Barbara Rhoades details

Roles: Actor

Date of Birth: March 23, 1947

Active Years: 1967-2003

Filmography: The Goodbye Girl (1977), Harry and Tonto (1974), Out Cold (1989), The Serial (1980), Deadly Weekend (1975), Crime Club (1975), The Judge and Jake Wyler (1972)
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Towering (5'11") redheaded actress Barbara Rhoades was 20 years old when she signed her first studio contract with Universal. She was possessed of a self-sufficiency and breezy sense of humor that belied her youth. The best of her early screen roles was gun-toting lady bandit Penelope Cushings in the 1968 Don Knotts vehicle Shakiest Gun in the West (a remake of The Paleface [1948] wherein Rhoades' role was played by Jane Russell). Beginning with 1977's Busting Loose, she was a regular on several TV sitcoms. For reasons best known to casting directors, Barbara Rhoades almost always ended up playing someone named Maggie: Maggie Gallegher in Hangin' In (1979), Maggie Chandler in Soap (1980-1981), Maggie Davis in You Again? (1986). by Hal Erickson, Rovi