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Marge Champion. Marjorie Celeste Champion ( née Belcher; September 2, 1919 – October 21, 2020) was an American dancer and actress. At fourteen, she was hired as a dance model for Walt Disney Studios animated films. Later, she performed as an actress and dancer in film musicals, and in 1957 had a television show based on song and dance.
Gower Champion. Date of Death: August 25, 1980 (61) Birth Place: Geneva, IL, USA. Latest News on Gower Champion: Bernadette Peters Will Perform in Concert at Barrington Stage Company This Summer ...
Nov 6, 2020 · Champion, who died Oct. 21, danced with her husband Gower in the movie musicals Till the Clouds Roll By, Showboat and Lovely to Look At. Originally broadcast in 2001.
Mar 30, 1999 · Gower Champion's career spanned the years during which American musical theatre was transformed from a crude popular entertainment into a sophisticated art form. As the director and choreographer of Hello, Dolly!, 42nd Street, and other Broadway musicals, he was central to that transformation.
Gower Champion, visibly aged and known to be desperately ill, had died around 1 p.m. but to protect the production's cast and audience Mrs. Champion and her sons told producer David Merrick: "Go ...
Gower Champion. (1919–80). American dancer, choreographer, and director Gower Champion won eight Tony Awards (out of 15 nominations) for directing or choreographing successful Broadway musicals. In addition, during the 1950s he and his wife Marge Champion often showcased their dancing talent in motion pictures and on television variety shows.
Gower was cast in ten major films after that and was the director of two others. In 1950, the couple began appearing in dramatic television productions. In 1957, they hosted their own television show, The Marge and Gower Champion Show, a situation comedy in which they played dancers trying to start new lives.
