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Barbara McNair est une Actrice Américaine née le 4 mars 1934 à Chicago (Etats-Unis)
Barbara McNair (March 4, 1934 – February 4, 2007) was an American singer and actress. Born Barbara Jean 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 The Steve Allen Show, Hullabaloo, The Bell Telephone Hour, and The Hollywood Palace, while recording for the Coral, Signature, Motown, and TEC Recording Studios labels. Among her hits were "You're Gonna Love My Baby" and "Bobby". In the early 1960s, McNair made several musical shorts for Scopitone, a franchise of coin-operated machines that showed what were the forerunners of today's music videos.
In 1967 McNair traveled with Bob Hope to Southeast Asia to perform for U.S. troops during the Vietnam War along with Raquel Welch, Elaine Dunn, Phil Crosby and 1967 Miss World Madeleine Hartog Bell. She said on stage that Hope talked her into going on the tour by promising her she'd get to meet royalty. "He let me walk his dog Prince," she joked. Among the songs she sang was an slowed-down, emotional version of "For Once in My Life."
McNair's acting career began on television, guesting on series such as Dr. Kildare, The Eleventh Hour, I Spy, Mission: Impossible, Hogan's 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 nun's habit alongside Mary Tyler Moore for Change of Habit (1969), Elvis Presley's last feature film. She portrayed Sidney Poitier's wife in They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970) and its sequel, The Organization (1971), and George Jefferson's deranged ex-girlfriend Yvonne in The Jeffersons (1984).
McNair's 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 The Barbara McNair Show, one of the first black women to host her own musical variety show. The show, which was produced in Canada by CTV (at CFTO/Toronto) lasted three seasons in first-run syndication in the United States until 1972, at the time she married Frederick Andrew Manzie (Rick Manzie). Manzie managed Barbara McNair and produced the show with Burt Rosen, they formed ABR Entertainment and the rights to the show are owned by the Manzie Family. The show starred A-list guests including Tony Bennett, Sonny and Cher, The Righteous Brothers, Johnny Mathis, Freda Payne, Mahalia Jackson, Della Reese, Lou Rawls, Rich Little, B.B. King, Ethel Waters, Debbie Reynolds, Lionel Hampton and many more entertainers that became superstars.
On December 15, 1976, her husband, Rick Manzie, was murdered, in their Las Vegas Bruce Street Mansion. Mafia boss-turned-FBI-informant Jimmy Fratianno later claimed in his book The Last Mafioso that Manzie 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. "Many believe the murder was a mafia hit, although this has never been officially proven". The ensuing publicity did little to help McNair's career.
Her recordings include Livin' End, The Real Barbara McNair, More Today Than Yesterday, Broadway Show Stoppers, A Movie Soundtrack If He Hollers, Let Him Go, I Enjoy Being a Girl, and The Ultimate Motown Collection, a two-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, in Los Angeles, survived by her husband Charles Blecka, sister Jaquline Gaither, niece Angela Rosenow, and the nephew of her late husband Frederick Manzie, John Thomas and his family.
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Barbara McNair
Nom de naissance Barbara Jean McNair
Nationalité Etats-Unis
Naissance 4 mars 1934 à Chicago (Etats-Unis)
Mort 4 avril 2007 (à 73 ans) à Los Angeles (Etats-Unis)
Nationalité Etats-Unis
Naissance 4 mars 1934 à Chicago (Etats-Unis)
Mort 4 avril 2007 (à 73 ans) à Los Angeles (Etats-Unis)
Barbara McNair (March 4, 1934 – February 4, 2007) was an American singer and actress. Born Barbara Jean 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 The Steve Allen Show, Hullabaloo, The Bell Telephone Hour, and The Hollywood Palace, while recording for the Coral, Signature, Motown, and TEC Recording Studios labels. Among her hits were "You're Gonna Love My Baby" and "Bobby". In the early 1960s, McNair made several musical shorts for Scopitone, a franchise of coin-operated machines that showed what were the forerunners of today's music videos.
In 1967 McNair traveled with Bob Hope to Southeast Asia to perform for U.S. troops during the Vietnam War along with Raquel Welch, Elaine Dunn, Phil Crosby and 1967 Miss World Madeleine Hartog Bell. She said on stage that Hope talked her into going on the tour by promising her she'd get to meet royalty. "He let me walk his dog Prince," she joked. Among the songs she sang was an slowed-down, emotional version of "For Once in My Life."
McNair's acting career began on television, guesting on series such as Dr. Kildare, The Eleventh Hour, I Spy, Mission: Impossible, Hogan's 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 nun's habit alongside Mary Tyler Moore for Change of Habit (1969), Elvis Presley's last feature film. She portrayed Sidney Poitier's wife in They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970) and its sequel, The Organization (1971), and George Jefferson's deranged ex-girlfriend Yvonne in The Jeffersons (1984).
McNair's 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 The Barbara McNair Show, one of the first black women to host her own musical variety show. The show, which was produced in Canada by CTV (at CFTO/Toronto) lasted three seasons in first-run syndication in the United States until 1972, at the time she married Frederick Andrew Manzie (Rick Manzie). Manzie managed Barbara McNair and produced the show with Burt Rosen, they formed ABR Entertainment and the rights to the show are owned by the Manzie Family. The show starred A-list guests including Tony Bennett, Sonny and Cher, The Righteous Brothers, Johnny Mathis, Freda Payne, Mahalia Jackson, Della Reese, Lou Rawls, Rich Little, B.B. King, Ethel Waters, Debbie Reynolds, Lionel Hampton and many more entertainers that became superstars.
