Barbara walden biography
Barbara walden biography
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Barbara Walden
American actress, American businesswoman
Barbara Walden | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, dancer, founder and businesswoman |
Barbara Walden (b.
1930) founded one of the first American cosmetic companies offering products for Black women to be sold in major department stores.[1] She was inspired to create these cosmetics after discovering a lack of suitable makeup during her Hollywood dancing and acting career.[2]
Early Life
Walden grew up in Camden, New Jersey with her parents, four brothers and two sisters.
She graduated from Camden Catholic High School, Eckles College of Mortuary Science in Philadelphia and from the Vogue School of New York City.[3] Her father was a mortician.[4] Walden worked in the mortuary business to earn money to travel to California to follow her dream to dance there.[4]
Dancing and Acting Career
Walden continued to take dancing lessons in Los Angeles.
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