Barbara Rhoades was born on March 23, 1947 in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for The Goodbye Girl (1977), The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968) and Scream Blacula Scream (1973). She has been married to Bernie Orenstein since February 18, 1979. They have one child.
Her acting debut was on one of the first Ironside episodes (Ironside: The Man Who Believed (1967)). Seven years later she appeared in one of the very last (Ironside: The Organizer (1975)), although because NBC abruptly canceled the show, it wasn't shown during the network run. It has since been shown in syndication.
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Assertive, voluptuous redhead late 60s starlet contracted by Universal, best known for playing the plucky lady bandit Penelope ("Bad Penny") Cushings opposite queasy, milquetoast Don Knotts in his comedy vehicle The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968).
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Mannix
1968-1974
TV Series
Ruth Adante / Donna / Billie
Happy Days
1974
TV Series
Bubbles McCall
The Magician
1974
TV Series
J.J. Walters
Toma
1974
TV Series
Renee
What Are Best Friends For?
1973
TV Movie
Marge
McMillan & Wife
1972-1973
TV Series
Linda / Darlene Marsnak / Waitress / ...
Kojak
1973
TV Series
Joanna Ferro
Griff
1973
TV Series
Lorraine Cheswick
Love, American Style
1969-1973
TV Series
Betty (segment "Love and the Plane Fantasy") / Olga Knockman (segment "Love and the Amateur Night") / Bunny (segment "Love and the Unlikely Couple")
Scream Blacula Scream
1973
Elaine
Little Cigars
1973
Helen (as Barbara Rhodes)
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
1973
TV Series
Charlene
Night Gallery
1973
TV Series
Julie
Hunter
1973
TV Movie
Real Estate Woman
Horowitz in Dublin
1973
Up the Sandbox
1972
Dr. Bolden
The Judge and Jake Wyler
1972
TV Movie
Chloe Jones
The Paul Lynde Show
1972
TV Series
Eve
Mission: Impossible
1972
TV Series
Vicki Wells
Mod Squad
1971-1972
TV Series
Celeste Benson / Tonie
McCloud
1972
TV Series
Susan
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
1972
TV Series
Tina Grace
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
TV Series
Helen
Bewitched
1971
TV Series
Aretha
The Partridge Family
1970
TV Series
LaVon LeVine LaVern
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970
Miss Jessie Brundidge
The Silent Gun
1969
TV Movie
Dolores - Saloon Girl
Dragnet 1966
1969
TV Movie
Girl at Adam & Eve Social (uncredited)
The Shakiest Gun in the West
1968
Penelope 'Bad Penny' Cushings
Don't Just Stand There
1968
Kendall Flanagan
It Takes a Thief
1968
TV Series
Hilda
The Virginian
1968
TV Series
Josie
One Life to Live
2011
TV Series
Irene Manning / Irene Manning Lord
First Born
2007
Nancy
Barry Dingle
2005
Deborah Childers
Law & Order
2003
TV Series
Kathy McGarity
Cosby
1998
TV Series
Marker
1995
TV Series
Woman
Diagnosis Murder
1993
TV Series
Marcy Blake
Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth
1993
TV Movie
Sarah Mather
Baby Talk
1991
TV Series
Irma
Dallas
1985-1991
TV Series
Judy / Lila Cummings
Over My Dead Body
1991
TV Series
Det. Loraine McBride
Booker
1990
TV Series
Barbara Sterling
Father Dowling Mysteries
1990
TV Series
Daphne Dumont
Dear John
1989
TV Series
Marie
Generations
1989
TV Series
Jessica Gardner #1 (1989) (original cast)
Out Cold
1989
Mrs. Hollander
Thirtysomething
1988
TV Series
Linda Steadman
Charles in Charge
1988
TV Series
Pat Walker
Murder, She Wrote
1984-1988
TV Series
Flo Oakes / Barbara Stevenson
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
1987
TV Series
You Again?
1986-1987
TV Series
Maggie Davis
Simon & Simon
1985
TV Series
Dr. Dorothy Harcroft
Trapper John, M.D.
1985
TV Series
Dr. Polly Toledo
Picking Up the Pieces
1985
TV Movie
Denise
Crazy Like a Fox
1985
TV Series
Cagney & Lacey
1985
TV Series
Cece Wentworth
Much Ado About Nothing
1984
TV Movie
Dancer
Venice Medical
1983
TV Movie
Nurse Ruth O'Malley
Magnum, P.I.
1982
TV Series
Marcella Ziller
Side Show
1981
TV Movie
Paula Picasso
Soap
1980-1981
TV Series
Maggie Chandler
The Day the Women Got Even
1980
TV Movie
Dee Dee Fields
Serial
1980
Vivian
Stone
1980
TV Series
Britt
Sex and the Single Parent
1979
TV Movie
Paula
Hanging In
1979
TV Series
Maggie Gallagher
Supertrain
1979
TV Series
Myra Nordhoff
Mr. Dugan
1979
TV Series
Maggie Gallagher
Rhoda
1978
TV Series
Arlene Paxton
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1978
TV Series
The Love Boat
1978
TV Series
Didi Donnelly
Maude
1978
TV Series
Maggie Gallagher
Quark
1978
TV Series
Princess Carna
The Choirboys
1977
No Balls Hadley
The Goodbye Girl
1977
Donna
Busting Loose
1977
TV Series
Melody Feebeck
Serpico
1976
TV Series
Tiger
Switch
1976
TV Series
Bobbie
Police Story
1973-1976
TV Series
Babs Altoon / Marnie
The Great Houdini
1976
TV Movie
Margery Crandon
Sanford and Son
1976
TV Series
Gladys
The Bureau
1976
TV Movie
Agent Kate Peterson
Twin Detectives
1976
TV Movie
Sheila Rainier
Tabitha
1976
TV Series
Dinah
Joe Forrester
1975-1976
TV Series
Harry O
1976
TV Series
Linda Maris
Petrocelli
1975-1976
TV Series
Shirley Peters / Virginia Halima
The Blue Knight
1976
TV Series
Carrie / Carrie Williamson
Conspiracy of Terror
1975
TV Movie
Helen Horowitz
Starsky and Hutch
1975
TV Series
Robin Morton
Bronk
1975
TV Series
Ellery Queen
1975
TV Series
Veronica Vale
Ronnie
Columbo
1971-1975
TV Series
Joyce / Hostess
The Six Million Dollar Man
1975
TV Series
Kelly Wixted
The Ghost Busters
1975
TV Series
Queen Forah
Far Out Space Nuts
1975
TV Series
Pulma
Crime Club
1975
TV Movie
Angela Swoboda
Lucas Tanner
1975
TV Series
Franny
The Manhunter
1975
TV Series
Laura
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1975
TV Series
The Secretary
Ironside
1967-1975
TV Series
Helen / Kathy Loring / Bonnie Lloyd
Nakia
1974
TV Series
Punch and Jody
1974
TV Movie
Barbara
The Odd Couple
1973-1974
TV Series
Lucy / Marie
Harry and Tonto
1974
Stephanie (hooker)
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Love, American Style
1972
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh