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Barbara Cook
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Barbara Cook (October 25, 1927 - August 08, 2017) was an American singer and actress who first came to prominence in the 1950s after starring in the original Broadway musicals Can…
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Barbara Cook (October 25, 1927 - August 08, 2017) was an American singer and actress who first came to prominence in the 1950s after starring in the original Broadway musicals Candide (1956) and The Music Man (1957), among others, winning a Tony Award for the latter. She continued performing mostly in theatre until the mid 1970s, when she began a second career as a cabaret and concert singer. During her years as Broadway’s leading ingénue, Cook was lauded for her excellent lyric soprano voice. She was particularly admired for her vocal agility, wide range, warm sound, and emotive interpretations. As she aged her voice took on a darker quality, even in her head voice, that was less prominent in her youth. Today Cook is widely recognized as having been one of the "premier interpreters" of musical theatre songs and standards, in particular the songs of composer Stephen Sondheim. Her subtle and sensitive interpretations of American popular song continued to earn high praise even into her eighties. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barbara Cook,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2003
Mostly Sondheim
Movie Herself
- 2003
- 1996
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1994
Thumbelina
Movie Mother (voice)
- 1990
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1986
Follies: In Concert
Movie Sally Durant Plummer
- 1986
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1971
Great Performances
TV show Sally Durant Plummer
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1968
The Dick Cavett Show
TV show Self - Guest
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1962
The Match Game
TV show Team Captain
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1962
The Merv Griffin Show
TV show Self
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1959
The Bell Telephone Hour
TV show Self
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1958
Hansel and Gretel
Movie Gretel
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1957
The Yeomen of the Guard
Movie Elsie Maynard
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1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV show Kitty Malone
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1956
Bloomer Girl
Movie Evelina Applegate
More credits
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1955
Babes in Toyland
Movie Jane Piper
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1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV show Barbie Hallem
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1954
Golden Windows
TV show
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1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV show Elsie Maynard
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1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV show Self
