Who Is The Most Famous Barbara In The World?

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How many celebrities named Barbara can you think of? The famous Barbaras below have many different professions, including notable actors named Barbara, famous journalists named Barbara, and even musicians named Barbara.

Barbra Streisand is certainly one of the most famous Barbaras on this list. One of the famous singers named Barbra, she has released more than 10 chart-topping albums. Barbra Streisand is also an accomplished actress having starred in Funny Girl, Yentl, The Way We Were, and other movies. Barbara Rhoades is also one of the famous actresses named Barbara. 

Another of the famous people with the first name Barbara is Barbara Walters. She is an award-winning journalist known for her comprehensive interviews. Michael Jackson, Vladimir Putin, and Katharine Hepburn are among the big names she interviewed throughout her career.

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  • Barbra Streisand
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    Barbra Streisand

    04/24/1942
    Barbra Streisand, an icon in the entertainment industry, has spent over six decades mesmerizing audiences with her multifaceted talents. Born on April 24, 1942, in Brooklyn, New York, she embarked on her journey to stardom at a young age, demonstrating an innate ability for singing and acting. Her career began in nightclubs before she eventually found herself on Broadway, where she quickly became a sensation. Her role in Funny Girl catapulted her to fame, earning her a Tony nomination and paving the way for her illustrious career in Hollywood. Streisand's entry into the film industry was marked by her reprising her role in the movie adaptation of Funny Girl, which earned her an Academy Award for Best Actress, tying with Katharine Hepburn. This marked the beginning of a long and successful career in cinema, with notable roles in films like The Way We Were, Yentl, and The Prince of Tides. Not just confined to acting, Streisand displayed her versatility by venturing into directing and producing, making her one of the few women in Hollywood to successfully wear multiple hats. In fact, her directorial debut, Yentl, made her the first woman to win a Golden Globe for Best Director. Apart from her impressive acting and directing careers, Streisand is also revered for her singing prowess. She has released over 50 albums, many of which have achieved multi-platinum status. Her distinctive voice and emotive performances have earned her numerous accolades, including ten Grammy Awards. Moreover, she is one of the few artists to have received the much-coveted EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) status, a testament to her enduring influence in the entertainment industry. Despite facing personal and professional challenges, Barbra Streisand's unwavering dedication and raw talent have solidified her legacy as one of the most influential figures in the world of entertainment.
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  • Barbara Stanwyck
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    Barbara Stanwyck

    07/16/1907
    Barbara Stanwyck, born Ruby Catherine Stevens on July 16, 1907, in Brooklyn, New York, rose from humble beginnings to become one of Hollywood's most respected and enduring stars. Orphaned at the tender age of four, Stanwyck was primarily raised by her older sister, Mildred. Her rough-and-tumble upbringing, characterized by poverty and a tumultuous family life, likely shaped her gritty, no-nonsense screen persona. She started her career as a chorus girl and Broadway actress before making the leap to the silver screen. Stanwyck's film debut came in 1927 with Broadway Nights, but it was her role in Stella Dallas (1937) that solidified her standing in Hollywood. Her portrayal of a working-class mother willing to sacrifice everything for her daughter's social advancement earned her an Academy Award nomination. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, Stanwyck showcased her versatility across genres, starring in memorable films such as Meet John Doe, Double Indemnity, and Christmas in Connecticut. Known for her tireless work ethic and professionalism, Stanwyck appeared in over eighty films during her career, earning four Academy Award nominations and an honorary Oscar in 1982. Despite her success in film, Stanwyck made a seamless transition to television in the late 1950s, further demonstrating her adaptability as a performer. She starred in several successful series, including The Barbara Stanwyck Show, which won her an Emmy Award in 1961, and The Big Valley, where she played the matriarch of a frontier family. Stanwyck continued to act well into her seventies, finally retiring in the 1980s. She passed away in 1990, leaving behind a legacy of finely crafted performances that continue to resonate with audiences today.
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  • Barbara Walters
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    Barbara Walters

