Barbara Rodell Explained

Barbara Rodell
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Birth Name:Barbara Wohl
Birth Place:Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Occupation:Actress
Alma Mater:Brooklyn College

Barbara Rodell (Wohl,) is an American actress known for roles on numerous soap operas during the 1960s and 1970s.

Early years

The daughter of a Brooklyn truck driver and his wife, Rodell was a premature baby who weighed 1.5 pounds at birth. She was born in Brooklyn and moved to Manhattan when she was four. The Henry Street Settlement and the Dramatic Workshop provided early training in drama, and she studied liberal arts at Brooklyn College. At age 17 she disregarded her father's opposition to her becoming an actress and left home.[1] She worked as a waitress and a model while she sought acting opportunities.

Career

Rodell debuted as a professional actress when she worked in summer stock theatre in State College, Pennsylvania. Performing in other stock theater companies added to her experience.[2]

Her first television part was on the short-lived serial A Flame in the Wind in which she played the character of Linda Skerba in 1965. She then took over the role of Lee Randolph on Another World, playing the part from 1967 until 1969, when the character was killed off in a car crash.[3] Rodell next appeared on The Secret Storm during 1969–1970, playing Jill Clayborn,[4] until that character perished in an airplane crash. She subsequently took over the role of Leslie Jackson Bauer Norris at Guiding Light, appearing there from 1971 until 1973.[5] Rodell then moved to As the World Turns where she had her longest tenure (1973–1981) playing the part of Joyce Colman.[6] [7]

Rodell also was in the film The Devil's Commandment.[8]

Notes and References

  1. News: Horner . Carol . She returned from the dead . February 21, 2020 . The Philadelphia Inquirer . August 26, 1980 . Pennsylvania, Philadelphia . 39. Newspapers.com.
  2. News: Barbara Rodell enters Another World as actress . February 22, 2020 . The Kokomo Morning Times . October 28, 1967 . Indiana, Kokomo . 22. Newspapers.com.
  3. Web site: Lee Randolph. Another World homepage. February 5, 2018.
  4. News: Lorenzen . Ron . Video Vues . February 21, 2020 . Quad-City Times . September 6, 1970 . Iowa, Davenport . 83. Newspapers.com.
  5. Book: Poll. Julie. Guiding Light : the complete family album. 1997. General Publishing Group. Los Angeles. 978-1-57544-006-4. 300.
  6. Book: Poll. Julie. As the World Turns : the complete family scrapbook. 1996. General Publishing Group. Los Angeles. 978-1-881649-91-5. 296.
  7. Web site: Who's Who in Oakdale. Soap Central : about ATWT. February 5, 2018.
  8. News: She's Dying to Act . February 21, 2020 . Star Tribune . December 27, 1970 . Minnesota, Minneapolis . 154. Newspapers.com.