On December 15, 1976, her husband, Rick Manzie, was murdered, in their Las Vegas Bruce Street Mansion. Mafia boss-turned-FBI-informant Jimmy Fratianno later claimed in his book The Last Mafioso that Manzie 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. "Many believe the murder was a mafia hit, although this has never been officially proven". The ensuing publicity did little to help McNair's career.
Her recordings include Livin' End, The Real Barbara McNair, More Today Than Yesterday, Broadway Show Stoppers, A Movie Soundtrack If He Hollers, Let Him Go, I Enjoy Being a Girl, and The Ultimate Motown Collection, a two-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, in Los Angeles, survived by her husband Charles Blecka, sister Jaquline Gaither, niece Angela Rosenow, and the nephew of her late husband Frederick Manzie, John Thomas and his family.
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L'Organisation (1971)
, 1h43Réalisé par Don Medford
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Thriller, Action, Policier
Acteurs Sidney Poitier, Barbara McNair, Sheree North, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Raúl Juliá, Billy "Green" Bush
Rôle Valerie Tibbs
Note60%
Dans les ténèbres de la nuit, six silhouettes masquées cambriolent une usine de meubles d'apparence respectable et subtilisent pour plusieurs millions de dollars d'héroïne ! Toutefois, il ne s'agit pas de cambrioleurs ordinaires, mais d'une bande d'anciens toxicomanes, devenus militants face à l'incapacité du gouvernement à combattre les problèmes de drogue de la ville. Ils contactent Tibbs, lui avouent le cambriolage et le supplient de leur venir en aide.
Appelez-moi Monsieur Tibbs (1970)
, 1h48Réalisé par Gordon Douglas
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Thriller, Action, Policier
Acteurs Sidney Poitier, Martin Landau, Barbara McNair, Anthony Zerbe, Edward Asnere, Jeff Corey
Rôle Valerie Tibbs
Note59%
Virgil Tibbs est chargé d'enquêter sur le meurtre d'une prostituée auquel serait mêlé un prédicateur libéral qui se trouve être aussi un candidat aux élections municipales. Il doit aussi affronter des problèmes dans sa vie de couple et de père de famille avec un adolescent rebelle.
L'habit ne fait pas la femme (1969)
, 1h33Réalisé par William A. Graham
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Musical, Policier, Romance
Thèmes La musique, Religion, Musique
Acteurs Elvis Presley, Mary Tyler Moore, Virginia Vincent, Edward Asnere, Barbara McNair, Timothy Carey
Rôle Sister Irene Hawkins
Note59%
Afin de confirmer leurs foi, trois bonnes sœurs (dont l'une Mary Tyler Moore) partent dans la société laïque déguisées en civiles. Une des sœurs rencontre alors le Dr. John Carpenter (Elvis Presley) qui s'occupe des enfants atteint autistes et problème mentaux. Alors rapidement, sœur Michelle (Mary Tyler Moore) tombe amoureuse du docteur et se retrouve confrontée à un choix plus que difficile : l'amour pour Dieu ou l'amour de l'homme qu'elle aime ?
Stiletto (1969)
, 1h38Réalisé par Bernard L. Kowalski
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Thriller, Policier
Thèmes L'immigration, Mafia, La mer, Transport, Gangsters
Acteurs Alex Cord, Britt Ekland, Patrick O'Neal, Joseph Wiseman, Barbara McNair, John Dehner
Rôle Ahn Dessie
Note51%
Un play-boy de la jet-set mène en fait une double vie : il est aussi tueur à gages pour la mafia. Mais quand il décide de se retirer, il se rend compte que ses anciens employeurs souhaitent se débarrasser de lui parce qu'il sait trop de choses sur eux.
Venus in Furs (1969)
, 1h26Réalisé par Jesús Franco
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Science-fiction, Erotique, Thriller, Fantasy, Horreur, Musical, Thriller érotique
Thèmes Sexualité, Erotique, Thriller érotique
Acteurs James Darren, Barbara McNair, Maria Rohm, Klaus Kinski, Dennis Price, Margaret Lee
Rôle Rita
Note55%
Jimmy Logan, trompettiste de jazz, il noie son manque d'inspiration dans l'alcool et la drogue. Sur la plage de la Mer noire, pas loin d'Istanbul, alors qu'il s'y promène, il découvre le cadavre d'une jeune femme noyée, visiblement victime d'un meurtre. Rapidement, il se souvient de l'avoir vue vivante la veille, lors d'une soirée organisée par un playboy fortuné, le millionnaire Ahmed. Elle s'appelait Wanda et Jimmy était immédiatement tombé sous son charme. Au cours de la fête, il avait assisté, sans intervenir, à son viol par leur hôte, Ahmed, et de deux de ses amis.
The Unkissed Bride (1966)
, 1h22Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie
Acteurs Tommy Kirk, Anne Helm, Jacques Bergerac, Barbara McNair, Danica d'Hondt, Henny Youngman
Rôle Elle-même
Note41%
Newlyweds Ted (Kirk) and Margie Hastings (Helm) go on honeymoon at the hotel of Margie's uncle, Jacques Phillipe (Bergerac).
La montagne des neuf Spencer (1963)
, 1h58Réalisé par Delmer Daves, Robert Totten
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Comédie, Comédie dramatique
Acteurs Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Hara, James MacArthur, Donald Crisp, Mimsy Farmer, Wally Cox
Rôle Graduation Singer (uncredited)
Note69%
Clay Spencer, un courageux fermier, est marié avec Olivia et père d’une famille nombreuse. Son rêve est de construire, pour les siens, une nouvelle et spacieuse maison tout en haut de la colline de son lopin de terre. Mais divers évènements (notamment des problèmes financiers) vont contrarier son projet : terrain agricole trop cher, départ du fils aîné pour l’université…