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- Birth nameBarbara Jean Spillman
- Barbara Dane was born on May 12, 1927 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She was an actress, known for The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962), Checkmate (1960) and Wilde mossels (2000). She was married to Irwin Silber, Byron Menendez and Rolf Cahn. She died on October 20, 2024 in Oakland, California, USA.
- SpousesIrwin Silber(December 23, 1976 - September 8, 2010) (his death)Byron Menendez(March 21, 1952 - October 2, 1964) (divorced, 2 children)Rolf Cahn(June 11, 1946 - 1951) (divorced, 1 child)
- ChildrenNicholas Rolf 'Jesse' CahnNina Susan Menendez
- ParentsDorothy Julia RolesonGilbert Rudolph Spillman Sr.
- RelativesGilbert Rudolph Spillman Jr.(Sibling)Julia Anne Spillman(Sibling)
- In November 1959, Dane became the first white woman to be profiled in the African-American magazine Ebony.
- Mother of Havana-based musician Pablo Menéndez.
- The eldest child of a pharmacist who publicly admonished nine-year-old Barbara for serving a soda to a Black man in his drugstore.
- In 1966, she was one of the first US artists to tour post-revolutionary Cuba, then sang in North Vietnam as the war raged.
- Co-founded Paredon Records, the politically oriented label, with her third husband, the American folk music scholar and socialist Irwin Silber, released 50 albums that are now archived at Smithsonian Folkways.
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