page_title: Marilyn McCoo
section_title: Acting career
hierarchical_section_title: Marilyn McCoo / Life and career / Acting career
caption_attribution_description: English: Stacey Robinson poses in 1997 with rhythm and blues singer and actress Marilyn McCoo (of the musical group The Fifth Dimension). The occasion was the Chicago performance of Hal Prince's and Susan Stroman's production of Rogers and Hammerstein's Showboat. (Courtesy of photographer Mary Biggs; modifications (cropping, tone) by Tom Sulcer. Exact date is approximate.)
context_page_description: Marilyn McCoo is an American singer, actress, and television presenter, who is best known for being the lead female vocalist in the group The 5th Dimension, as well as hosting the 1980s music countdown series Solid Gold.
  Since 1969, McCoo has been married to singer Billy Davis Jr., the founder and co-member of the 5th Dimension. She has a four-octave vocal range.
context_section_description: McCoo has acted in a number of movies, including Grizzly Adams and the Legend of Dark Mountain (1999), My Mom's a Werewolf (1989) and several television movies, often playing herself. She has appeared on stage in productions of Anything Goes, A...My Name is Alice, Man of La Mancha, and the Broadway production of Show Boat in 1995 through 1996. McCoo appeared together with Davis on The Jamie Foxx Show as Fancy's parents, the Monroes. McCoo also guest-starred on a Canadian game show in the 1990s, called Acting Crazy.
caption: McCoo with opera star and activist Stacey Robinson.
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