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.

Filmography

• 2026Oddities — Executive Producer
• Duster
• 2025The Demon Detective
• 2025The Pitchfork Retreat — Elle
• 2024Graves From the Black Lagoon — Helen
• 2024Hustlers Take All — Priscilla
• 2024Watchmen: Chapter I — Sally Jupiter / Silk Spectre / TV Broadcaster (voice)
• 2024Watchmen: Chapter II — Sally Jupiter / Police Dispatcher (voice)
• X-Men '97 — Sister Anne (voice)
• Harlan Coben's Shelter — Ellen Bolitar
• 2023Oddities — Susan
• 2022Early Retirement — Pat
• 2022Hellblazers — Georgia
• American Horror Stories — Verna
• Cowboy Bebop — Maria Murdock
• AJ and the Queen — Helen
• 2020Curious George: Go West, Go Wild — Ginny's Mom (voice)
• 2020Eagle and the Albatross — Pearl
• 2020For the Love of Jessee — Katharyn
• 2020Jimmy's Jungle — Tammy
• 2020Little Willy — Adrienne
• 2020Unearth — Kathryn Dolan
• 2019Apple Seed — Jolene
• Creepshow — Dixie Parmelee
• 2019Exorcism at 60,000 Feet — Mrs. Monetgue
• 2019Gates of Darkness — Rosemary
• 2019Hoax — Wilma
• Swamp Thing — Dr. Palomar
• 2019Swell — Dr. Shields
• 2019The Chain — Emma
• 9-1-1 — Luisa Falcon
• 2018Big Legend — Rita Laird
• 2018Death House — Virtual Narrator (voice)
• 2018Hell's Kitty
• 2018Malevolence 3: Killer — Meredith Bristol
• Dimension 404 — Wilma
• 2016ISRA 88 — Dr. Withersford
• 2015Divine Access — Catherine
• 2015Tales of Halloween — The Radio DJ
• 2014The Memory Book — Sarah
• 2012Argo — Nina / Serksi the Gallactic Witch
• 2012Complacent — Judy Sanderson
• Revenge — Marion Harper
• 2010Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen — Adrienne
• 2009Alice Jacobs Is Dead — Alice Jacobs
• Joy Behar: Say Anything!
• 2009The Dog Who Saved Christmas — Cat Lady
• 2009War Wolves — Gail
• 2008Fly Me to the Moon — Scooters Mom (voice)
• 2008Reach for Me — Valerie
• Sons of Anarchy — Alice Noone
• K-Ville
• 2007Unholy — Martha
• 2006Christmas Do-Over — Trudi
• 2006Deceit — Kathleen Darrow
• Dexter — Suzanna Coffey
• The New Adventures of Old Christine — Adrienne Barbeau
• American Dad! — Maxine (voice)
• Grey's Anatomy — Jodie Crowley
• Century City
• 2004Ghost Rock — Mattie Baker
• 2004Ring of Darkness — Alex
• Carnivàle — Ruthie
• Cold Case — Helen McCormick (2008)
• 2002No Place Like Home — Evie
• 2002The Santa Trap — Alice the Homeless Mom
• 2001Spring Break Lawyer — Judge Stern
• 2000Across the Line — Mrs. Randall
• Gotham Girls — Catwoman / Selina Kyle (voice), Catwoman / Selina Kyle / Renée Montoya (voice)
• 2000The Convent — Christine O'Malley
• 1999A Wake in Providence — Aunt Lidia
• Batman Beyond — Singer (voice)
• 1998A Champion's Fight — Nancy Muldenhower
• 1998Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island — Simone (voice)
• 1997Bimbo Movie Bash — Dr. Kurtz
• The Angry Beavers
• 1997The Art of Illusion: 100 Years of Hollywood Special Effects — Narrator
• The New Batman Adventures — Catwoman / Selina Kyle (voice)
• Nash Bridges — Annie Corell
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch — Adrienne Barbeau
• 1995Burial of the Rats — The Queen
• 1995Judge Dredd — Voice of Central Computer (uncredited)
• 1995Sailor Moon — Queen Beryl / Queen Serenity (voice)
• Sliders — Mother Morehouse
• The Drew Carey Show — Kim Harvey
• The Wayans Bros. — Trish Neidermeyer
• Babylon 5 — Amanda Carter
