Barbara Cook
American actress and singer (1927-2017) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 89
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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2017Died8 August 20172003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereFilm
Mostly SondheimFilm, 2003Herself1996A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela LansburyFilm1994
ThumbelinaFilm, Mother (voice)1990
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His MusicFilm1987Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person ShowAward1986
Follies: In ConcertFilm, Sally Durant Plummer
Sondheim on Broadway: Follies - Four Days in New YorkFilm, 19861971
Great PerformancesSeries, Sally Durant Plummer1968
The Dick Cavett ShowSeries1962
The Match GameSeries, Team Captain
The Merv Griffin ShowSeries, 19621959
The Bell Telephone HourSeries1958Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a MusicalAwardHansel and GretelFilm, 1958Gretel1957
The Yeomen of the GuardFilm, Elsie Maynard1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSeries, Kitty Malone
Bloomer GirlFilm, 1956Evelina Applegate1955Theatre World AwardAward
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries, 1955Barbie Hallem
Babes in ToylandFilm, 1955Jane Piper1954Golden WindowsSeries1951
Hallmark Hall of FameSeries, Elsie Maynard1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries1927Born25 October 1927
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereFilmMostly SondheimFilm, 2003Herself1996A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela LansburyFilm1994ThumbelinaFilm, Mother (voice)1990Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His MusicFilm1987Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person ShowAward1986Follies: In ConcertFilm, Sally Durant PlummerSondheim on Broadway: Follies - Four Days in New YorkFilm, 19861971Great PerformancesSeries, Sally Durant Plummer1968The Dick Cavett ShowSeries1962The Match GameSeries, Team CaptainThe Merv Griffin ShowSeries, 19621959The Bell Telephone HourSeries1958Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a MusicalAwardHansel and GretelFilm, 1958Gretel1957The Yeomen of the GuardFilm, Elsie Maynard1956The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSeries, Kitty MaloneBloomer GirlFilm, 1956Evelina Applegate1955Theatre World AwardAwardAlfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries, 1955Barbie HallemBabes in ToylandFilm, 1955Jane Piper1954Golden WindowsSeries1951Hallmark Hall of FameSeries, Elsie Maynard1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries1927Born25 October 1927People around Barbara
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Julianne Moore Duets: Margaret White
Piper Laurie Duets: Margaret White
Sarah Brightman Duets: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel (1987)
Patricia Clarkson Duets: Margaret White
Samuel Ramey Duets: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel (1987)
Maureen Forrester Duets: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel (1987)
Marin Mazzie Duets: Margaret White
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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.
Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1927 to 2017 · aged 89