    09/25/1929
    Barbara Walters, born on September 25, 1929, in Boston, Massachusetts, is a pioneering figure in American broadcast journalism. The daughter of Dena (Seletsky) and Lou Walters, a Broadway producer and nightclub owner, she channeled her exposure to the entertainment world into a career in journalism. Walters graduated with a degree in English from Sarah Lawrence College in 1951. She began her career as a writer and researcher for NBC's The Today Show, eventually climbing the ranks to become the first female co-host of the show in 1974. Walters's groundbreaking career has seen her interview a myriad of influential figures, from celebrities to world leaders. Her distinctive interviewing style, which combines probing questions with a personal approach, has made her an icon in the field. Known for her ability to elicit emotional responses from her subjects, Walters has conducted some of the most-watched interviews in television history. Among her notable interviewees are Fidel Castro, Michael Jackson, and Monica Lewinsky, the latter drawing an astonishing 74 million viewers. In 1976, Walters made history once again by becoming the first woman to co-anchor a network evening news program when she joined ABC Evening News. Despite facing initial criticism, she became a respected figure in the industry. In addition to her work on news programs, Walters also created and co-hosted The View, a popular daytime talk show that debuted in 1997. Over the years, Walters has received multiple awards for her contribution to journalism, including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Her legacy continues to inspire aspiring journalists around the world.
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  • Barbara Eden
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    Barbara Eden

    08/23/1931
    Best known for her iconic role as Jeannie in the classic television series I Dream of Jeannie, Barbara Eden is an American actress who has made an indelible mark on Hollywood. Born on August 23, 1931, in Tucson, Arizona, Eden's passion for the arts was evident from a young age. After winning a beauty pageant in high school, she moved to San Francisco to study singing and acting at the prestigious San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Eden began her career in Hollywood with minor roles in popular shows during the 1950s, including I Love Lucy and The Johnny Carson Show. In 1960, she debuted on the big screen in the movie Flaming Star, sharing the screen with the legendary Elvis Presley. However, it was in 1965 that Eden catapulted to stardom by landing the leading role in I Dream of Jeannie. The show ran for five seasons, and Eden's portrayal of the charming and mischievous 2,000-year-old genie won hearts worldwide, becoming her most enduring legacy. Despite the end of I Dream of Jeannie, Eden's career did not slow down. She went on to appear in numerous television shows and movies, including Harper Valley PTA, where she played the lead role, and Dallas, where she reprised her role as Jeannie in a guest appearance. Off-screen, Eden is a published author, her autobiography Jeannie Out of the Bottle detailing her journey through Hollywood. With a career spanning over six decades, Barbara Eden remains an indispensable icon in the world of entertainment.
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  • Barbara Palvin
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    Barbara Palvin

    10/08/1993
    Barbara Palvin (pronounced [ˈbɒrbɒrɒ ˈpɒlvin]; born 8 October 1993) is a Hungarian model. She first appeared in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 2016. In 2019, she became a Victoria’s Secret Angel.
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  • Barbara Schöneberger
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    Barbara Schöneberger (born 5 March 1974) is a German actress, singer, and TV presenter.
  • Barbara Bel Geddes
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    Barbara Bel Geddes

    10/31/1922
    Barbara Bel Geddes (October 31, 1922 – August 8, 2005) was an American stage and screen actress, artist, and children's author whose career spanned six decades. She was best known for her starring role as Miss Ellie Ewing in the television series Dallas. Bel Geddes also starred as Maggie in the original Broadway production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in 1955. Her notable films included I Remember Mama (1948) and Vertigo (1958). Throughout her career, she was the recipient of several acting awards and nominations.
  • Barbara Sinatra
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    Barbara Sinatra

    10/16/1927
    Barbara Marx Sinatra (née Blakeley; March 10, 1927 – July 25, 2017) was an American model, showgirl, socialite, philanthropist, and the fourth wife of Frank Sinatra.
  • Barbara Rush
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    Barbara Rush

