Little Richard performs, "Greenwood, Mississippi" & "Somebody Saw You"
comic Billy Baxter
[citation needed] With her parents' persuasion, McNair began singing in school productions and during church services. guests
31Oct1970
[25] The Barbara McNair Show
Barbara sings "Son of a Preacher Man" & "Gypsy" medley
Bob Blasser
guests
Guests
guests
soul singer Bill Medley sings, "Hey, Jude"
Popular African-American vocalist and entertainer Barbara McNair dazzled audiences with her singing prowess and exceptional beauty for well over four decades until her death on February 4, 2007 of throat cancer in Los Angeles. She is a writer and producer, known for Baywatch (1989), SAF3 (2013) and Baywatch Nights (1995). She was previously married to Harris Yulin. 2.08 [33] The Barbara McNair Show
Highlights:
Johnny Mathis
(04Jul71 New York, WOR-9, 9pm)
Meanwhile, McNair, who performed at the Condesa del Mar nightclub in Chicago the night before, was taken away in tears after Windy City reporters informed her Manzie had been shot to death. Bobby Vee
28Feb1971
guests
| Musical Highlights:
She is an actress and producer, known for The Wedding Singer (1998), Back Stabber (2016) and Big Momma's House 2 (2006). 2.10 [35] The Barbara McNair Show
Highlights:
Stender revealed that on Nov. 1, 1973, at a paper-signing ceremony at the Margolis office in Saratoga, the Barb was sold to a Panamanian company, Presentaciones Musicales, S.A. for $250,000. John Gary performs, "The Straight Life," "If You Go Away". 9:00pm) [03] The Barbara McNair Show 28Sep1969 (rerun 23Aug70) guests 2.28 [53] The Barbara McNair Show
Popular African-American vocalist and entertainer Barbara McNair dazzled audiences with her singing prowess and exceptional beauty for well over four decades until her death on February 4, 2007 of throat cancer in Los Angeles. 2.01 [26] The Barbara McNair Show
Sandra O'Neill then sings the bluesy song "The Music That Makes Me Dance" from
Guests
(26Feb1971, Worchester, WSMV-27, Fri. 7:30pm)
She is an actress, known for CHIPS (2017), Mercy for Angels (2015) and Scarface: The World Is Yours (2006). comic duo Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon
Popular African-American vocalist and entertainer Barbara McNair dazzled audiences with her singing prowess and exceptional beauty for well over four decades until her death on February 4, 2007 of throat cancer in Los Angeles. Gordy Tapp ("Hee Haw")
Erhard wasnt, but he was unable to dissociate himself -it was Harry, not he, who controlled est! Barbara McNair sings "Don't Rain on My Parade," and
Soon after joining the popular combo, she and another member of the band began seeing each other and moved in together; he taught her Portuguese, the language of his Gwen Welles was born on March 4, 1951 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. Bobby Orr
(1970) and its sequel, The Organization (1971).
Tranquility Base
Guitarist Carlos Montoya
talent co-ordinator Sheldon Schultz
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. In December 1972, months after her wedding to Manzie, McNair, while on the nightclub circuit, answered her hotel room door in McAfree, New Jersey, and signed for delivery of a small package. Barbara Jean McNair (March 4, 1934 - February 4, 2007) was an American singer and theater, television and film actress. 21Feb1971
Her father Harold was a recording executive and her mother Erma was an actress. Highlights:
Barbara sings "Softly, as I Leave You." (22Aug71 WOR-TV New York City, Ind. Up Your Back Yard"
He said he had never been asked.. 11:30pm)
On July 1973, Dean Martin officially gets released from Riviera contract, so that he can began his contract to perform at MGM Grand when it opens (for him) in Dec. 1973. DeSantis: Youre a History Grad.
