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b'For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here:\\xa0https://youtu.be/Hu6UFQVMBwg\\n\\nBARBARA MINKUS began her show business career in NYC in Julius Monk\\u2019s review, Bits and Pieces. She went on to receive rave reviews touring as Fanny Brice in Funny Girl throughout the United States. She played Lucy Van Pelt in the original NY recording cast of You\\u2019re a Good Man Charlie Brown. On Broadway, Barbara starred in The Education of Hyman Kaplan, directed by the great George Abbott. On television, she was a regular for six seasons on Love, American Style, played Gittel the Witch in ABC\\u2019s Curiosity Shop, and was the voice of Ms. Pac Man in the ABC cartoon series, Pacman. She had numerous television appearances over the years on The Danny Kaye Show, The Tonight Show, and made a record 20 appearances on The Merv Griffin Show. After taking time out to raise her family, Barbara returned to the stage at The Santa Monica playhouse to appear in Funny, You Don\\u2019t Look Like A Grandmother. She then brought Picon Pie to the Playhouse, playing Molly Picon \\u2013 a role she helped research \\u2013 and later reprised the role Off-Broadway. In both LA and Florida, she starred as Jennie Grossinger in the musical Saturday Night at Grossinger\\u2019s. Barbara presented From This Moment On \\u2013 Minkus Sings Porter at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles, and returned to present The Songs of Irving Berlin. Other musical theatre performances include Miss Lynch in Grease at the Muni Theatre in St. Louis, as well as Yente in Fiddler on the Roof at both the Muni and the Starlight Theatre in Kansas City. She also starred in the LA and Off-Broadway musical, Don\\u2019t Leave It All to Your Children. Along with frequent collaborator Susan Morgenstern.\\n\\nhttps://www.barbaraminkus.com/18-minutes-of-fame'