    01/04/1927
    Barbara Rush (January 4, 1927 – March 31, 2024) was an American actress. In 1954, Rush won the Golden Globe Award as Most Promising Female Newcomer for her role in the 1953 American science-fiction film It Came from Outer Space. Later in her career, Rush became a regular performer in the television series Peyton Place and appeared in TV movies, miniseries, and a variety of other programs, including the soap opera All My Children and family drama 7th Heaven, as well as starring in films, including The Young Philadelphians, The Young Lions, Robin and the 7 Hoods, and Hombre.
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  • Barbara Bush
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    Barbara Bush

    06/08/1925
    Barbara Pierce Bush (born Barbara Pierce; June 8, 1925 – April 17, 2018) was the first lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993 as the wife of George H. W. Bush, who served as the 41st president of the United States, and founder of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy. She previously was the second lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Among her six children are George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States, and Jeb Bush, the 43rd governor of Florida. Barbara Pierce was born in New York City. She met George Herbert Walker Bush at the age of sixteen, and the two married in Rye, New York in 1945, while he was on leave during his deployment as a Naval officer in World War II. They moved to Texas in 1948, where George later began his political career.
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  • Barbara Mandrell
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    Barbara Mandrell

    12/25/1948
    Barbara Ann Mandrell (born December 25, 1948) is an American country music singer, musician, and actress. She is known for a long series of country hits in the 1970s and 1980s as well as her own prime-time variety TV show on NBC that helped her become one of country's most successful female vocalists of that period. She gave her last concert at the Grand Ole Opry House on October 23, 1997, and subsequently retired from performing music. Mandrell was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2009. Although retired, Mandrell is still a member of the Grand Ole Opry; an honor she has held since 1972.Mandrell was the first performer to win the Country Music Association's "Entertainer of the Year" award twice (1980, 1981). She also won the Country Music Association's "Female Vocalist of the Year" in 1979 and 1981. Mandrell's first Billboard number-one hit was 1978's "Sleeping Single in a Double Bed", immediately followed by "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" in early 1979. In 1980, "Years" also reached number one. She added one more chart topper in each of the next three years. "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" (her signature song), then "'Till You're Gone" and "One of a Kind Pair of Fools"—all hit number one between 1981 and 1983, a period during which Mandrell also received numerous industry awards and accolades.
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  • Barbara Meier
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    Barbara Meier

    07/25/1986
    Barbara Meier (born 25 July 1986) is a German fashion model and actress. She is best known as the winner of the second season of Germany's Next Topmodel by Heidi Klum.
  • Barbara Fialho
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    Barbara Fialho

    12/21/1987
    Barbara Fialho (born December 21, 1987) is a Brazilian model and singer.
  • Barbara Hershey
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    Barbara Hershey

    02/05/1948
    Barbara Hershey (born Barbara Lynn Herzstein; February 5, 1948), once known as Barbara Seagull, is an American actress. In a career spanning more than 50 years, she has played a variety of roles on television and in cinema in several genres, including westerns and comedies. She began acting at age 17 in 1965 but did not achieve much critical acclaim until the latter half of the 1980s. By that time, the Chicago Tribune referred to her as "one of America's finest actresses."Hershey won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries/TV Film for her role in A Killing in a Small Town (1990). She received Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mary Magdalene in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) and for her role in The Portrait of a Lady (1996). For the latter film, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and won the Los Angeles Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has won two Best Actress awards at the Cannes Film Festival for her roles in Shy People (1987) and A World Apart (1988). She was featured in Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), for which she was nominated for the British Academy Film Award for Best Supporting Actress and Garry Marshall's melodrama Beaches (1988), and she earned a second British Academy Film Award nomination for Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan (2010). Establishing a reputation early in her career as a "hippie", Hershey experienced conflict between her personal life and her acting goals. Her career suffered a decline during a six-year relationship with actor David Carradine, with whom she had a child. She experimented with a change in stage name that she later regretted. During this time, her personal life was highly publicized and ridiculed. Her acting career was not well established until she separated from Carradine and changed her stage name back to Hershey. Later in her career, she began to keep her personal life private.
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  • Barbara Bach
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    Barbara Bach

