Barbara Trentham

Barbara Trentham (born Barbara Lynn Schilling; August 27, 1944August 2, 2013) was an American model and actress. In the early 1970s, her photo appeared on many prominent magazine covers, including the British edition of Vogue. As an actress, she starred in the 1975 film Rollerball, and had supporting roles in numerous other 1970s films. Trentham was married to actor-comedian John Cleese. Early life Trentham, who was born Barbara Lynn Schilling in 1944 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, moved with her parents as a child to Connecticut. She attended Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, from which she graduated in 1966 and then moved to England to study at the University of Oxford. At Oxford she met fellow student Giles Trentham; they married in 1967 and she retained his name after their divorce in 1970. Career In the early 1970s, Trentham worked as a model in London. Her photo appeared several times on the cover pages of British magazines including Seventeen and Vogue. In 1972 she landed a supporting role in the horror thriller The Possession of Joel Delaney. She then moved to Los Angeles to pursue her acting career. She starred in the science fiction film Rollerball in 1975. In 1976 she performed in the action drama Sky Riders and had a cameo in the British-German television series The Girl from Outer Space. In 1978, she appeared in the produced-for-television horror film Death Moon and 1979 in an episode of the adventure series A Man Called Sloane.