Roberta Flack

music department, actress, make-up department

Roberta Flack was born on Feb 10, 1937 in USA. Roberta Flack's big-screen debut came with Stateline Motel directed by Maurizio Lucidi in 1973. Roberta Flack is known for Michael Jackson: Video Greatest Hits - HIStory directed by Steve Barron, Michael Jackson stars as Self and Alberto Alejandrino as Hispanic man (segment "Bad"). Roberta Flack has got 4 awards and 9 nominations so far. The most recent award Roberta Flack achieved is Grammy Awards. The upcoming new movie Roberta Flack plays is Michael Jackson: Video Greatest Hits - HIStory which will be released on Jun 16, 1995.

Roberta Flack was born February 10, 1937 (1939 according to some sources), in Black Mountain, North Carolina, a small town located about 10 miles (18 kilometers) from the city of Asheville, North Carolina. She is best known for her love ballad "Killing Me Softly With His Song", released in 1969. She earned a music scholarship to Howard University and graduated with a BA in Music. She briefly taught music after graduation from college. She was discovered singing and playing jazz in a Washington nightclub by pianist Les McCann, and she later signed a contract with Atlantic Records in the late 1960s. The rest is music history. Roberta's most recent album is a 1997 anthology of Christmas standards simply titled "Christmas Album".