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Barbara Cook

Barbara Cook

Known For Acting
Birthday Oct 25, 1927
Died Aug 08, 2017 (89)
Birthplace Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Popularity 0.4 (history)
Updated Nov 15, 2024
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

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.

Known For

Filmography

Thumbelina

Thumbelina

1994

as Mother (voice)

Carrie

Carrie

1988

as Margaret White

Follies: In Concert

Follies: In Concert

1986

as Sally Durant Plummer

Bloomer Girl

Bloomer Girl

1956

as Evelina Applegate

Babes in Toyland

Babes in Toyland

1955

as Jane Piper

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

The Match Game

as Team Captain

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Dec 31, 1962

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Elsie Maynard

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 24, 1951

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Barbie Hallem

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1955

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

as Kitty Malone

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1956

Great Performances

as Sally Durant Plummer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 28, 1971

Golden Windows

Episodes: 199

First Aired: Jul 05, 1954

The Bell Telephone Hour

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 12, 1959

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1962

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 20, 1948

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 06, 1968

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