Real name: Marilyn Sultana Aboulafia

Effective period / Period of releases: 1957 - 1964

American jazz and musical theatre/operatta vocalist.
Born June 4, 1929 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA.
Died June 21, 2008 (aged 79) in Hollywood, Florida, USA.
Barr performed and recorded popular music, jazz, musical theater, and operettas. Barr flourished during the 1950s in nightclubs, television, and radio. Barr was acclaimed for her soprano range and ability to sing pop, jazz, and classical. And, according to print media, she was a sexy, green-eyed, flaming redhead.
She officially changed her name to Kathy Barr in 1958 but married under her birth name in 1965.