• 1994Jailbreakers — Mrs. Sheila Norton
• One West Waikiki
• Rebel Highway — Sheila Norton
• 1994Silk Degrees — Violet
• Weird Science
• 1993Demolition Man — Main Frame Computer (voice, uncredited)
• Diagnosis: Murder — Vivien Sanderson
• 1993Father Hood — Celeste
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — Cretak
• Batman: The Animated Series — Catwoman (voice)
• 1992Queen Esther
• The Burden of Proof — Silvia Hartnell
• 1991Blood River — Georgina
• 1991Doublecrossed — Debbie Seal
• Dream On — Gloria Gantz
• 1990The Easter Story — Mary Magdalene (voice)
• 1990Two Evil Eyes — Jessica Valdemar
• 1989Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death — Dr. Kurtz
• 1989Ultraman: The Adventure Begins — Beth O'Brien (voice)
• Monsters — Fiona Flynn
• 1987Open House — Lisa Grant
• 1986Back to School — Vanessa
• The Real Ghostbusters — Mrs. Campbell (voice)
• 1985Seduced — Barbara Orloff
• 1985Terror at London Bridge — Lynn Chandler
• The Twilight Zone — (segment "Teacher's Aide")
• Murder, She Wrote — Kathryn, Lynette Bryant
• 1984The Time Traveller — Andrea
• 1982Creepshow — Wilma Northrup (segment "The Crate")
• Hotel — Barbara Harrington
• 1982Swamp Thing — Alice Cable
• 1982The Thing — Computer (voice) (uncredited)
• 1981Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase — Susan O'Neill
• 1981Escape from New York — Maggie
• 1981The Cannonball Run — Marcie
• 1980The Fog — Stevie Wayne
• Top of the Hill — Elizabeth Stone
• 1980Tourist — Barbara Huggins
• 1980Valentine Magic on Love Island — Beverly McGraw
• $weepstake$ — Bonnie Jones
• 1979The Darker Side of Terror — Margaret Corwin
• Fantasy Island — Brenda Richards / Adele Anthony
• 1978Return to Fantasy Island — Margo Dean
• 1978Someone's Watching Me! — Sophie
• 1978The Crash of Flight 401 — Veronica Daniels
• Eight Is Enough
• 1977Have I Got a Christmas for You — Marcia Levine
• 1977Red Alert — Judy Wyche
• The Love Boat — Cathy Randall
• Battle of the Network Stars
• 1976Having Babies — Allie Duggin
• Quincy, M.E. — Carol Bowen - Rape Counselor
• 1976The Great Houdinis — Daisy White
• Maude — Carol Traynor
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Marcia Levine
• Hannah Goes to Hell — Executive Producer

Appearances as themselves (23)

• 2026Hollywood Does Abortion — self
• 2026Remembering Wes Craven: His Life, Legacy and Nightmares — Self
• 2022In Search of Darkness: Part III — Self
• 2022In Search of Tomorrow — Self
• 2021Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale — Self
• She Kills — Self
• 2011Celebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1 — Self (archive footage)
• 2010Saturday Nightmares: The Ultimate Horror Expo of All Time! — Self
• Celebrity Ghost Stories — Self
• 2007Just Desserts: The Making of 'Creepshow' — Self
• 2006Big John — Self
• 2005The Many Faces of Catwoman — Self
• 2004John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self
• 2003Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show — Self
• 2003Return to 'Escape from New York' — Herself
• 2002Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog' — Self
• The View — Self
• 1991The Horror Hall of Fame II — Self - Presenter
• 1989Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief — Self
• Tony Orlando and Dawn — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self