Barbara Rodell
{{short description|American actress}}
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{{Infobox person
|name = Barbara Rodell
|image = Barbara Rodell Another World 1968 (cropped).JPG
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|caption = Rodell on Another World in 1968
|birth_name = Barbara Wohl
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|birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
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|occupation = Actress
|alma_mater = Brooklyn College
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Barbara Rodell ({{née}} Wohl, {{birth based on age as of date |24|1970|12|27|noage=1}}) 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.{{cite news |last1=Horner |first1=Carol |title=She returned from the dead |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45352682/barbara_rodell/ |accessdate=February 21, 2020 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=August 26, 1980 |location=Pennsylvania, Philadelphia |page=39|via =Newspapers.com}} She worked as a waitress and a model while she sought acting opportunities.
Career
File:Barbara Rodell Micki Grant Another World 1968.JPG on Another World, 1968]]
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.{{cite news |title=Barbara Rodell enters Another World as actress |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45388242/barbara_rodell/ |accessdate=February 22, 2020 |work=The Kokomo Morning Times |date=October 28, 1967 |location=Indiana, Kokomo |page=22|via = Newspapers.com}}
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.{{cite web|title=Lee Randolph|url=http://anotherworldhomepage.com/1lee.html|website=Another World homepage|accessdate=February 5, 2018}} Rodell next appeared on The Secret Storm during 1969–1970, playing Jill Clayborn,{{cite news |last1=Lorenzen |first1=Ron |title=Video Vues |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45353649/quadcity_times/ |accessdate=February 21, 2020 |work=Quad-City Times |date=September 6, 1970 |location=Iowa, Davenport |page=83|via = Newspapers.com}} until that character perished in an airplane crash.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}} She subsequently took over the role of Leslie Jackson Bauer Norris at Guiding Light, appearing there from 1971 until 1973.{{cite book|last1=Poll|first1=Julie|title=Guiding Light : the complete family album|date=1997|publisher=General Publishing Group|location=Los Angeles|isbn=978-1-57544-006-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/guidinglightcomp00juli/page/300 300]|url=https://archive.org/details/guidinglightcomp00juli/page/300}} Rodell then moved to As the World Turns where she had her longest tenure (1973–1981) playing the part of Joyce Colman.{{cite book|last1=Poll|first1=Julie|title=As the World Turns : the complete family scrapbook|date=1996|publisher=General Publishing Group|location=Los Angeles|isbn=978-1-881649-91-5|page=[https://archive.org/details/asworldturnscomp00poll/page/296 296]|url=https://archive.org/details/asworldturnscomp00poll/page/296}}{{cite web|title=Who's Who in Oakdale|url=http://soapcentral.com/atwt/whoswho/joyce.php|website=Soap Central : about ATWT|accessdate=February 5, 2018}}
Rodell also was in the film The Devil's Commandment.{{cite news |title=She's Dying to Act |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45354756/barbara_rodell/ |accessdate=February 21, 2020 |work=Star Tribune |date=December 27, 1970 |location=Minnesota, Minneapolis |page=154|via = Newspapers.com}}{{clear}}
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Category:American soap opera actresses
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)