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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Barbara 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 Godfreys TV show Talent Scouts, which led to bookings at The Purple Onion and the Cocoanut Grove. She soon became one of the countrys most popular headliners and a guest on such television variety shows as The Steve Allen Show, Hullabaloo, The Bell Telephone Hour, and The Hollywood Palace, while recording for the Coral, Signature, and Motown labels. Among her hits were Youre Gonna Love My Baby and Bobby. In the early 60s, Barbara made several musical shorts for Scopitone, a franchise of coin-operated machines that showed what were the forerunners of todays music videos. McNairs acting career began on television, guesting on series such as Dr. Kildare, The Eleventh Hour, I Spy, Mission Impossible, Hogans Heroes and McMillan and Wife. McNair posed nude for Playboy in the October 1968 issue. She caught the attention of the movie-going public with her much-publicized nude sequences in the gritty crime drama If He Hollers Let Him Go (1968) opposite Raymond St. Jacques, then donned a nuns habit alongside Mary Tyler Moore for Change of Habit (1969), Elvis Presleys last feature film. She portrayed Sidney Poitiers wife in They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! (1970) and its sequel, The Organization (1971). McNairs Broadway credits include The Body Beautiful (1958), No Strings (1962), and a revival of The Pajama Game (1973). McNair starred in her own 1969 television variety series, but it lasted only one season, despite the wattage provided by A-list guests like Tony Bennett and Sonny and Cher, and offers began to dwindle. On December 15, 1976, her husband, Rick Manzi, was murdered, and Mafia boss-turned-FBI-informant Jimmy Fratianno later claimed in his book The Last Mafioso that Manzi had been a Mafia associate who tried to put a contract on the life of a mob-associated tax attorney with whom he had a legal dispute. The ensuing publicity did little to help McNairs floundering career. Her recordings include Livin End, I Enjoy Being a Girl, and The Ultimate Motown Collection, a 2-CD set with 48 tracks that include her two albums for the label plus a non-album single and B-side and an entire LP that never was released. Into her seventies, McNair resided in the Los Angeles area, playing tennis and skiing to keep in shape on a regular basis and touring on occasion. She died on February 4, 2007, of throat cancer, survived by her husband Charles Blecka. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barbara McNair, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Grace
Film 1996
Valerie Tibbs
Film 1970
Rita
Film 1969
Graduation Singer (uncredited)
Film 1963
Valerie Tibbs
Film 1971
Lily
Film 1968
Ahn Dessie
Film 1969
English Teacher
Film 1990
Herself
Film 1966
Self
Film 1968
Donna Travers
Film 1969
Tv 1975
Self
Tv 1962
Tv 1968
Kumasa
Tv 1965
Self
Tv 1957
Tv 1966
Tv 1969
Tv 1978
Tv 1974
Self - Singer
Tv 1964
Tv 1969
Self
Tv 1965
Self
Tv 1970
Tv 1985
Self - Singer
Tv 1956
Self - Host
Tv 1969
Mareema Kamba
Tv 1961
Self
Tv 1953
Self
Tv 1961
Self
Tv 1962
Self
Tv 1948
Self
Tv 1967
Self - Performer
Tv 1956
Self - Guest
Tv 1967
Self
Tv 1957
Self
Tv 1963
Self
Tv 1958
Virginia Martin
Tv 1989
Tv 1966
