Barbara Rhoades (born March 23, 1946) is an American
actress
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lit ...
, 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
Soap is a salt of a fatty acid used in a variety of cleansing and lubricating products. In a domestic setting, soaps are surfactants usually used for washing, bathing, and other types of housekeeping. In industrial settings, soaps are used ...
'', as Maggie Chandler,
Jodie Dallas
Jodie is a unisex given name. It is related to names Cody, Jodi, Jody, Codey, and Jodey. It is also a rare surname. It can be used as a nickname for Joseph, Jude, Judith, Joan and Jonathan, and a variant for Jo.
People Female Given name
* ...
's future wife.
Early years
Born and raised in
Poughkeepsie, New York
Poughkeepsie ( ), officially the City of Poughkeepsie, separate from the Town of Poughkeepsie around it) is a city in the U.S. state of New York. It is the county seat of Dutchess County, with a 2020 census population of 31,577. Poughkeepsie ...
, Rhoades is the daughter of Sherry Rhoades. She attended
Our Lady of Lourdes High School. She began taking dancing lessons when she was 7 years old.
[ ]
Career
Rhoades began acting in the late 1960s, appearing in guest roles on several television series, including ''
It Takes a Thief'', ''
Ironside'', ''
Mannix
''Mannix'' is an American detective television series that ran from 1967 to 1975 on CBS. It was created by Richard Levinson and William Link, and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller. The title character, Joe Mannix, is a private in ...
'', ''
McMillan & Wife'', ''
Columbo'', ''
Kojak'', ''
Starsky & Hutch'', ''
Alias Smith and Jones
''Alias Smith and Jones'' is an American Western series that originally aired on ABC from January 1971 to January 1973. The show initially starred Pete Duel as Hannibal Heyes and Ben Murphy as Jedediah "Kid" Curry, outlaw cousins who are tr ...
'', ''
Love, American Style'', ''
The Odd Couple'', ''
The Six Million Dollar Man'', ''
Bewitched
''Bewitched'' is an American fantasy sitcom television series that originally aired for eight seasons on ABC from September 17, 1964, to March 25, 1972. It is about a witch who marries an ordinary mortal man and vows to lead the life of a typi ...
'', ''
Maude'', ''
Trapper John, M.D.'',''
The Partridge Family
''The Partridge Family'' is an American musical sitcom starring Shirley Jones and featuring David Cassidy. Jones plays a widowed mother, and Cassidy plays the oldest of her five children, in a family who embarks on a music career. It ran from ...
'', ''
Murder, She Wrote
''Murder, She Wrote'' is an American crime drama television series, created by Peter S. Fischer, Richard Levinson and William Link, starring Angela Lansbury, and produced and distributed by Universal Television for the CBS network. The ser ...
'' and ''
Law & Order
''Law & Order'' is an American police procedural and legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf and produced by Wolf Entertainment, launching the '' Law & Order'' franchise.
''Law & Order'' aired its entire run on NBC, premiering o ...
''. She was a regular cast member of the 1977
situation comedy
A sitcom, a portmanteau of situation comedy, or situational comedy, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use ne ...
''
Busting Loose'', portraying Melody Feebeck, and in 1989, as Jessica Gardner on ''
Generations''
In 1967, Rhoades signed a long-term exclusive contract with
Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an Americ ...
.
[ ]
Rhoades appeared in a number of films during the 1970s, including ''
There Was a Crooked Man...'' (1970), opposite
Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor and filmmaker. After an impoverished childhood, he made his film debut in ''The Strange Love of Martha Ivers'' (1946) with Barbara Stanwyck. Dou ...
and
Henry Fonda, and ''
Up the Sandbox'' (1972) starring
Barbra Streisand
Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress and director. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment, and is among the few performers awar ...
. 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
''Scream Blacula Scream'' is a 1973 American blaxploitation vampire horror film. It is a sequel to the 1972 film '' Blacula''. The film was produced by American International Pictures (AIP) and Power Productions. This was the acting debut of R ...
'' (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
[ on Broadway, Rhoades had the role of a showgirl in the musical '' Funny Girl'' (1964).][
]
Personal life
Rhoades married Bernie Orenstein
Bernard Orenstein (born February 5, 1931) is a Canadian-American actor, producer and screenwriter. He was the collaborator of Saul Turteltaub.
Born in Toronto, Ontario. Orenstein mostly produced and wrote for television programs with his writing ...
, a television producer.[ ]
Filmography
References
External links
*
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rhoades, Barbara
1946 births
Living people
Actresses from New York (state)
American film actresses
American soap opera actresses
American television actresses
People from Poughkeepsie, New York
20th-century American actresses
21st-century American actresses