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An American actress, born in Queens, New York City on December 10, 1928. Barbara Nichols grew up in Long Island and graduated from Wilson High School. In the late 1940s, she worked as a dancer in a famous New York City nightclub, and in 1953, she won many local beauty pageants, and started working in musical theater, which led her to television, in addition to playing many small roles in films. The year 1957 was a turning point in her career, as she appeared in the successful films Pal Joey, The Sweet Smell of Success, and The Pajama Game. Despite her success in cinema, she returned to television, and performed in several plays, in addition to some low-budget films. She got into serious auto accidents in 1957 and again in 1960, which affected her health, and in turn her career. Barbara Nichols was nominated for a Golden Laurel Award in 1958 for her role in Sweet Smell of Success. Her most notable work includes Pal Joey (1957), The Pajama Game (1957), and Where the Boys Are (1960). She died on October 5, 1976 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, of liver disease at the age of 48.
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