    08/27/1947
    Barbara Bach, Lady Starkey (born August 27, 1947) is an American actress and model, best known for her role as the Bond girl Anya Amasova in The Spy Who Loved Me.
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  • Barbara Boxer
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    Barbara Boxer

    11/11/1940
    Barbara Levy Boxer (born November 11, 1940) is a retired American politician who served as a United States senator for California from 1993 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 1993. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Boxer graduated from George Wingate High School and Brooklyn College. She worked as a stockbroker for several years before moving to California with her husband. During the 1970s, she worked as a journalist for the Pacific Sun and as an aide to U.S. Representative John L. Burton. She served on the Marin County Board of Supervisors for six years and became the board's first female president. With the slogan "Barbara Boxer Gives a Damn", she was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1982, representing California District 6. She sat on the House Armed Services Committee, and was involved in government oversight, passing several procurement reforms. Boxer won the 1992 election for the U.S. Senate. She previously held the record for the most votes in any U.S. Senate election in history, having received 6.96 million votes in her 2004 re-election, until her colleague, Dianne Feinstein, the senior senator from California, surpassed that number in her 2012 re-election. Boxer and Feinstein were the first female pair of U.S. Senators representing any state at the same time. Boxer was the ranking member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and the vice chair of the Select Committee on Ethics. She was also the Democratic Chief Deputy Whip. Although generally identified with the San Francisco Bay Area, where her political career began, Boxer now lives in the Coachella Valley. At the time of her retirement, Boxer ranked eleventh in seniority in the United States Senate, and was the most senior junior Senator from the retirement of Tom Harkin in January 2015 until her own retirement two years later. She was also dean of the California Congressional Delegation, despite being the Junior Senator from California, as she spent 10 years as a US Representative for California's 6th district before being elected to the Senate in 1993. On January 8, 2015, Boxer announced that she would not seek re-election in 2016. She was succeeded by former California Attorney General Kamala Harris.
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  • Barbara Steele
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    Barbara Steele

    12/29/1937
    Barbara Steele (born 29 December 1937) is a British film actress and producer. She is best known for starring in Italian Gothic horror films of the 1960s. Her breakthrough performance was in Black Sunday (1960 film), where she played the dual role of Princess Katia and Princess Asa Vajda. Additionally, Steele had supporting parts in Federico Fellini's 8½ (1963), and appeared on television in the 1991 miniseries Dark Shadows. Steele has appeared in several films in the 2010s, including a lead role in The Butterfly Room (2012) and supporting role in Ryan Gosling's Lost River (2014).
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  • Barbara Kingsolver
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    Barbara Kingsolver (born April 8, 1955) is an American novelist, essayist and poet. She was raised in rural Kentucky and lived briefly in the Congo in her early childhood. Kingsolver earned degrees in biology at DePauw University and the University of Arizona and worked as a freelance writer before she began writing novels. Her widely known works include The Poisonwood Bible, the tale of a missionary family in the Congo, and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, a non-fiction account of her family's attempts to eat locally. Her work often focuses on topics such as social justice, biodiversity and the interaction between humans and their communities and environments. Each of her books published since 1993 has been on the New York Times Best Seller list. Kingsolver has received numerous awards, including the Dayton Literary Peace Prize's Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award 2011, UK's Orange Prize for Fiction 2010, for The Lacuna, and the National Humanities Medal. She has been nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Pulitzer Prize. In 2000, Kingsolver established the Bellwether Prize to support "literature of social change".
  • Barbara La Marr
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    Barbara La Marr

