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Barbara Rhoades

Highest Rated: 88% Harry and Tonto (1974)

Lowest Rated: 29% Scream Blacula Scream (1973)

Birthday: Mar 23, 1947

Birthplace: Poughkeepsie, New York, USA

Barbara Rhoades is a tall, red-headed actress who has had a busy career in film, and on crime-mysteries, comedies, and game shows on television. Her career as a character actor has spanned nearly 40 years. In 1968, her first year in the business, she made a name for herself as Penelope 'Bad Penny' Cushings in the comedy western "The Shakiest Gun in the West," alongside Don Knotts's bumbling Dr. Jesse Heywood. Through the 1970s, Rhoades made brief appearances on countless TV classics, among them the sitcoms "The Odd Couple," "Sanford and Son," and the cop drama "Mannix." By 1977, Rhoades had arguably her most outstanding year, appearing in 15 episodes of the short-lived Adam Arkin-starring comedy, "Busting Loose," and scoring a major supporting role in the Academy Award-nominated romantic comedy "The Goodbye Girl," which starred Marsha Mason and Richard Dreyfuss. In 1980, Rhoades had a recurring part on the clever comedy "Soap" as the romantic interest of Jodie Dallas, played by a young Billy Crystal. Alongside her multiple television acting gigs, Rhoades was a regular guest on the game show "Match Game 73," and later on "Password Plus," from 1979 to 1981. In 2007, Rhoades starred in the horror film "First Born."

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Highest rated movies

88% 81% Harry and Tonto
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82% 72% There Was a Crooked Man
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80% 85% The Goodbye Girl
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60% 79% Serial
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40% 38% The Choirboys
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29% 37% Scream Blacula Scream
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Twin Detectives
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What Are Best Friends For?
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The Police Story
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The Great Houdinis
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Filmography

Movies

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Barry Dingle Deborah Childers (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 31% Out Cold Mrs. Hollander (Character) $201.5K 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Side Show Paula Picasso (Character) - 1981
60% 79% Serial Vivian (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Day the Women Got Even Dee Dee Fields (Character) - 1980
40% 38% The Choirboys No Balls Hadley (Character) - 1977
80% 85% The Goodbye Girl Donna (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Twin Detectives Sheila Rainier (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Great Houdinis Margery Crandon (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet Conspiracy of Terror Helen Horowitz (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Enter Horowitz Helen Horowitz (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Crime Club Angela Swoboda (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Punch and Jody Barbara (Character) - 1974
88% 81% Harry and Tonto Stephanie (Character) - 1974
29% 37% Scream Blacula Scream Elaine (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet What Are Best Friends For? Marge (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Police Story Marnie (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hunter Real Estate Woman (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Judge and Jake Wyler Chloe Jones (Character) - 1972
82% 72% There Was a Crooked Man Miss Jessie Brundidge (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Silent Gun Hostess (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet 70% The Shakiest Gun in the West Penelope "Bad Penny" Cushings (Character) - 1968

TV

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Cosby Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Marker Unknown (Guest Star) 1995
0% No Score Yet Baby Talk Unknown (Guest Star) 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dallas Unknown (Guest Star) 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dear John Unknown (Guest Star) 1989
83% No Score Yet thirtysomething Linda Steadman (Character) 1988
No Score Yet 89% Murder, She Wrote Barbara Stevenson (Guest Star) 1984 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Charles in Charge Pat Walker (Guest Star) 1988
5% No Score Yet You Again? Unknown (Character) 1986-1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Simon & Simon Dr. Dorothy Harcroft (Guest Star) 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Trapper John, M.D. Unknown (Guest Star) 1985
No Score Yet 95% Magnum, P.I. Marcella Ziller (Guest Star) 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Password 79 Guest 1979-1981
No Score Yet 95% Soap Unknown (Character) 1980-1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rhoda Unknown (Guest Star) 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Maude Unknown (Guest Star) 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet What's Happening!! Unknown (Guest Star) 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Blue Knight Unknown (Guest Star) 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet Harry O Unknown (Guest Star) 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet Starsky and Hutch Unknown (Guest Star) 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bronk Unknown (Guest Star) 1975
No Score Yet 81% Columbo Joyce (Guest Star) 1971 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Six Million Dollar Man Kelly Wixted (Guest Star) 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Petrocelli Unknown (Guest Star) 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Odd Couple Marie (Guest Star) 1973-1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mannix Donna (Guest Star) 1968 1970 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Happy Days Bubbles McCall (Guest Star) 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kojak Joanna Ferro (Guest Star) 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet McMillan and Wife Darlene Marsnak (Guest Star) 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet The New Dick Van Dyke Show Unknown (Guest Star) 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Paul Lynde Show Eve Loring (Guest Star) 1972
No Score Yet 48% Bewitched Aretha (Guest Star) 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mod Squad Tonie (Guest Star) 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Partridge Family LaVon LeVine LaVern (Guest Star) 1970