COLLEEN ZINK PINTER AS BARBARA RYAN MUNSON
Playing the
role of Barbara Ryan since 1978, Colleen Zenk Pinter has seen her share of joy
and tragedy on As the World Turns.
Colleen 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.
Colleen 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,
currently stars as Grant Harrison on the daytime drama Another World.
With her
husband, Colleen 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.
She and her
husband have four girls and two boys. Colleen's hobbies are evident in her home
surroundings: they include interior design, 18th- and 19th century antiques,
and gardening. She was born in Barrington, Illinois; her birthday is January 20