Amanda Bynes

Her father is a dentist and she has a dog named Betty. She has since become a successful concert performer, creating critically-acclaimed solo shows such as Mostly Sondheim and Barbara Cook's Broadway.. Bynes still lives with her family in the Conejo Valley in California. Cook's last original musical role came in 1971 when she played Dolly Talbo in The Grass Harp. However, she did not abandon the stage. She was trained as an actress by Arsenio Hall and Richard Pryor. During the 1960s, Cook also created roles in some less successful musicals: Liesl Brandel in 1961's The Gay Life and Carol Deems in 1964's Something More! She also tried her hand at non-musical roles, replacing Sandy Dennis in the play Any Wednesday and originating the role of Patsy Newquist in Jules Feiffer's Little Murders.. Besides acting, her interests include fashion designing, drawing, being a make-up assistant and hair stylist. Her two most famous roles after this were Marian the Librarian in Meredith Willson's 1957 hit The Music Man, and Amalia Balash in Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick's 1962 show She Loves Me. The song "Ice Cream," from that musical, later became one of Cook's signature songs.

She has gradually begun to move into the world of movies, and now, her face can be seen at Nickelodeon's different magazines. Although Candide was not a success, Cook's portrayal of Cunegonde established her as one of Broadway's leading ingenues. She was a participant of the All That show, and later she became the star of The Amanda Show. In this show, she had to sing one of the most difficult pieces of music ever written for Broadway: the coloratura mock-aria "Glitter and Be Gay.". Amanda Bynes (born April 3, 1986 in Thousand Oaks, California) is an actress and show host on the Nickelodeon TV channel. Cook's good reviews and clear soprano voice enabled her to win the role of Cunegonde in Leonard Bernstein's new musical, Candide in 1956. Lovewrecked (Movie - "Jenny Riley" - 2005). In 1955, she began to attract major critical praise when she played the supporting role of Hilda Miller in Plain and Fancy, a modest hit.

Robots (Movie - "Piper" (voice) - 2005). Cook made her Broadway debut in 1951 as Sandy in the short-lived musical Flahooley. She next took roles in revivals of two Rodgers and Hammerstein hits: Ado Annie in Oklahoma! and Carrie Pipperidge in Carousel. What a Girl Wants (Movie - "Daphne Reynolds" - 2003). October 25, 1927 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American singer and actress, famed for creating roles in the musicals Candide and The Music Man, among others. Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure (Movie - "Nellie" (voice) - 2003). Barbara Cook (b. What I Like About You (TV Series - "Holly Tyler" - 2002).

Big Fat Liar (Movie - "Kaylee" - 2002). The Amanda Show (TV Series - 1999). All That (TV Series - 1995 - on the show from 1996-2000).