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Actress, Barbara McNair, was born Barbara Joan McNair on Mar 4, 1934 in Chicago, IL. McNair died at the age of 72 on Feb 4, 2007 in Los Angeles, CA .

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During her career Barbara experienced racism from time to time. When she appeared in "No Strings", a musical by Richard Rodgers set in Paris in which a black fashion model falls in love with a white novelist, she endured obscene phone calls and hate mail. She once walked out of an establishment in Miami that offered her a room but forbade her to swim in the hotel pool. A few times she was forced to eat in the employees' dining room at hotels she was appearing in.

Co-authored a book with Stephen Lewis entitled "The Complete Book of Beauty for the Black Woman"

Biggest influences were jazz greats Sarah Vaughan, June Christy and Peggy Lee.

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