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Barbara Cook (October 25, 1927 – August 8, 2017) 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 ...
Barbara Cook (1927-2017) was a Broadway singer and actress who starred in "The Music Man" and won a Tony Award. She also had a successful career as a cabaret singer and appeared in TV shows and movies.
- January 1, 1
- Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- January 1, 1
- Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Aug 8, 2017 · Barbara Cook was born in Atlanta on Oct. 25, 1927, the older of two daughters of Charles Cook, a traveling salesman, and the former Nell Harwell, a telephone operator for Southern Bell.
Aug 8, 2017 · She was 89. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) NEW YORK (AP) — Barbara Cook, whose shimmering soprano made her one of Broadway’s leading ingenues and later a major cabaret and concert interpreter of popular American song, has died. She was 89. Cook died early Tuesday of respiratory failure at her home in Manhattan, surrounded by family and friends ...
Barbara Cook was a Broadway star and a cabaret singer who won a Tony Award for her role in "The Music Man". She also performed in shows like "Candide", "She Loves Me" and "Sondheim".
- October 25, 1927
- August 8, 2017
Aug 8, 2017 · Barbara Cook was a Tony Award-winning singer and actress who starred in musicals like "Candide" and "The Music Man". She also had a long and acclaimed career in cabaret and concert, working with Wally Harper and Stephen Sondheim.
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Aug 8, 2017 · Tony Award-winning actress and singer Barbara Cook, an ingénue in Broadway's Golden Age — during the 1950s and '60s — who later transformed herself into a concert and cabaret star, has died.
