Barbara McNair Net Worth

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Barbara McNair net worth is
$11 Million

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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), Mr. 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 like Tony Bennett, Sonny and Cher, The Righteous Brothers, Johnny Mathis, Freda Payne, and many more entertainers that became superstars.On December 15, 1976, her husband, Rick Manzie, was murdered, in their Las Vegas Bruce Street Mansion and Mafia boss-turned-FBI-informant Jimm 
Full NameBarbara McNair
Net Worth$11 Million
Date Of Birth1934-03-04
DiedFebruary 4, 2007, Los Angeles, California, United States
Height1.6 m
ProfessionActor, Singer
EducationAmerican Conservatory of Music, University of California, Los Angeles
NationalityAmerican
SpouseCharles Blecka, Ben Strahan, Rick Manzie, Jack Rafferty
ParentsClaudie McNair, Horace McNair
SiblingsJacqueline Gaither
NicknamesBarbara McNair, McNair, Barbara
IMDBhttp://imdb.com/name/nm0573552
AwardsNAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
MoviesThe Organization, They Call Me Mister Tibbs!, Change of Habit, Venus in Furs, Stiletto, Spencer's Mountain, Neon Signs, The Lonely Profession, If He Hollers, Let Him Go!
TV ShowsThe Barbara McNair Show
#Quote
1When 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)
2Lenny 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.
3When 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.
#Fact
1Within a span of four years experienced the losses of her mother - Claudie McNair (August 12, 1976), husband - Rick Manzie (December 15, 1976), mother-in-law - Pearl Manzie (June 1977), and father - Horace McNair (November 14, 1979).
2During 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 a hotel 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 in hotels at which she was performing because blacks weren't allowed to eat in the main dining room.
3Has a sister, Jacqueline Gaither.
4Mafia boss-turned-FBI-informant Aladena Fratianno (aka "Jimmy the Weasel") wrote in his book, "The Last Mafioso", that McNair's late husband, Rick Manzie, was 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, but he was murdered in 1976 before the contract was fulfilled.
5She was once voted one of the most beautiful women in the world.
6The 1970s were tragic times personally and professionally for her. Professionally, her TV variety show was canceled, she was out of recording contracts and could find no film work. On the personal side, her career suffered after she and husband Rick Manzie were charged in 1972 with heroin possession, even though she was later cleared of the charge. On December 15, 1976, Manzie, who had underworld ties, was executed gangland-style in their Las Vegas home while Barbara was in Chicago performing at a nightclub. Six months later she was testifying against her tax accountant, who cheated the IRS by compromising his rich clients (including Barbara, who wound up owing back taxes of over $137,000). In 1977 her brother Horace was arrested for forgery and burglary and imprisoned for a couple of years (he was found shot to death in 1981). Her father Horace died in 1979.
7Won Talent Scouts (1948) (aka "Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts") by singing "Lullaby of Broadway."
8Biggest influences were jazz greats Sarah Vaughan, June Christy and Peggy Lee.
9Went to UCLA for a year before going to New York.
10Toured frequently with Nat 'King' Cole in the 1960s.

Actress

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Neon Signs1996Grace
Fatal Charm1990VideoEnglish Teacher
The Redd Foxx Show1986TV SeriesJeri
Hell Town1985TV Series
Glitter1984TV SeriesMarion
The Jeffersons1984TV SeriesYvonne McBride
Vega$1978TV SeriesBeverly
Police Woman1978TV SeriesMartha Wallace
Mission: Impossible1973TV SeriesJena Cole
Mod Squad1972TV SeriesAmanda
McMillan & Wife1972TV SeriesLee Richards
The Organization1971Valerie Tibbs
To Rome with Love1970TV SeriesCeleste
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!1970Valerie Tibbs
Change of Habit1969Sister Irene
The Lonely Profession1969TV MovieDonna Travers
Venus in Furs1969Rita
Stiletto1969Ahn Dessie
If He Hollers, Let Him Go!1968Lily
Hogan's Heroes1967TV SeriesKumasa / Carol Dukes
Spotlight1967TV Series
I Spy1967TV SeriesLeona
Hollywood Talent Scouts1966TV Series
Dr. Kildare1964TV SeriesMareema Kamba
The Eleventh Hour1964TV SeriesSarah Packsey
Spencer's Mountain1963Graduation Singer (uncredited)
General Hospital1963TV SeriesAunt Bettina (1984)

