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Jack Cole
COLE, Jack Choreographer. Nationality:American. Born:New Brunswick, New Jersey, 27 April 1914. Education:Studied with Ted Shawn, Ruth St. Denis, Charles Weidman, Doris Humphrey, and others. Career:Dancer with Denishawn Concert Dancers, 1930–32, and ... Read more |
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Gene Kelly
Gene Kelly 1912-96, American dancer, choreographer, movie actor, and director, b. Pittsburgh. Kelly started dancing on Broadway in 1938 and first gained fame in the title role of the Broadway musical Pal Joey (1940). He moved to Hollywood in 1941 and soon starred in his first film, For Me and My... Read more |
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Rosetta Olive Burton LeNoire
Rosetta LeNoire 1911–2002 Actress Mentored With Harlem Renaissance Greats From Black Macbeth to TV Grandmother Built Color-Blind Theater out of Love Sources Actress, singer, dancer, and producer, Rosetta LeNoire enjoyed a prolific career that spanned seventy years. However, it was... Read more |
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Alvin Ailey
Alvin Ailey 1931-1989 Dancer, choreographer, director At a Glance… Read more |
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Tommy Tune
Tommy Tune 1939-, American dancer, choreographer, and director, b. Wichita Falls, Tex. An unusually lanky 6 ft 6 in., Tune began his Broadway dancing career in the chorus of several mid-1960s musicals, then performed as a tap dancer in musical films, including Hello Dolly! (1969) and The Boy... Read more |
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Frederick Ashton
Frederick Ashton The choreographer most responsible for the growth of ballet in modern-day England, Sir Frederick Ashton (1904–1988) was one of the most important twentieth-century inheritors of the classical ballet tradition, developed in France and nurtured in the late nineteenth century... Read more |
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Joel Grey
GREY, Joel 1932– PERSONAL Original name, Joel Katz; born April 11, 1932, in Cleveland, OH; son of Mickey (a comedian, actor, and director) and Grace Katz; married Jo Wilder (an actress), June 29, 1958 (divorced, 1982); children: Jennifer (an actress), James. Education: Trained... Read more |
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Clifton Webb
WEBB, Clifton Nationality:American. Born:Webb Parmalee Hollenbeck in Indianapolis, Indiana, 19 November 1891. Education:Attended Public School No. 87, New York; joined Palmer Cox's Lyceum's Children's Theatre at age 8; studied painting with Robert... Read more |
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The Time of Your Life
Time of Your Life, The (1939), a play by William Saroyan. [Booth Theatre, 185 perf.; Pulitzer Prize, NYDCC Award.] At a run‐down San Francisco bar, the open‐hearted, openhanded Joe ( Eddie Dowling) encourages one and all to be their own eccentric selves. He finds employment for a... Read more |
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Pal Joey
Pal Joey (1940), a musical comedy by John O'Hara (book), Richard Rodgers (music), Lorenz Hart (lyrics). [Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 374 perf.] The handsome, small‐time dancer Joey Evans ( Gene Kelly) arrives in Chicago and immediately begins his courtship of innocent Linda English ( Leila ... Read more |
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