    07/28/1896
    Barbara La Marr (born Reatha Dale Watson; July 28, 1896 – January 30, 1926) was an American film actress and screenwriter who appeared in 27 films during her career between 1920 and 1926. La Marr was also noted by the media for her beauty, dubbed as the "Girl Who Is Too Beautiful," as well as her tumultuous personal life. Born in Yakima, Washington, La Marr spent her early life in the Pacific Northwest before relocating with her family to California when she was a teenager. After performing in vaudeville and working as a dancer in New York City, she moved to Los Angeles with her second husband and became a screenplay writer for Fox Film, writing several successful films for the company. She finally was "discovered" by Douglas Fairbanks who gave her a prominent role in The Nut (1921), then cast her as Milady de Winter in his production of The Three Musketeers (1921). After two further career-boosting films with director Rex Ingram (his version of The Prisoner of Zenda and the Gothic drama Trifling Women, both with Ramon Novarro), La Marr signed with Arthur H. Sawyer to make several films for various studios, including The Hero (1923), Souls for Sale (1923), and The Shooting of Dan McGrew (1924), the first and last of which she co-wrote. During her career, La Marr became known as the pre-eminent vamp of the 1920s; she partied and drank heavily, once remarking to the press that she only slept two hours a night. In 1924, her health began to falter after a series of crash diets for comeback roles further affected her lifestyle, leading to her death from pulmonary tuberculosis and nephritis at age 29. She was posthumously honored on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to the film industry.
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  • Barbara Taylor Bradford
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    Barbara Taylor Bradford (born 10 May 1933) is a best-selling British-American novelist. Her debut novel, A Woman of Substance, was published in 1979 and has sold over 30 million copies worldwide. To date, she has written 35 novels—all bestsellers on both sides of the Atlantic.
  • Barbara Hale
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    Barbara Hale

    04/18/1922
    Barbara Hale (April 18, 1922 – January 26, 2017) was an American actress best known for her role as legal secretary Della Street in the television series Perry Mason (1957–1966), earning her a 1959 Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She reprised the role in 30 Perry Mason movies for television (1985–1995). Her film roles included The Window (1949), in which she starred as the mother of a boy who witnesses a murder.
  • Barbara Carrera
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    Barbara Carrera

    09/01/1944
    Barbara Carrera (born Barbara Kingsbury; December 31, 1945) is a Nicaraguan American film and television actress and former model. She is known for her roles as SPECTRE assassin Fatima Blush in Never Say Never Again, as Maria in The Island of Dr. Moreau, and as Angelica Nero on the soap opera Dallas.
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  • Barbara Knox
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    Barbara Knox

    09/30/1933
    Barbara Knox, MBE (née Brothwood, formerly Mullaney) (born 30 September 1933) is a British actress, known for her long-running portrayal of newsagent Rita Fairclough in the television soap opera Coronation Street. She first appeared as Rita Littlewood for one episode in December 1964, before returning to the show as a full-time cast member in January 1972, a role which she has continued to play for the past 47 years. Since the departure of her co-star and friend Eileen Derbyshire in January 2016, Knox has become the show’s second-longest serving cast member after William Roache. Knox made her professional stage debut in 1962 at the Oldham Coliseum Theatre, had a small role as a dancer in the 1969 remake of Goodbye Mr. Chips and appeared opposite Ken Dodd in his 1972 comedy series Funny You Should Say That. She won the 1989 TV Times Award for Best Actress for one of her best remembered storylines, involving the Alan Bradley character. In 2006, she won the British Soap Award for Best On-Screen Partnership with Malcolm Hebden, having previously received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2004 ceremony. She was made an MBE in the 2010 Queen's Birthday Honours.
  • Barbara Ehrenreich
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    Barbara Ehrenreich (; born August 26, 1941) is an American author and political activist who describes herself as "a myth buster by trade" and has been called "a veteran muckraker" by The New Yorker. During the 1980s and early 1990s she was a prominent figure in the Democratic Socialists of America. She is a widely read and award-winning columnist and essayist, and author of 21 books. Ehrenreich is perhaps best known for her 2001 book Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America. A memoir of Ehrenreich's three-month experiment surviving on minimum wage as a waitress, hotel maid, house cleaner, nursing-home aide, and Wal-Mart clerk, it was described by Newsweek magazine as "jarring" and "full of riveting grit," and by The New Yorker as an "exposé" putting "human flesh on the bones of such abstractions as 'living wage' and 'affordable housing'." She is a recipient of a Lannan Literary Award.
  • Barbara Parkins
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    Barbara Parkins

