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Barbara Cook

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American actress and singer (1927-2017)

United StatesActorsLived 1927 to 2017 · aged 89
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Barbara Cook was an American actress and singer who first came to prominence in the 1950s as the lead in the original Broadway musicals Plain and Fancy (1955), Candide (1956) and The Music Man (1957) among others, winning a Tony Award for the last.

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Filmography 11

Thumbelina1994 · ★ 6.5
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There2003
Mostly Sondheim2003
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music1990
Bloomer Girl1956
Follies: In Concert1986
Babes in Toyland1955
The Yeomen of the Guard1957
Sondheim on Broadway: Follies - Four Days in New York1986
A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury1996
Hansel and Gretel1958

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Television 10

Great Performances1971
The Merv Griffin Show1962
The Dick Cavett Show1968
The Match Game1962
The Ed Sullivan Show1948
Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show1956
The Bell Telephone Hour1959
Hallmark Hall of Fame1951
Golden Windows1954

Awards 5

1987Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person Show
1958Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical
1955Theatre World Award
Kennedy Center Honors
Drama League Award

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Barbara Cook was an American actress and singer who first came to prominence in the 1950s as the lead in the original Broadway musicals Plain and Fancy (1955), Candide (1956) and The Music Man (1957) among others, winning a Tony Award for the last. She continued performing mostly in theatre until the mid-1970s, when she began a second career as a cabaret and concert singer. She also made numerous recordings.

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United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1927 to 2017 · aged 89
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