Rona Barrett Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Rona Barrett (born Rona Burstein, October 8, 1936, New York City) is an American gossip columnist and businesswoman. She currently runs the Rona Barrett Foundation, a non-profit organization in Santa Ynez, California, dedicated to the aid and support of senior citizens in need.
Pick your enemies carefully or you'll never make it in Los Angeles.
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I'm really a pussycat -- with an iron tail.
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I'm not friends with the stars, because if I were I couldn't tell the truth about them.
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Fact
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Recently moved to Solvang, CA [July 2006]
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She and her husband, Bill Trowbridge, are the founders and owners of a company that sells skin care and food products using organic lavender, grown on her own ranch. She has also started a foundation to help the elderly. [November 2003]
Her husband of over 30 years, Bill Trowbridge, died from kidney failure with his family at his side.
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Was a pre-law major in college when an uncle, a judge, advised her to switch to Communication Arts (journalism).
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Has a very rare form of muscular dystrophy that wasn't diagnosed until she was 9.
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Autobiography "Miss Rona". In it, she admits to having a nose job and claims actor Hugh B. O'Brien tried to seduce her.
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Retired in 1991. Lives in San Ynez, California.
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At the age of 13, she was the nationwide coordinator of the Eddie Fisher Fan Clubs.
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In 1980, she signed-on to co-host, with Tom Snyder, NBC's Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1973) but dropped out the following year after engaging in a very public feud with Snyder.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Television: Inside and Out
1981
TV Series
Regular
Sextette
1978
Rona Barrett
Mannix
1968-1974
TV Series
Rona Barrett
Do Not Throw Cushions Into the Ring
1970
The Phynx
1970
Rona Barrett
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Tab Hunter Confidential
2015
Documentary
Herself
Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger
2010
Documentary
Herself
Biography
2007
TV Series documentary
Herself
The Dream Studio
2004
Video documentary short
Herself
The Oprah Winfrey Show
2003
TV Series
Herself
The Definitive Elvis: Elvis and Priscilla
2002
Video documentary
Herself
Good Morning America
1979-1995
TV Series
Herself
Intimate Portrait
1993
TV Series documentary
Herself
WrestleMania VI
1990
TV Movie
Herself - Interviewer
WWF Superstars
1990
TV Series
Herself
The Pat Sajak Show
1989
TV Series
Herself
Moonlighting
1987
TV Series
Herself
Late Night with David Letterman
1984
TV Series
Herself
The Regis Philbin Show
1981
TV Series
Herself
Entertainment Tonight
1981
TV Series
Herself - Gossip Contributor (1985-1986)
Today
1981
TV Series
Herself
Tomorrow Coast to Coast
1981
TV Series
Herself - Substitute Host
The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards
1981
TV Special
Herself
An Almost Perfect Affair
1979
Herself (uncredited)
Grease Day USA
1978
TV Movie documentary
Premiere Guest
The Mike Douglas Show
1970-1977
TV Series
Herself - Columnist / Herself - Co-Host / Herself
TVTV Looks at the Academy Awards
1976
TV Special documentary
Herself
A Special Olivia Newton-John
1976
TV Special
The Sonny and Cher Show
1976
TV Series
Herself / Various Characters
Dinah!
1975-1976
TV Series
Herself
Joys
1976
TV Special
Herself
Match Game 73
1975
TV Series
Herself - Panelist
Match Game PM
1975
TV Series
Herself - Panelist
Rona Looks at Raquel, Liza, Cher and Ann-Margret
1975
TV Movie
Herself - Host
Don Adams' Screen Test
1975
TV Series
Herself - Judge
Donahue
1975
TV Series
Herself
The Smothers Brothers Show
1975
TV Series
Herself
Tattletales
1974
TV Series
Herself
ABC Late Night
1973
TV Series
Herself
Alan King Looks Back in Anger: A Review of 1972
1973
TV Movie
Herself
The Merv Griffin Show
1972
TV Series
Herself
The Virginia Graham Show
1970
TV Series
Herself
The David Frost Show
1970
TV Series
Herself
The Barbara McNair Show
1969
TV Series
Herself
The Hollywood Squares
1969
TV Series
Guest Appearance
Allen Ludden's Gallery
1969
TV Series
Herself
The Joey Bishop Show
1967-1969
TV Series
Herself
Head
1968
Herself (uncredited)
Dateline: Hollywood
1967
TV Series
Herself
Gypsy
1967
TV Series
Herself
Archive Footage
Known for movies
Entertainment Tonight (1981) as Herself - Gossip Contributor (1985-1986)