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Jerome Robbins. Jerome Robbins (born Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz; October 11, 1918 – July 29, 1998) was an American dancer, choreographer, film director, theatre director and producer who worked in classical ballet, on stage, film, and television. Among his numerous stage productions were On the Town, Peter Pan, High Button Shoes, The King and I ...
- Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz, October 11, 1918, New York City, U.S.
- 1937–1998
- July 29, 1998 (aged 79), New York City, U.S.
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A Biography In Brief. JEROME ROBBINS (born 11 October 1918 in New York City) was the younger of two children of Harry Rabinowitz, who emigrated to America from Poland in 1904, and his wife Lena Rips. Rabinowitz was at first a shopkeeper with a delicatessen on the Upper East Side of Manhattan; in the 1920’s he moved the family to Jersey City ...
Apr 4, 2024 · Jerome Robbins (born Oct. 11, 1918, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died July 29, 1998, New York City) was one of the most popular and imaginative American choreographers of the 20th century. Robbins was first known for his skillful use of contemporary American themes in ballets and Broadway and Hollywood musicals. He won acclaim for highly innovative ...
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Apr 2, 2014 · Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz was born on October 11, 1918 in New York, New York, with his family moving to Weehawken, New Jersey and, decades later, legally changing their last name to Robbins. The ...
May 6, 2023 · Jerome Robbins wasn’t feeling well in winter 1995. He had created “West Side Story Suite” — a condensed adaptation of his 1957 hit Broadway musical — for New York City Ballet earlier ...
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Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz (later Robbins) is born October 11, 1918 at the Jewish Hospital in New York City to Herschel and Lena Rabinowitz. His father is an émigré from Rozhanka, Russia. His mother, also an émigré, was raised in the American Midwest.
Jan 27, 2009 · Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz was born in New York on October 11, 1918 and raised in Weehawken, New Jersey. Deprived of a college education by the Depression, he began his career as a dancer in the ...
