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Barbara Sharma

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Actor b. 1938 On stage 19621977

Barbara Sharma (born Barbara Anna Sharma Schirmer; September 14, 1938) is an American actress and dancer of the night clubs, stage, television, and film. She began dancing at age 4 and professionally at age 9, dancing in nightclubs in Miami, Florida and Havana, Cuba. She worked closely with Bob Fosse as a lead dancer in his company for five seasons. She created roles in original Broadway productions during the 1960s, including Rosie in Sweet Charity and Mary in Hallelujah, Baby!, and as a regular performer on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In from 1970 to 1972, in which she often tap-danced and played, among many other roles, the "Burbank Metre Maid". She played Shelley Sealy as a main cast member o…

On stage 8 productions, 15 years

1962 Little Me Lunt-Fontanne Theatre · Original · directed by Cy Feuer & Bob Fosse 257 perf.
1964 Hello, Dolly! St. James Theatre · Original · directed by Gower Champion 2,844 perf.
1966 Sweet Charity Palace Theatre · Revival · directed by Bob Fosse 608 perf.
1967 Hallelujah, Baby! Martin Beck Theatre · Original · directed by Burt Shevelove 293 perf.
1968 Her First Roman Lunt Fontanne Theatre · Original · directed by Derek Goldby
1969 Come Summer Lunt-Fontanne Theatre · Original · directed by Agnes de Mille 7 perf.
1969 Last of the Red Hot Lovers Eugene Oneill Theatre · Original · directed by Robert Moore 706 perf.
1977 I Love My Wife Ethel Barrymore Theatre · Original · directed by Gene Saks 872 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Paul Berne 3 productions
Kenneth Scott 3 productions
Winston Dewitt Hemsley 2 productions
Suzanne Rogers 2 productions
Sean Nolan 2 productions
Scott Hunter 2 productions
Michael Quinn 2 productions
Marc Jordan 2 productions
Leslie Uggams 2 productions
Lee Hooper 2 productions
Ken Ayers 2 productions
John Sharpe 2 productions

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In the literature4 passages

  • Cast: Gwen Verdon, John McMartin, Helen Gallagher, Thelma Oliver, James Luisi, Ruth Buzzi, Barbara Sharmaebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • with Claudia McNeil, Bruce McKay, Cal Belling ark Ment a gomery, Brooks Morton, Larry Douglas, and Barbara Sharma __ opened October 20, 1968theatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt
  • * Closed May 20, 1979 after 857 performances and 7 previews. For original production, see THEATRE WORLD, Vol. 33. + Succeeded by: 1. Barbara Sharma, Maureen Moore, Hattie Win-theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1978-79, v. 35 (Willis).txt
  • Left: (seated) Tom Smothers, Barbara Sharma, Janie Sell, Dick Smothers Top: Dick Smothers, Barbara Sharma, Tom Smotherstheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1978-79, v. 35 (Willis).txt

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