Tuesday, March 21, 2006

And Then There's Maude's Daughter

Sultry Adrienne Barbeau is back on the New York stage for the first time in over three decades playing Judy Garland in the new off-Broadway play "The Property Known as Garland," at the Actors' Playhouse in Greenwich Village.

Barbeau — who is best known for her work as Bea Arthur's well-endowed outspoken daughter Carol on the award-winning Norman Lear series "Maude" — was last onstage in NYC when she created the role of Rizzo in the original Broadway production of "Grease," a performance that garnered her a Tony nomination in 1972.

You know you're hot when you're 60 playing a character who was dead at 47 yet they still have to do serious makeup on you to hag you up for the part. Perhaps playing 47 at 60 shouldn't come as a surprise, though. You might remember that Barbeau gave birth to twin boys when she was 51. From the look of some recent photos, she redefines the term Hot Mama ...

  • Read: Grown Up Since 'Grease,' Returning as Judy Garland
  • Read: DIVA TALK: Chatting with Garland's Adrienne Barbeau
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