Bill Pentland
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NameBill Pentland
Gender Male
Alias William James Pentland Jr.
Description Bill Pentland was the first husband of comedian, actress and writer Roseanne Barr. He met Roseanne after she dropped out of school and was living on a commune in Colorado. They married on February 4, 1974 and were divorced on January 16, 1990. Roseanne spoke about the end of the marriage, "The holes in our marriage just kept growing bigger. When I finally accepted I was doing nothing but plugging holes, the marriage was over." Roseanne married Tom Arnold four days after the divorce from Pentland. Pentland later remarried as well. Pentland was billed as executive consultant on the first season of the "Roseanne (TV series)" and also has guest bit parts on several early Roseanne comedy specials and the TV series. In 2003, Pentland appeared as an assistant and handyman for Roseanne on her short-lived reality series The Real Roseanne Show, which was about the attempted launch of her new cooking program called Domestic Goddess. Pentland and Roseanne have since reconciled and he wrote the foreword to her book Roseannearchy: Dispatches from the Nut Farm.
Birth May 11 1951
 United States of America
Nationality United States of America
Occupations Actor, Screenwriter
Marriage Spouse: Roseanne Barr
Feb 4 1974
Relatives
RelationNameBirth
DaughterJennifer Pentland1976
SonJake Pentland1978
DaughterJessica Pentland1975
WifeRoseanne BarrNov 3 1952
WifeBecky PentlandNov 5 1958
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