Rhapsody in Blue
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Gower Carlyle Champion (June 22, 1919 – August 25, 1980) was an American actor, theatre director, choreographer, and dancer.
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.
Gower Champion was born on 22 June 1921 in Geneva, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and director, known for An Evening with Julie Andrews and Harry Belafonte (1969), Lovely to Look At (1952) and Hello, Dolly! (1969).
Gower Champion was born on 22 June 1921 in Geneva, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and director, known for An Evening with Julie Andrews and Harry Belafonte (1969), Lovely to Look At (1952) and Hello, Dolly! (1969). He was married to Karla Most and Marge Champion.
Aug 26, 1980 · Gower Champion, 61, the famed choreographer and former dancer who was a major figure on the Broadway musical stage and the director of such hits as "Hello Dolly!," died yesterday, hours before...
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...
Gower Champion. Eight-time Tony Award® winner Gower Champion ( b. Geneva, Illinois, 22 June 1919; d. New York City, 25 August 1980) was a dancer, film actor, choreographer, and stage director best known for his work in the Broadway hit musicals Bye Bye Birdie (1960), Carnival! (1961), Hello, Dolly! (1964) and 42nd Street (1980).
Legendary dancer and choreographer who found performing fame as a team with his then-wife, Marge Champion, and later went on to become one of Broadway's most renowned directors and choreographers, as well as an occasional film director. Gower Champion was raised in Hollywood.
Aug 24, 2010 · Never more would musicals have the distinctive Gower Champion touch – staging that was warm and inviting. Champion, of course, was first famous as a performer, as part of the Marge and Gower Champion dance team in the late 1940s.
CHAMPION, Gower (b. 22 June 1919 in Geneva, Illinois; d. 25 August 1980 in New York City), noted dancer, choreographer, and director of stage, screen, and television. Born to John W. Champion, an advertising executive, and Beatrice Carlisle, a custom dressmaker, Champion was raised by his mother in Los Angeles after his parents divorced. He ...
