Acting credits
18
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Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Barbara Cook
Acting
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Movies: 9Series: 9
TMDB ID: 148115
IMDb ID: nm0176904
Known for: Acting
Born: October 25, 1927
Died: August 8, 2017
Age: 89
Place of birth: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1948 - 2003
Years active: 56
Average TMDB rating: 6.72
Wikidata: Q2883930
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Barbara Cook.
Mostly Sondheim
as Herself
2003 Movie
7.0
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
2003 Movie
6.4
Thumbelina
as Mother (voice)
1994 Movie
10.0
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
as Self
1990 Movie
7.0
Follies: In Concert
as Sally Durant Plummer
1986 Movie
Sondheim on Broadway: Follies - Four Days in New York
as Self
1986 Movie
The Yeomen of the Guard
as Elsie Maynard
1957 Movie
Bloomer Girl
as Evelina Applegate
1956 Movie
Babes in Toyland
as Jane Piper
1955 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Barbara Cook.
5.8
Great Performances
as Sally Durant Plummer • 1 eps
1971 Series
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
1968 Series
8.1
The Match Game
as Team Captain • 4 eps
1962 Series
6.2
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self • 1 eps
1962 Series
7.3
The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self • 2 eps
1959 Series
6.0
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Kitty Malone • 1 eps
1956 Series
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Barbie Hallem • 1 eps
1955 Series
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Elsie Maynard • 1 eps
1951 Series
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self • 1 eps
1948 Series