Roseanne Cherrie Barr, aka
Roseanne Barr, aka
Roseanne Arnold, aka
Roseanne Thomas, aka
Roseanne (born
November 3 1952) is an
Emmy Award-winning
American comedian,
actress and
writer. On the opening credits of one final-season episode of her TV show, she was credited as "
Roseanne Barr Pentland Arnold Thomas." By 2005, she had resumed referring to herself by her maiden name, "Roseanne Barr."
Biography
Early life
The eldest of four children, she was born in
Salt Lake City, Utah, to a working-class
Jewish family. Her mother, Helen (
née Davis), was a bookkeeper and cashier, and her father, Jerome Hershel “Jerry” Barr, worked in sales as a door-to-door salesman of household goods.
[Roseanne Biography (1952-)][The Family Tree of Roseanne Barr] Barr's grandparents and great-grandparents were immigrants from
Ukraine,
Russia,
Lithuania and
Austria-Hungary, and her paternal grandfather changed his surname from "Borisofsky" to "Barr" upon entering the United States.
Barr's parents kept their Jewish heritage secret from their neighbors and, thus, were partially involved in
The Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints. Barr has stated that "Friday, Saturday, and Sunday morning I was a Jew; Sunday afternoon, Tuesday afternoon, and Wednesday afternoon we were Mormons;"
[Roseanne: Jewish Latter-day Saint actress and entertainer] her Jewish upbringing was influenced by her devoutly
Orthodox Jewish maternal grandmother.
[JewishJournal.com]