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
McMillan & Wife1972TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Barbara McNair Show1970-1971TV Series performer - 2 episodes
99 Women1969performer: "The Day I Was Born"
Rowan & Martin at the Movies1968Documentary short performer: "For Once In My Life" - uncredited
If He Hollers, Let Him Go!1968performer: "A Man Has To Love", "Can't Make It With the Same Man Twice", "So Tired"
Hogan's Heroes1967TV Series performer - 1 episode
Center Stage1967TV Mini-Series performer - 1 episode
The Dean Martin Show1966TV Series performer - 1 episode
Unkissed Bride1966performer: "Queen of Soul"
The 38th Annual Academy Awards1966TV Special performer: "The Shadow of Your Smile"
The Danny Kaye Show1964TV Series performer - 1 episode

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Mike Douglas Show1962-1980TV SeriesHerself - Co-Host / Herself - Vocalist / Actress / ...
Match Game 731975TV SeriesHerself
The Irv Kupcinet Show1975TV SeriesHerself
Tattletales1975TV SeriesHerself
You Don't Say1964-1975TV SeriesHerself
Celebrity Sweepstakes1974TV SeriesHerself
Jack Paar Tonite1973TV SeriesHerself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1971-1973TV SeriesHerself
Flip1972-1973TV SeriesHerself
John Davidson with Love1972TV MovieHerself
The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour1972TV SeriesHerself
The 26th Annual Tony Awards1972TV SpecialHerself - Performer
The Dean Martin Show1965-1972TV SeriesHerself / Herself - Guest
The Hollywood Squares1969-1972TV SeriesHerself
The Carol Burnett Show1968-1971TV SeriesHerself / Herself - Guest
Rollin' on the River1971TV SeriesHerself
The Bob Hope Show1971TV SeriesHerself
Password All-Stars1971TV SeriesHerself
The Gordon MacRae Variety Special1971TV MovieHerself
The David Frost Show1971TV SeriesHerself
The 23rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards1971TV SpecialHerself - Presenter
The Barbara McNair Show1969-1971TV SeriesHerself / Herself - Host
The Don Knotts Show1971TV SeriesHerself
The Jim Nabors Hour1970-1971TV SeriesHerself
The Ed Sullivan Show1957-1970TV SeriesHerself - Singer / Herself
The 42nd Annual Academy Awards1970TV SpecialHerself - Presenter: Best Score (non-Musical)
This Is Tom Jones1970TV Series documentaryHerself
You're Putting Me On1969TV SeriesHerself
The Joey Bishop Show1967-1969TV SeriesHerself
Playboy After Dark1969TV SeriesHimself
Rowan & Martin at the Movies1968Documentary shortHerself
The Kraft Music Hall1968TV SeriesHerself
The Match Game1968TV SeriesHerself
Where the Girls Are1968TV MovieHerself
Operation: Entertainment1968TV SeriesHerself
The Bob Hope Christmas Special1968TV SpecialHerself
The Jonathan Winters Show1968TV SeriesHerself
Tienerklanken1967TV SeriesPerformer
The Hollywood Palace1965-1967TV SeriesHerself / Herself - Singer
Gypsy1967TV SeriesHerself
Center Stage1967TV Mini-SeriesHerself
The Red Skelton Hour1967TV SeriesHerself - Guest Vocalist
Swingin' Country1966TV SeriesHerself
Unkissed Bride1966Herself
The Dean Martin Summer Show1966TV SeriesHerself
Mickie Finn's1966TV SeriesHerself
The 38th Annual Academy Awards1966TV SpecialHerself - Performer
The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show1966TV SeriesHerself
The Bell Telephone Hour1964-1966TV SeriesHerself - Singer
Hullabaloo1965TV SeriesHerself
Fanfare1965TV SeriesHerself
The Celebrity Game1965TV SeriesHerself
The Merv Griffin Show1963-1965TV SeriesHerself
That Regis Philbin Show1965TV SeriesHerself
The Danny Kaye Show1964TV SeriesHerself
Freedom Spectacular1964TV MovieHerself
The Garry Moore Show1962-1963TV SeriesHerself
The Jack Paar Tonight Show1957-1962TV SeriesHerself
All That Jazz1962TV SeriesHerself - Performer
The New Steve Allen Show1961TV SeriesHerself - Singer
Sing Along with Mitch1961TV SeriesHerself
New American Bandstand 19651960TV SeriesHerself
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show1958TV SeriesHerself - Singer
The Arlene Francis Show1958TV SeriesHerself

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Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1970Image AwardImage AwardsOutstanding Lead Actress in a Motion PictureIf He Hollers, Let Him Go! (1968)

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