Barbara Cook



First NameBarbara
Last NameCook
Age84
Date of BirthOctober 25, 1927
Star SignScorpio
Occupation CategoryActress
Music GenreVocal
Music StyleShow Tunes, Cast Recordings, Stage & Screen, Cabaret, Standards
Music MoodElegant, Refined/Mannered, Romantic, Sophisticated, Sensual, Poignant, Intimate, Amiable/Good-Natured, Sentimental, Melancholy, Earnest, Gentle, Sweet, Stylish, Theatrical, Restrained, Passionate, Reflective, Cheerful, Confident
InstrumentVocals
FatherCharles Bunyan
MotherNell Harwell Cook
FriendsEileen Farrell

Barbara Cook (born October 25, 1927) is 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 that continues to this day as a cabaret and concert singer.


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Filmography

Selected Barbara Cook film and TV show credits:


Acting Credits

1994
Mother

1959
The Chevy Show
Kitty Malone

1958
Hansel and Gretel
Gretel

1957
Yeomen of the Guard, The
Elsie Maynard

1956
Kitty Malone

1955
Barbie Hallem

1954
Evelina Applegate

1954
Golden Windows
Hazel

1951
Elsie Maynard

1950
Armstrong Circle Theatre
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1947
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Camera and Electrical Department Credits

1973
Peege
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Soundtrack Credits

1994
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1987
In Performance at the White House: A Tribute to American Music - Jerome Kern
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