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Barbara McNair

Barbara McNair

Acting
04 Mar 1934
04 Apr 2007
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

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 became one of the country's most popular headliners and a guest on such television variety shows as T...

Also Known As

Barbara Jean McNair, Barbara Joan McNair

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