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Gower Carlyle Champion (June 22, 1919 – August 25, 1980) was an American actor, theatre director, choreographer, and dancer.
Gower Champion was a versatile performer who appeared in musicals, TV shows and movies. He was married to dancer Marge Champion and directed shows like Hello, Dolly! and An Evening with Julie Andrews and Harry Belafonte.
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Gower Champion was a dancer, actor, choreographer and director who won eight Tony Awards. He was married to Marge Champion and died in 1980 after directing the original 42nd Street.
- June 22, 1921
- August 25, 1980
- Gower Champion was nominated for 15 Tony Awards and won 8 times. That’s just one shy of director/choreographer Bob Fosse, who won 9 Tonys in all.
- When he was only a junior in high school, Champion won a dance contest with his dance partner, Jeanne Tyler. The duo promptly quit school and hit the road, touring nightclubs as “Gower and Jeanne.”
- Gower and Jeanne made their Broadway debut in a 1939 revue called The Streets of Paris. The show also featured Abbott & Costello and Carmen Miranda.
- After serving in the Coast Guard during WWII, Champion partnered with Marjorie Belcher, the daughter of his former dance teacher. First billed as “Gower and Bell,” they soon found acclaim as “Marge and Gower Champion,” and married in 1947.
Learn about the life and career of Gower Champion, an eight-time Tony Award-winning dancer, actor, choreographer, and director. He created musicals such as Bye Bye Birdie, Carnival!, Hello, Dolly!, and 42nd Street.
Gower Champion. One of the most distinguished and influential directors and choreographers in the American musical theater, Champion was brought up in Los Angeles and took dancing lessons from...
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Aug 26, 1980 · Gower Champion, one of the theater's leading musical directors and choreographers, whose musical "42d Street" opened last night at the Winter Garden Theater, died in Memorial Sloan-Kettering ...