2.04 [29] The Barbara McNair Show
Dont fight the power, serve the powerful, starting with Werner. McNair's then-husband Rick Manzie was later charged with the crime and charges against McNair were dropped in April 1973. His clients were, on the whole, loyal to him. Fiona Lewis was born on September 28, 1946 in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK. (22Nov70 WOR-9, Sun., 6pm)
"Gentle on My Mind". Produced & directed by Jorn Winther
The Machinery (rock group)
Comic Sandy Baron
FBI agent Bud Hall said that less than a month after Manzies death, on January 12, 1977, Spilotro had a conversation with fellow Mob figure Frank The Bomp Bompensiero. A jazz stylist influenced by the great Sarah Vaughan at first, she gently eased into popular music. comics Patchett and Tarses
She is an actress, known for Cabaret (1972), Barry Lyndon (1975) and Cinman (2009). a Winters/Rosen television production
(18Jul71 New York WOR-9, 9pm)
2.17 [42] The Barbara McNair Show
Mary Charlotte Wilcox was born on October 29, 1947 in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada. the singing King Cousins perform "Walk on By". guests
On a trip to California she met Stunningly gorgeous, sensuous, and voluptuous brunette knockout Marie Liljedahl briefly steamed up the screen in a handful of highly erotic soft-core exploitation features made in the late 1960's and early 1970's. Friendly Persuasion
Barbara sings a "Porgy and Bess" medley. Peter and Barbara sing "Mountain Greenery." She was an actress and writer, known for Rabid (1977) and Angel of H.E.A.T. Comedian Roy Applegate
(10Jan71 Chicago WGN-9)
Mahalia Jackson
Then EST licensed INK to publish the Barb in exchange for a royalty payment of 20 per issue sold. The pay was $500/week (I had been the highest-paid reporter at the Bay Guardian, getting $125 a week, before I was laid off in the midst of a Newspaper Guild organizing drive.) The daughter of a preacher, Deanna grew up in a conservative household and still goes to church on a regular basis. (2007), Saving America's Horses: A Nation Betrayed (2012) and Skin Trade (2010). 9:00pm)
duet on "That's Life"
Betty performs, "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"
Musical Highlights:
She made an assured (major) film debut as the seductive blonde who comes between husband and wife Elliott Gould and Brenda Vaccaro in the comedy I Love My Dominique Sanda was born in 1951, in Paris, France. guitarist Carlos Montoya
Peter performs, "All the Things You Are"
She died on October 13, 1993 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
11:30pm)
Pamela Tiffin Barbara went on to appear in such stage musicals as "The Pajama Game" and "Sophisticated Ladies", and was also seen in a recurring role for a time on General Hospital (1963) in later years. any information on this series or any other tv series from the
TV personality Monty Hall
The Supremes
22Nov1970
21Mar1971
Suddenly her voice rose and she spoke rapidly, with a touch of bitterness, about the day in 1970 when, at the request of her late husband, Rick Manzie, she asked Margolis for an accounting of her net worth, which she herself estimated at $500,000. Id written a free-lance piece about him for a magazine called Crawdaddy and he said he liked the way I did research. 11:30pm)
07Feb1971
She has been married to Art Linson since 1995. Bill Dana
27Dec1970
Barbara & O.C. [17] The Barbara McNair Show
The singer showed initial promise as a sexy lead alongside Raymond St. Jacques in the gritty crime drama If He Hollers, Let Him Go! Her colleagues were Martha Quinn, Mark J. Goodman, Alan Hunter and J.J. Jackson. Thankful clients were always sending gifts to Hals elegant Sacramento St. Victorian -shellfish on ice from Louisiana, sheepskin-lined coats from Canada It was mainly the rich who hired Lipset Service. She began working as a juvenile actress at the age of 3 and was eventually 'discovered' while working as a bird trainer at Busch Gardens. Barbara sings "Rules of the Road"
This guide may be distributed and copied freely, in its entirety, for personal
Guests
Lou sings, "With Your Love"
11:30pm)
with Sidney Poitier and Change of Habit opposite Elvis Presley. (19Feb71, Worchester, WSMV-27, Fri. 7:30pm)
McNair's professional career began in music during the late 1950s, singing in the nightclub circuit. Art Metrano
He thought Harry Margolis, a tax shelter expert, had hustled Barbara McNair for a cool million dollars and he wanted Margolis whacked if they lost their lawsuit against him.
