Henry Fonda, and Up the Sandbox (1972) starring Barbra Streisand. She played a police officer, "No Balls" Hadley, in 1977's The Choirboys and a Las Vegas hooker who picks up Art Carney along the road during his Oscar-winning performance in Harry and Tonto (1974). She also had roles in Scream Blacula Scream (1973) and The Goodbye Girl (1977) and was a frequent panelist on the popular 1970s game show Match Game, hosted by Gene Rayburn. In 2007, she appeared in First Born with Elisabeth Shue.
In 2011, she had a recurring role on the American soap opera One Life to Live as Irene Manning, childhood best friend of Victoria Lord (Erika Slezak).
For 18 months[5] on Broadway, Rhoades had the role of a showgirl in the musical Funny Girl (1964).[6] She gained other stage experience in summer stock productions at the Cecilwood Theater in Fishkill, New York.[5]
Personal life
Rhoades married Bernie Orenstein, a television producer.[7]
Filmography
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1968 | The Shakiest Gun in the West | Penelope 'Bad Penny' Cushings | |
| Don't Just Stand There! | Kendall Flanagan | ||
| 1970 | There Was a Crooked Man... | Miss Jessie Brundidge | |
| 1972 | Up the Sandbox | Dr. Bolden | |
| 1973 | Scream Blacula Scream | Elaine | |
| Little Cigars | Helen | Credited as Barbara Rhodes Alternative title: The Little Cigars Mob | |
| 1974 | Harry and Tonto | Stephanie | |
| 1976 | The Great Houdini | Margery Crandon | |
| 1977 | The Choirboys | No Balls Hadley | |
| 1977 | The Goodbye Girl | Donna | |
| 1980 | Serial | Vivian | |
| 2007 | First Born | Nancy | |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1968 | The Virginian | Josie | Episode: "With Help from Ulysses" |
| 1968 | It Takes a Thief | Hilda | Episode: "A Spot of Trouble" |
| 1968 | Mannix | Billie | Season 2 episode 02 "Comes Up rose" |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | Bunny | Season 1, Episode 2, Vignette: "Love and the Unlikely Couple" Credited as Barbara Rhodes |
| 1970 | The Partridge Family | La Von | Episode: "Danny and the Mob" |
| 1970 | Mannix | Donna | Episode: "Once upon a Saturday" |
| 1971 | Bewitched | Aretha | Episode: "The House That Uncle Arthur Built " |
| 1972 | McCloud | Susan | Episode: "Give My Regrets to Broadway" |
| 1972 | Mission: Impossible | Vicki Wells | 1 episode |
| 1972–1973 | McMillan and Wife | 4 episodes | |
| 1973 | Kojak | Joanna Ferro | Episode: "Web of Death" |
| 1973 | Night Gallery | Julie | Episode: "Something in the Woodwork" |
| 1973 | Police Story | Marnie | Episode: "Slow Boy" |
| 1974 | Happy Days | Bubbles McCall | Episode: "The Skin Game" |
| 1974 | The Odd Couple | Lucy | Episode: "Our Fathers" |
| 1974 | Nakia | Jackie Thayer | Episode: "Roots of Anger" |
| 1975 | Petrocelli | Virginia Halima | 1 episode |
| 1975 | Ellery Queen | Veronica Vale | 1 episode |
| 1975 | Columbo | Joyce | Episode: "Identity Crisis" |
| 1975 | Starsky and Hutch | Robin Morton | Episode: "Shootout" |
| 1975 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Kelly Wixted | Episode: "Target in the Sky" |
| 1976 | The Blue Knight | Carrie | 4 episodes |
| 1976 | Sanford and Son | Gladys | 3 episodes |
| 1977 | Busting Loose | Melody Feebeck | Regular (21 episodes) |
| 1977 | Match Game | Herself ('77-'82) | |
| 1978 | Quark | Princess Carna | Episode: "The Old and the Beautiful" |
| 1978 | The Love Boat | Di Di Donnelly | 1 episode |
| 1978 | Maude | Maggie Gallagher | Episode: "Maude's Big Move: Part 3" |
| 1978 | The Eddie Capra Mysteries | Alicia | Episode "Murder! Murder!" |
| 1979 | Hanging In | Maggie Gallagher | 4 episodes |
| 1979 | Super Train | 1 episode (February 1979 episode 2) | |
| 1979–1981 | Password Plus | Herself | 15 episodes |
| 1980–1981 | Soap | Maggie Chandler | 10 episodes |
| 1982 | Magnum, P.I. | Marcella Ziller | 1 episode |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Barbara Stevenson | 1 episode |
| 1985 | Cagney & Lacey | Cece Wentworth | 1 episode |
| 1986 | You Again? | Maggie Davis | 4 episodes |
| 1988 | Charles in Charge | Pat Walker | 1 episode |
| 1988 | Murder, She Wrote | Flo Oakes | 1 episode |
| 1989 | Generations | Jessica Gardner | series regular |
| 1990 | Father Dowling Mysteries | Daphne Dumont | 1 episode |
| 1991 | Over My Dead Body | Det. Loraine McBride | 1 episode |
| 1993 | Diagnosis Murder | Marcy Blake | 1 episode |
| 1995 | Marker | Woman | 1 episode |
| 2003 | Law & Order | Kathy McGarity | 1 episode |
| 2011 | One Life to Live | Irene Manning | |
References
- Born 1946 per familysearch.org, giving her age at 32 in February 1979 when she married Bernie Orenstein; also, Intelius gives her age as of October 6, 2016 as 70.
- "Barbara Rhoades Lands Bumper Morgan". Poughkeepsie Journal. September 16, 1976. p. 19. Retrieved April 4, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- Pack, Harvey. "A Long, Tall, Cool One". The Tampa Tribune:TV Week. King Features Syndicate, Inc. p. 16. Retrieved April 4, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Barbara Rhoades Biography (1947-)". FilmReference.com. Archived from the original on March 8, 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
- "County Girl Starring In Universal Pictures". Poughkeepsie Journal. May 13, 1967. p. 8. Retrieved April 4, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Barbara Rhoades". Internet Broadway Database. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- Lardine, Bob (October 14, 1979). "Like Redford, Barbara Rhoades works only when she wants to". Orlando Sentinel. New York Daily News. p. 2-F. Retrieved April 4, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
