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Loretta Devine
American actress
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Jasmine Guy
American actress, director, singer, and dancer (born 1962)
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Shoshana Bean
American theater actress and singer
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Tammy Grimes
American actress and singer
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Holly Knight
American songwriter and musician
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Irene Cara
American recording artist; singer and actress
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Stephanie Mills
American musician
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Jerry Herman
American composer and lyricist
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Kristin Chenoweth
American actress, singer and author
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Bette Midler
American singer-songwriter, actress, and comedian
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Lena Horne
American singer, actress, civil rights activist and dancer (1917-2010)
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Barbara Cook
American actress and singer (1927-2017)
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Bobbi Humphrey
American soul-jazz musician
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Dee Dee Bridgewater
American singer
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Sylvia Syms
American jazz singer
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Adelaide Hall
American-born UK-based jazz singer and entertainer
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Linda Hopkins
African American actress and blues and gospel singer
