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Jerome Robbins (1918–1998)

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Won five Tony Awards: as Best Choreographer, in 1948 for "High Button Shoes" and in 1958 for "West Side Story;" as both Best Director (Musical) and Best Choreographer, in 1965 for "Fiddler on the Roof;" and as Best Director (Musical) in 1989 for "Jerome Robbins' Broadway." He was nominated four other times: as Best Choreographer... See more trivia »

Born:

Jerome Rabinowitz
in New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 79) in New York City, New York, USA
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1993 Gypsy (TV movie) (choreographer)
 
1980 Live from Studio 8H: An Evening with Jerome Robbins (TV movie) (choreographer)
 
1979 Baryshnikov at the White House (TV movie) (choreographer: "Four Chopin Dances")
 
1971 Fiddler on the Roof (director: stage production, original choreography)
 
1962 Gypsy (choreographer: stage play, director: stage play)
 
1961 West Side Story (choreographer: / stage production, director: stage play)
 
1960 Peter Pan (TV movie) (choreographer)
 
1957 The Pajama Game (stage director)
 
1956 The King and I (dances and musical numbers staged by)
 
Producers' Showcase (TV series) (choreographer - 2 episodes, 1955-1956) (director: stage production - 1 episode, 1956)
– Peter Pan (1956) (choreographer, director: stage production)
– Peter Pan (1955) (choreographer)
 
1942 I Danced with Don Porfirio (choreographer)
 
Show ShowWriter (6 titles)
2000 Peter Pan (TV movie) (adaptation for 1954 version)
 
1966 Loistokaupunki (TV movie) (idea)
 
1961 West Side Story (play conceived by)
 
1960 Peter Pan (TV movie) (adaptation)
 
1955 Producers' Showcase (TV series)
– Peter Pan (1955) (adaptation)
 
1949 On the Town (idea)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (2 titles)
2010 So You Think You Can Dance (TV series)
– 1 of 7 Voted Off (2010) (performer: "Charleston")
 
1985 The Making of 'West Side Story' (TV documentary) ("West Side Story")
 
Show ShowDirector (2 titles)
1961 West Side Story
 
1953 The Ford 50th Anniversary Show (TV movie)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
1959 Monitor (TV series documentary)
Interviewee
– Variations on a Mechanical Theme (1959) … Interviewee
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1993 Great Performances (TV series) (with appreciation to - 1 episode)
– Leonard Bernstein: The Gift of Music (1993) (with appreciation to)
 
Show ShowSelf (13 titles)
???? Tanaquil Le Clercq: Afternoon of a Faun (documentary) (pre-production)
Himself
 
2004 Broadway: The American Musical (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Tradition: 1957-1979 (2004) … Himself
– Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin': 1943-1960 (2004) … Himself
 
1997 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special)
Himself
 
1993 Comme les oiseaux (documentary)
Chorégraphe
 
1990 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special)
Himself
 
1989 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special)
Himself
 
1981 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special documentary)
Himself - Honoree
 
1980 Fred Astaire: Change Partners and Dance (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1978 Peter Martins: A Dancer (documentary)
Himself
 
1962 The 34th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: 2 Awards
 
1962 President Kennedy's Birthday Salute (TV movie)
Himself
 
1959 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #6.38 (1959) … Himself
 
1958 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #12.1 (1958) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2009 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
2003 West Side Memories (video documentary)
Himself (1960 interview) (voice)
 
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(1938). Stage Play: Great Lady. Musical. Music by Frederick Loewe. Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek. Book by Earle Crooker and Lowell Brentano. Lyrics by Earle Crooker and Lowell Brentano. Musical Director: John Fredhoven. Choreographed by William Dollar. Scenic Design by Albert R. Johnson. Costume Design... See more »

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Won five Tony Awards: as Best Choreographer, in 1948 for "High Button Shoes" and in 1958 for "West Side Story;" as both Best Director (Musical) and Best Choreographer, in 1965 for "Fiddler on the Roof;" and as Best Director (Musical) in 1989 for "Jerome Robbins' Broadway." He was nominated four other times: as Best Choreographer... See more »

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