What is Barbara Cook?
{{Infobox musical artist |name = Barbara Cook |image = Barbara Cook Shankbone Metropolitan Opera 2009.jpg |caption = Cook at the 2009 premiere of the [[Metropolitan Opera]] | image_size = | background = solo_singer |birth_date = {{birth date|1927|10|25}} |birth_place = [[Atlanta, Georgia]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2017|8|8|1927|10|25}} |death_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. |genre = [[Musical theatre]], [[traditional pop]] |occupation = [[Singer]], [[actress]] |years_active =1951–2017 |label = Urania<small>(1958–1959)</small><br />[[Columbia Records|Columbia]] <small>(1975–1977)</small><br />[[Moss Music Group]] <small>(1981-1988)</small><br />[[DRG Records|DRG]] <small>(1993–2017)</small> |website = [http://www.barbaracook.com Official website]}} '''Barbara Cook''' (October 25, 1927 &ndash; August 8, 2017) was an [[Americans|American]] singer and actress. She became known during the 1950s after starring in the original [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] [[musical theatre|musicals]] ''[[Plain and Fancy]]'' (1955), ''[[Candide (musical)|Candide]]'' (1956) and ''[[The Music Man]]'' (1957) among others, winning a [[Tony Award]] for the last. Cook died from [[respiratory failure]] on August 8, 2017 in [[New York City]] at the age of 89.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/08/theater/barbara-cook-dead.html |title=Barbara Cook, Broadway Star Who Became a Cabaret Mainstay, Dies at 89 |first=Robert D. |last=McFidden |date=August 8, 2017 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=August 8, 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.barbaracook.com/ The Official Barbara Cook Online Resource] * {{IBDB name|67151}} * {{IMDb name|0176904}} * [http://www.americantheatrewing.org/downstagecenter/detail/barbara_cook Barbara Cook] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827225636/http://www.americantheatrewing.org/downstagecenter/detail/barbara_cook |date=2008-08-27 }} - ''Downstage Center'' interview at [[Ameri