Barbara McNair died of natural causes in 2007. The magazine Jet reported that an autopsy on Manzie determined he was shot in the head and needle marks were found on his arms, legs and buttocks. [23] The Barbara McNair Show
(18Apr71 New Bedford, WTEV-6, Sun. . 2.06 [31] The Barbara McNair Show
Brook Benton sings, "Don't It Make You Want to Go Home?" unit manager David Horowitz
If so please e-mail The Classic TV Archive - see
(07Mar71 New Bedford, WTEV-6, Sun. guests
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Barbara McNair sings, "In the Ghetto"
Tony Martin sings, "On a Clear Day"
She is an actress, known for The Producers (1967), Great Performances (1971) and Hello Down There (1969). She was an actress, known for Texas Across the River (1966), Man, Pride & Vengeance (1967) and Satyricon (1969). King, Ethel Waters, Debbie Reynolds, Lionel Hampton, and The Irish Rovers. comic Milt Kamen
The Spiral Staircase
guests
comedian Dick Shawn
sings, "My Cherie Amour"
She was previously married to Joe Lewis. The Dillards perform "Rainmaker". | She is an actress, known for Goodbye, Norma Jean (1976), When Things Were Rotten (1975) and A Pleasure Doing Business (1979). 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! 11Apr1971
Singer Ed Evanko
[18] Into her 70s, McNair resided in the Los Angeles area, playing tennis and skiing to keep in shape and touring on occasion. comedian Joey Bishop
Bobby Sherman
She was the Playmate of the Month Karen Philipp was the sexy blond singer of Brasil '66, having joined the group after graduating from Redlands University in 1967. She was previously married to Michele Placido. [05] The Barbara McNair Show
Technical Specs, See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro, 1960s Jazz, Soul, R&B, Gospel and Black music and dance performances in Film or TV, executive producer (3 episodes, 1970-1971), executive producer / executive producer: ctv (2 episodes, 1970-1971), associate producer (2 episodes, 1970-1971), production business manager (1 episode, 1970), assistant to the director (1 episode, 1970). Soupy Sales
Barbara sings "Hang On, Sloopy" and "King of the Road." On the Hill" and "Yesterday". guests
11:30pm)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
Barbara sings "Softly, as I Leave You." 29Nov1970 (rerun 20Jun71)
actress-comedienne Martha Raye
She moved to New York to model and attend college, but became so successful in her modeling career that college soon took a back seat. comic Dick Shawn
McNair's first husband was Earl Wright whom she was married to from 1953 until 1955. The Dillards perform "Rainmaker". She was an actress, known for The Dark Forest (2014), Guys Choice (2007) and Byte Me: 20 Hottest Women of the Web (2008). Virna Lisi
Lionel Hampton
B.B. (03Jan71 Chicago WGN-9)
Werner came from Philadelphia; his original name was Jack Rosenberg. (rerun 05Sep71, WTEV-6)
lighting director Barney Stewart
The Irish Rovers perform, "The Orange and the Green" & "Years May Come, Years
She attended middle school and high school at the International School of Prague. 6:30pm)
Songs include
"In the late 60s Barbara made a choice to scout out acting roles, hoping to parlay her singing success into a movie career. Barbara McNair has been married five times. Joanna Pettet was born Joanna Jane Salmon and raised in Canada. She also had some success as a singer before turning to acting. Boots Randolph performs "The Shadow of Your Smile"
They have one child. Would you like to see any other
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Popular African-American vocalist and entertainer Barbara McNair dazzled audiences with her singing prowess and exceptional beauty for well over four decades until her death on February 4, 2007 of throat cancer in Los Angeles. the Four Tops perform, "This Guy's in Love with You")
The charges were eventually dropped against her, but Manzie pleaded guilty to possession charges and was sentenced to one year of probation and fined $1,000. Guests
Perhaps a
Barbara sings a Beatles medley and "I Can't Stop Loving You." guests
Kristine was raised on a small self-sufficient farm in upstate New York. The legal owner was a corporation called INK. The family moved to Harlem in New York when she was six years old. 08Mar1970 (rerun 09Aug70)(15Feb70, NYC WNEW-5)
Jim Backus
She is an actress and writer, known for Liquid Sky (1982), Crocodile Dundee (1986) and Desperately Seeking Susan (1985). ------------------------
21Jun1970 (possible rerun)
She has been married to Bert Stratford since 1969. Harry Margoliss tax avoidance scheme was first exposed in open court by an Oakland-based attorney named Fay Stender. impressionist Rich Little
Mahalia Jackson
Guests
She is a producer, known for Your Mommy Kills Animals! Mahalia Jackson sings, "Precious Lord" and "Down by the Riverside"
2.29 [54] The Barbara McNair Show
14Feb1971 (rerun 29Aug71, WTEV-6)
The Cowsills perform, "Folsom Prison Blues"
comics Hart and Lorne
Barbara and Freda sing, "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?" Barbara and Frankie do a duet of "The Days of Wine and Roses." She was raised by her mother Mary, her grandparents and various aunts and uncles after her father was killed in a car accident when she was four years old. | Barbara McNair "After Today," "If I Ruled the World," "Oliver" medley. Music Variety, Return to The
