Barbara Hancock (born November 21, 1949) is an American actress and dancer. While she was with the
Harkness Ballet
The Harkness Ballet (1964–1975) was a New ballet company named after its founder Rebekah Harkness. Harkness inherited her husband's fortune in Standard Oil holdings, and was a dance lover. Harkness funded Joffrey Ballet, but when they refused ...
, she appeared as a dancing character in five productions in television and film.
She was nominated for the 1968
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for her role as Susan the Silent in ''
Finian's Rainbow''.
Filmography
*''
Tarzan
Tarzan (John Clayton, Viscount Greystoke) is a fictional character, a feral child raised in the African jungle by the Mangani great apes; he later experiences civilization, only to reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer.
Creat ...
'' (1968) as Minette, in episode "
Trina"
*''
Finian's Rainbow'' (1968) as Susan the Silent
*''Cry for Poor Wally'' (1969) as Betsy
*''
The Night God Screamed'' (1971) as Nancy Coogan
*''Fair Play'' (1972 television film) as Pearlie Purvis
References
External links
1949 births
Harkness Ballet dancers
American film actresses
American stage actresses
Living people
21st-century American women
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