There Are Worse Things I Could Do, Adrienne Barbeau
There Are Worse Things I Could Do, Adrienne Barbeau
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There Are Worse Things I Could Do

Author: Adrienne Barbeau

Narrator: Adrienne Barbeau

Unabridged: 7 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/10/2025

Synopsis

Adrienne Barbeau never set out to be a sex symbol and she never planned on giving birth to twins when she was 51 but both those stories and a lot more are detailed in this witty, revealing memoir. From her early years as one of the first Go-Go girls in New York (“No one said Mafia out loud in those days. There was always the fear you wouldn’t live to say anything else.”) to starring on Broadway in Grease (“Alexander Cohen swore the only way we’d win a Tony was over his dead body”) Adrienne tells tales about her two hit television series (Maude and Carnivale), her many television and feature films (The Fog, Escape From New York, Cannonball Run, Swamp Thing, Creepshow), and her singing career (“Doc Severinson and the band had been in the audience during my nude foray off-Broadway in Stag Movie”).  With humour and fearlessness, she shares her romance with a superstar, her marriage to a famous film director, her marriage to a much younger man and her successful battle with infertility. ©2006 Codysmom, Inc.; (P)2006 Codysmom, Inc.

About Adrienne Barbeau

Adrienne Barbeau won a Tony nomination and Theatre World Award for her performance as Rizzo in the original Broadway production of Grease. She has appeared in over four hundred films and television shows, including the hit series Maude and HBO’s Carnivale. She is the author of the Los Angeles Times bestseller There Are Worse Things I Could Do as well as the Vampyres of Hollywood series.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Valerity (Val) on October 25, 2018

There Are Worse Things I Could Do by Adrienne Barbeau Written by young Adrienne Barbeau January 5, 1960: Excerpt from ninth grade term paper entitled To Be or Not to Be: Acting as a Vocation. “Corny as this may sound, I’ve wanted to act ever since as far back as I can remember. I’ve had to act to get......more

Goodreads review by Louie the Mustache on June 25, 2022

I have been a fan since the 80's, when I saw The Fog (that voice) and Escape from New York (that cleavage). No disrespect. She is clearly more than those things. She was a singer and burlesque personality unafraid of nudity, big-time sex symbol. I received the book for free in exchange for an honest......more

Goodreads review by Whistler's on July 08, 2021

The value of Armenian toughness in a brutal industry. I've had this book on my Kindle for months, but somehow the cover picture (featuring the author with a pouty expression and her famous bosom lavishly displayed) made me think it would be the usual silly celebrity "as-told-to" nonsense.) I also fou......more

Goodreads review by Tim on December 07, 2012

I have liked Adrienne Barbeau since I was a kid. And a couple years ago when one of my editors sent me a book she wrote about Hollywood Vampyres, I found out she was a hoot. I liked the first of her two humorous/vampire/mystery/gossip mash-ups. She really created her own sub-sub genre. I'm not a big......more

Goodreads review by Dianne Biscoe on March 16, 2018

I had never thought of Adrienne Barbeau as an author but I was pleasantly surprised by this book. I do not usually bother to read Hollywood memoirs but this book is simply written and was a quick read for me. I enjoyed reading about her life and her inner struggles to become the best version of hers......more

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