Tell Me When Systemic Racism Ended? Spilotro was an Outfit member sent to Las Vegas to oversee the crime groups interests here in the early 1970s. The Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Orchestra
comics Norm Crosby and Larry Wilde
comedienne Betty Walker
2.13 [38] The Barbara McNair Show
Elizabeth Gracen arrived in New York City from a small town in Arkansas a year after traveling the world as Miss America 1982. [citation needed] From 1963 until 1971, McNair was married to Jack Rafferty. guests
Barbara and Della sing a duet of "Make Your Own Kind of Music." the guests listed. Marty Allen
Hollywood reporter Rona Barrett
comedienne Betty Walker
Miss McNair is a key witness in the governments case against Margolis, a 56-year old Los Gatos tax lawyer charged in a 24-count indictment with creating $1.4 million in phony income tax deductions for a variety of clients. She began dancing and acting during her childhood and teenage years. The actress Barbara McNair has been married 4 times, their partners being Charles Blecka, Bennett Baker Strahan, Jack Rafferty y Earl Wright and being a total of -1969 years married. Lessons Not Learned From the Pentagon Papers, The US Navy is More Than Just Broken, Careerism is Tearing It Apart, Sensitivity Rewrites: The Cultural Purging of Roald Dahl, The Biden National Security Team Must Get SmarterSooner, Building Direct Democracy in an Atlanta Forest, Truth, No Matter What: Why Watering Down Palestinian Reality is a Crime, How Howard Schultz Made Starbucks the Poster Child of Corporate Abuse, Letter from London: Meeting at Maison Bertaux, Why Much of the Global South Isnt Automatically Supporting the West in Ukraine. guests
02Nov1969 (rerun 12Apr1970)
Barbara and Sandra duet with "Marry the Man Today" from "Guys and Dolls". singer Freddy Weller
Musical Highlights:
guests
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. Oakland Police Department: Above the Law? (29Nov70 Chicago WGN-9)
[24] The Barbara McNair Show
Barbara sings a Beatles medley, "Hard Day's Night", "Eleanor Rigby", "The Fool
Steve Allen
vibraphonist Peter Appleyard
Barbara sings "Cabaret." Golden Age of TV, which is missing from any episode guides on the web. She is an actress, known for End Game (2009), Hack! singer Dakota Staton
15Feb1970 (rerun 12Sep70) confirmed
But Fay Stender never did betray George Jackson; in fact, she had been devoted to him. She is an actress and writer, known for SCTV Network (1981), Maniac Mansion (1990) and Love Me Deadly (1972). McNair is the cousin of musician Curtis Knight. Harry referred to himself as a Marxist, and his many admirers considered him brilliant. He got a chapter in Anne Fagan Gingers book The Relevant Lawyers, published in 72.). Syndicated series
Carlos Montoya performs. Barbara finishes up her time at Riviera in 1973, by 1974 she is no longer listed as a performer for the Riviera. video Don MacAdam
Crampton began acting in school plays in seventh grade and subsequently studied Anne Carlisle was born in 1956. 10Oct1970
[13] The Barbara McNair Show
04Apr71
Harpers Bizarre perform, "Feelin' Groovy" and "Knock on Wood"
Comedian Marty Allen
Barbara sings "Don't Sleep in the Subway." Classic TV Archive Home Page. O.C. Maybe it was a Country music theme
All rights reserved. (The celebs were steered to Harrys office in Saratoga by his brother Ben, a Los Angeles defense attorney with Communist connections who specialized in civil rights, civil liberties, and labor cases. In 1976, just before his death, Manzie learned that Harry Margolis, a tax shelter consultant to the stars from California, had informed McNair that the money he held for her had shrunk from the $500,000 she thought she had to only $50,000. She got her start on Broadway in 1963 when she took over for actress Dianne Carroll in the musical No Strings. guests
Cathy Emery
But on December 15, 1976, long before the case would go to trial, Manzi was found shot to death in his Las Vegas home The murder remains unsolved., -from The Last Mafioso: Jimmy The Weasel Fratianno, by Ovid Demaris. Peter Lawford
Highlights:
Filming & Production Actress | From the Los Angeles Times, June 7, 1977, under the headline Singer McNair Testifies on Taxes, dateline Palo Alto: Entertainer Barbara McNair was calmly explaining in court last week how indicted tax attorney Harry Margolis moved nearly $1 million of her money in and out of the country to reduce her taxes when the federal prosecutor asked if she ever sought an accounting of her money from Margolis. In 1969, she became the first African-American woman to host her own television variety show, The Barbara McNair Show. Highlights:
Official Sites singer-actor James Darren
Aaron Williams
remain intact. King sings, "Ask Me No Questions"
Written by Alex Barris
Return to The
B.B. Hank Thompson,
the singing Big Foot "California Lights")
Charles Nelson Reilly
She was an actress, known for Nashville (1975), Desert Hearts (1985) and California Split (1974). Professor Irwin Corey
*Apr. (14Feb71 New Bedford, WTEV-6, Sun. King
guests
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comic Bob Blasser
Sonny & Cher
singer Betty Robertson
guests
McNair posed nude for Playboy in the October 1968 issue. The King Cousins perform "What Now, My Love?" Hagood Hardy performs, "Eli's Coming"
The Five Stairsteps. The Righteous Brothers perform "Unchained Melody"
[09] The Barbara McNair Show
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Bob Crane
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