Background
Tarbuck, Barbara Joan was born on January 15, 1942 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Daughter of George and Ruth Erma (Fillmore) Tarbuck.
Tarbuck, Barbara Joan was born on January 15, 1942 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Daughter of George and Ruth Erma (Fillmore) Tarbuck.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Wayne State University, 1963. Master of Arts, University Michigan, 1965. Postgraduate, Indiana University, 1966.
As a child (from the ages of 9-13), Tarbuck performed as a regular for a children"s series called Storyland, which aired on the Department of Administration and Management Radio Station WWJ in Detroit, Michigan. Upon winning the Eva Woodbridge Victor Scholarship and finished her Bachelors in 1963. While in college, she participated in the production of Where"s Charley, which toured through Europe.
She also earned her Master"s Degree in from the University of Michigan.
She then went to Indiana University to work as the lead actress in their inaugural theatre touring company season. She began to work on her Doctor of Philosophy and taught beginning acting.
While at Indiana University she was granted a Fulbright Scholarship to LAMDA. She then moved to New York to pursue her acting career.
Member Zeta Phi Eta.
Married James Denis Connolly, May 17, 1980. 1 child, Jennifer Lane.