| As Barbara Ryan since 1978, Colleen Zenk Pinter has seen her share of joy and tragedy on the CBS daytime drama AS THE WORLD TURNS. In 2002, she earned her first Daytime Emmy Award nomination in the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series category. (She was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 2001.) Recently, in storyline, a scarred Barbara has exacted revenge on the women she blames for stealing her life.
The actress made her Broadway debut in the role of Rosie opposite Chita Rivera and Donald O'Connor in Bring Back Birdie, and her film debut in John Huston's adaptation of the Broadway musical Annie. Zenk Pinter has toured extensively with the Army Special Services in Europe as well as in national tours in productions such as They're Playing Our Song, Where's Charley?, Can-Can, The Star-Spangled Girl and Barefoot in the Park. She has worked professionally since the age of nine and began to focus on acting while attending Catholic University of America, where she majored in theater.
Her husband, actor Mark Pinter, whom she met when they were both on AS THE WORLD TURNS, until recently starred as Grant Harrison on the daytime drama Another World. They are the parents of a blended family of six -- four girls and two boys -- and live in Connecticut.
With her husband, Zenk Pinter has devoted much time to the national chapters of Easter Seals, the March of Dimes, and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. They have also volunteered their time and talents for Bread and Roses, an AIDS hospice/facility in Connecticut. For these charities and other causes, the Pinters have produced and/or starred in productions of Love Letters throughout the country.
Zenk Pinter's hobbies are evident in her home surroundings: they include interior design, 18th and 19th century antiques, and gardening. She was born in Barrington, Ill.; her birthdate is Jan. 20. |
