Barbara McNair

Film & TV

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Barbara Jean McNair (March 4, 1934 – February 4, 2007) was an African-American singer and actress. Born Barbara Joan McNair in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Racine, Wisconsin, McNair studied music at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago. Her big break came with a win on Arthur Godfrey's TV show Talent Scouts, which led to bookings at The Purple Onion and the Cocoanut Grove. She soon…

Known for

• Neon Signs — Grace1996
• Fatal Charm — English Teacher1990
• Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief — Self1989
• Snoops — Virginia Martin1989
• Hell Town1985
• Vega$1978
• The Jeffersons1975
• Police Woman1974
• The Organization — Valerie Tibbs1971
• They Call Me Mister Tibbs! — Valerie Tibbs1970

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

US

Active from

1934-03-04

Active to

2007-02-04

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

24,317

Total plays

105,439

Barbara McNair (March 4, 1934 - February 4, 2007) was an African-American singer and actress. Born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Racine, Wisconsin, McNair studied music at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago. Her big break came with a win on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts, which led to bookings at The Purple Onion and the Cocoanut Grove. She soon became one of the country's most popular headliners and a guest on such television variety shows as The Steve Allen Show <a href="http

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

female

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Racine

Place of death

Los Angeles

Occupation

television actor

Educated at

University of California, Los Angeles

Instrument

voice

Record label

Coral

Image

Barbara McNair 1967.JPG

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