Roberta Flack

Music Department, Actor, Make-Up Department

Birthdate: Feb 10, 1937

Birthplace: Black Mountain, North Carolina, USA

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".

Known For

Play Misty for Me
Play Misty for Me

(1971)

Sudden Impact
Sudden Impact

(1983)

Roberta Flack Movies

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  • 2026 |

    Power To The People: John & Yoko Live in NYC

    asSelf
  • 2026 |

    Power to the People: John & Yoko Live in NYC

    asSelf
  • 2024 |

    Luther: Never Too Much

    asSelf
  • 2022 |
    Killing Me Softly with His Songs
  • 2022 |
    Roberta
  • 2020 |
    Mister Soul: A Story About Donny Hathaway
  • 2012 |
    Whitney Houston & Her Family: Voices of Love
  • 2006 |
    Marcus Miller: Master of All Trades
  • 2002 |
    The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
  • 1973 |
    Save the Children
  • 1971 |
    Soul to Soul