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Joan La Barbara

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Joan La Barbara was born on 8 June 1947 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Alien: Resurrection (1997), Capio (2025) and Chasing Taste (2013). She is married to Morton Subotnick. They have three children.
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    • Known for

    Winona Ryder and Sigourney Weaver in Alien: Resurrection (1997)
    Alien: Resurrection
    6.2
    • Newborn Vocal(voice)
    • 1997
    Capio (2025)
    Capio
    3.8
    • Joan
    • 2025
    Chasing Taste (2013)
    Chasing Taste
    6.7
    • Art Gallery Patron
    • 2013
    River of Fundament (2014)
    River of Fundament
    5.9
    • The Widow of Norman
    • 2014

    Credits

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    Actress

    • Capio (2025)
      Capio
      3.8
      • Joan
      • 2025
    • Parallel Dreams (2015)
      Parallel Dreams
      8.7
      Short
      • Dream
      • 2015
    • Seymour
      Short
      • Lois (as Joan la Barbara)
      • 2014
    • River of Fundament (2014)
      River of Fundament
      5.9
      • The Widow of Norman
      • 2014
    • Chasing Taste (2013)
      Chasing Taste
      6.7
      • Art Gallery Patron
      • 2013
    • Winona Ryder and Sigourney Weaver in Alien: Resurrection (1997)
      Alien: Resurrection
      6.2
      • Newborn Vocal (voice)
      • 1997
    • The Voice-Over Queen (1990)
      The Voice-Over Queen
      Short
      • 1990

    Composer

    • Jin: The Astronaut (2022)
      Jin: The Astronaut
      8.8
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 2022
    • Parallel Dreams (2015)
      Parallel Dreams
      8.7
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2015
    • Welcome to this House (2015)
      Welcome to this House
      6.5
      • Composer (as Joan la Barbara)
      • 2015
    • Persistence of Memory (2012)
      Persistence of Memory
      9.4
      Short
      • original music composed by
      • 2012
    • Journey (2012)
      Journey
      8.0
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2012

    Music Department

    • O que a noite rouba ao dia (2018)
      O que a noite rouba ao dia
      • music: theme (as Joan la Barbara)
      • 2018
    • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
      Arrival
      7.9
      • composer: additional music (uncredited)
      • 2016

    Videos1

    River of Fundament
    Trailer 3:03
    River of Fundament

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Joan la Barbara
    • Born
      • June 8, 1947
      • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Spouse
      • Morton Subotnick? - present (3 children)

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    • Trivia
      Avant-garde vocalist and composer who studied under legendary soprano Helen Boatwright. She has collaborated with her husband, electronic composer Morton Subotnick, and also such noted talent as John Cage, Phillip Glass, and Peter Gordon.

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