FrameThrower · Actors · Adrienne Barbeau
Adrienne Barbeau
6 films · 561 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1980–2019
Born 11 June 1945 · Sacramento, California, USA
Adrienne Jo Barbeau is an American actress, singer and the author of three books. Barbeau came to prominence in the 1970s as Broadway's original Rizzo in the musical Grease, and as Carol Traynor, the divorced daughter of Maude Findlay (played by Beatrice Arthur) in the sitcom Maude. In the early 1980s Barbeau was a sex symbol, starring in several horror and science fiction films, including The Fog, Creepshow, Swamp Thing, and Escape from New York. During the 1990s, she became known for providing the voice of Catwoman on Batman: The Animated Series and subsequent Batman cartoon series. In the 2000s, she appeared in the HBO series Carnivàle as Ruthie the snake dancer.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 6 films · 561 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1980–2019
- Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival2023
- FANtastic Horror Film Festival, San Diego2023
- New York City Horror Film Festival2016
- Chicago Horror Film Festival2010
- Fangoria Chainsaw Awards2002
- Theatre World Award1972
How their films are shot
Measured across 561 frames from the 6 films we hold. This is the look of the work Adrienne takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 6 films we hold, 46% of their frames are night, 48% natural — the look of the work Adrienne takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 561 frames from Adrienne Barbeau's 6 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.