Rona Barrett was born on October 8, 1936 in New York City, New York, USA as Rona Burstein. She is an actress, known for Entertainment Tonight (1981), Joys (1976) and Good Morning America (1975). She has been married to Daniel Busby since February 14, 2008. She was previously married to Bill Trowbridge.
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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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.