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Road to fame

In the late 1980s, Barr rose to megastar after portraying Roseanne Conner in ABC’s sitcom Roseanne. The idea for the popular series came when the producers of The Cosby Show wanted to do “no-perks family comedy.” They hired writer Matt Williams, and he based the script on some factory workers and the story evolved around a fat, blue-collar couple and their children.

When Roseanne premiered in 1998, the first episode was watched by 21 million households – the best debut that year.

But the main character was not happy when she saw the first episode. In fact, she was pretty frustrated. For it was then that Roseanne discovered that writer Matt Williams had been credited as the “creator” of the entire series.

“We built the show around my actual life and my kids. The ‘domestic goddess’, the whole thing,” Barr said.

The conflict with Williams would rage on for several years. Roseanne wanted more control over the script – sometimes, she refused to say certain lines; other times she just walked off stage. It went so far that Roseanne threatened to quit if Williams was not replaced.