Barbara Cook
Born: 1927-10-25 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Died: 2017-08-08
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2003
- Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There as Self
- Mostly Sondheim as Herself
1996
1994
- Thumbelina as Mother (voice)
1986
- Follies: In Concert as Sally Durant Plummer
- Sondheim on Broadway: Follies - Four Days in New York as Self
1971
- Great Performances as Sally Durant Plummer
1968
- The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
1962
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- The Match Game as Team Captain
1959
- The Bell Telephone Hour as Self
1958
- Hansel and Gretel as Gretel
1957
- The Yeomen of the Guard as Elsie Maynard
1956
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Kitty Malone
- Bloomer Girl as Evelina Applegate
1955
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Barbie Hallem
- Babes in Toyland as Jane Piper
1954
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Elsie Maynard
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self