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Barbara McNair

Barbara McNair

Birthday: 4 March 1934, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Birth Name: Barbara Joan McNair
Height: 160 cm

Popular African-American vocalist and entertainer Barbara McNair dazzled audiences with her singing prowess and exceptional beauty for well over four decades until her death on February 4, 2007 of thr ...Show More

Barbara McNair
Lenny Bruce used to say about me that I was a Caucasian, that someone took a paintbrush and painted Show more Lenny Bruce used to say about me that I was a Caucasian, that someone took a paintbrush and painted me brown. White people are not aware that Negroes look all kinds of different ways. Hide
When I'm working in a club, I must go from one song to another rapidly, and I don't have much time t Show more When I'm working in a club, I must go from one song to another rapidly, and I don't have much time to express myself emotionally. In a movie, you can concentrate on one scene at a time. (from a 1969 interview with the Washington Post, explaining why she found movie acting more rewarding than singing) Hide
When I was making a lot of movies, they didn't want the women to look too black. But black people ob Show more When I was making a lot of movies, they didn't want the women to look too black. But black people objected to that policy, so then the industry did a reversal -- went all the way in the other direction. For the industry to limit itself to one look or another is unrealistic. Hide
Barbara McNair's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (60)
123Movies