    05/22/1942
    Barbara Parkins (born May 22, 1942) is a Canadian-American former actress, singer, and dancer.
  • Barbara Feldon
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    Barbara Feldon

    03/12/1933
    Barbara Feldon (born March 12, 1933) is an American character actress who works mostly in the theatre, but is primarily known for her roles on television. Her most prominent role was that of Agent 99 on the 1960s sitcom Get Smart. She also worked as a model.
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  • Barbara McNair
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    Barbara McNair

    03/04/1934
    Barbara Jean McNair (March 4, 1934 – February 4, 2007) was an American singer and theater, television and film actress. McNair's career spanned over five decades appearing in television, film and stage. McNair's professional career began in music during the late 1950s, singing in the nightclub circuit. In 1958, McNair released her debut single "Till There Was You" from Coral Records which was a commercial success. McNair performed all across the world, touring with Nat King Cole and later appearing in his Broadway stage shows I'm with You and The Merry World of Nat King Cole in the early 1960s. By the 1970s, McNair gradually changed over to acting in films and television; she played Sidney Poitier's wife in They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970) and its sequel, The Organization (1971). In her later years, McNair returned to performing in nightclubs and on cruise ships. McNair died from throat cancer on February 4, 2007 at age 72.
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  • Barbara Windsor
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    Barbara Windsor

    08/06/1937
    Dame Barbara Windsor, (born Barbara Ann Deeks; 6 August 1937), is an English actress, known for her appearances in the Carry On films and for playing Peggy Mitchell in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders. She joined the cast of EastEnders in 1994 and won the 1999 British Soap Award for Best Actress, before finally leaving the show in 2016. Windsor began her career on stage in 1950 at the age of 13 and made her film debut as a schoolgirl in The Belles of St Trinian's (1954). She received a BAFTA Award nomination for the film Sparrows Can't Sing (1963), and a Tony Award nomination for the 1964 Broadway production of Oh, What A Lovely War!. In 1972, she starred opposite Vanessa Redgrave in the West End production of The Threepenny Opera. Between 1964 and 1974, she appeared in nine Carry On films, including Carry On Spying (1964), Carry On Doctor (1967), Carry On Camping (1969), Carry On Henry (1971) and Carry On Abroad (1972). She also co-presented the 1977 Carry On compilation That's Carry On!. Other film roles include A Study in Terror (1965), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), and as the voice of Mallymkun -The Dormouse in Alice in Wonderland (2010) and Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016). She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to charity and entertainment.
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  • Barbara Hambly
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    Barbara Hambly

    08/28/1951
    Barbara Hambly (born August 28, 1951) is an American novelist and screenwriter within the genres of fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and historical fiction. She has a bestselling mystery series featuring a free man of color, a musician and physician, in New Orleans in the antebellum years. She also wrote a novel about Mary Todd Lincoln. Her science fiction novels occur within an explicit multiverse, as well as within previously existing settings (notably as established by Star Trek and Star Wars).
  • Barbara Crampton
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    Barbara Crampton

    12/27/1958
    Barbara Crampton (born December 27, 1958) is an American actress. She made her screen debut on the daytime drama Days of Our Lives (1983), and her film debut in 1984's Body Double before starring in the horror comedy Re-Animator (1985). Crampton has since starred in a variety of films including Chopping Mall (1986), From Beyond (1986), Castle Freak (1995), You're Next (2011), We Are Still Here (2015), and Little Sister (2016). She is also known for playing Leanna Love on the television series The Young and the Restless (1987–93; 1998–2002; 2006–07) for which she was nominated for a Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Villainess in a Drama Series – Daytime in 1990. She recently portrayed Vanessa Moss in the Syfy television series Channel Zero: The Dream Door (2018).