Episode 421: Adrienne Barbeau Interview: Maude’s Dilemma, The Fog, Escape From New York & Broadway Secrets | Ep 421
The Conversation
- Broadway Roots to Sitcom Stardom: How playing Rizzo in Grease earned her a Tony nomination and caught the attention of Norman Lear.
- Working on Maude: What it was like working alongside Bea Arthur and Rue McClanahan, the family culture on set, and learning comedic timing on the job.
- "Maude’s Dilemma": The groundbreaking two-part episode about abortion, working in a healthcare clinic during hiatus, and writing her 2022 Guardian op-ed.
- Cult Horror & Sci-Fi Royalty: Stories from filming The Fog, Swamp Thing, Creepshow, and the secret garage shoot behind her death scene in Escape From New York.
- Classic 70s & 80s TV Guest Spots: Her memories from Fantasy Island (including full-face prosthetics), Murder, She Wrote, The Love Boat, Quincy, and playing a Romulan on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
- Life as an Author & Voice Artist: Writing her vampire mystery novels, her memoir, and describing films for blind audiences.
Our Audio-ography
Next Episode Teaser:
Don't miss our next episode, where we begin our deep dive into the classic 1975–1984 Norman Lear sitcom One Day at a Time, starring Bonnie Franklin, Mackenzie Phillips, and Valerie Bertinelli, featuring 25 surprising facts about the show!
📦 AUDIOGRAPHY & RECOMMENDED WATCHING
Learn more about Adrienne Barbeau at abarbeau.com or on Instagram @adrienne_barbeau.
Watch The Fog on Pluto,
Escape From New York or Maude on Tubi
Check out the documentary Hollywood Does Abortion at hollywooddoesabortion.com.
Read Adrienne’s 2022 op-ed on Maude's Dilemma in The Guardian.
Pick up Adrienne's books—There Are Worse Things I Could Do on Amazon.
Listen to it on Spotify or Audible
Grease: Tell Me More, Tell Me More at Bookshop.org
And her Vampire Trilogy (The Vampyres of Hollywood, Love Bites, Make Me Dead)—at Amazon
Watch the short film Oddities on YouTube. Oddities Short Horror Film | Screamfest
Watch Alice Jacobs is Dead on YouTube. Horror Short Film "Alice Jacobs Is Dead" | ALTER
Be ready for our next multi-episode primer on the classic sitcom, One Day at a Time, streaming on Tubi.
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