Barbara Law, née Dixon (born April 4, 1952) is an Irish-Canadian
actress and singer. First prominent in Ireland with the pop trio Maxi,
Dick and Twink[1] and Brendan Bowyer's Royal Showband, she moved to
Canada in the early 1970s after marrying Peter Law of The Pacific
Showband.[2] While the Pacific Showband continued to record and
perform in its own right under the new name Dublin Corporation, Peter
and Barbara Law also performed separately as co-vocalists for the band
Sweet Chariot.[2]In 1978, Law and Grant Smith performed the opening
number at the Juno Awards of 1978, a dance routine set to the song
"Step Out" from the film Outrageous!.[3] Later the same year, she
appeared alongside Taborah Johnson, Louis Negin, Richard Adams and
Liliane Stillwell in Bananas, a musical revue at Toronto's Bayview
Theatre which was directed by Jack Creley.[4] In 1979, she appeared in
Allan Guttman's cabaret show Tonight at 8:30...9 O'Clock in
Newfoundland.[5]She released the disco album Take All of Me on
Pavilion Records in 1979, scoring a minor dance club hit with the
album's title track.[6] Produced by Harry Hinde and Paul Sabu, the
album included backing vocals by Cissy Houston.In the 1980s she worked
as an actress, most prominently in the films The Surrogate and Bedroom
Eyes, and received a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting
Actress for the latter film.[7] In 1984, she portrayed Katharine
Hepburn in Cliff Jones's Howard Hughes musical For the Love of Howard,
opposite Ross Petty as Hughes.[8]
actress and singer. First prominent in Ireland with the pop trio Maxi,
Dick and Twink[1] and Brendan Bowyer's Royal Showband, she moved to
Canada in the early 1970s after marrying Peter Law of The Pacific
Showband.[2] While the Pacific Showband continued to record and
perform in its own right under the new name Dublin Corporation, Peter
and Barbara Law also performed separately as co-vocalists for the band
Sweet Chariot.[2]In 1978, Law and Grant Smith performed the opening
number at the Juno Awards of 1978, a dance routine set to the song
"Step Out" from the film Outrageous!.[3] Later the same year, she
appeared alongside Taborah Johnson, Louis Negin, Richard Adams and
Liliane Stillwell in Bananas, a musical revue at Toronto's Bayview
Theatre which was directed by Jack Creley.[4] In 1979, she appeared in
Allan Guttman's cabaret show Tonight at 8:30...9 O'Clock in
Newfoundland.[5]She released the disco album Take All of Me on
Pavilion Records in 1979, scoring a minor dance club hit with the
album's title track.[6] Produced by Harry Hinde and Paul Sabu, the
album included backing vocals by Cissy Houston.In the 1980s she worked
as an actress, most prominently in the films The Surrogate and Bedroom
Eyes, and received a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting
Actress for the latter film.[7] In 1984, she portrayed Katharine
Hepburn in Cliff Jones's Howard Hughes musical For the Love of Howard,
opposite Ross Petty as Hughes.[8]
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