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Busby Berkeley

American film director and musical choreographer (1895-1976) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 80

Berkeley William Enos, known professionally as Busby Berkeley, was an American film director and musical choreographer, best known for his collaboration with Warner Brothers in the early to mid-1930s. Berkeley devised elaborate musical production numbers that often involved complex geometric patterns.

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A life in dates

1976Died14 March 19761975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?Film1967OmnibusSeries1951The Blue VeilFilm, Director1949Take Me Out to the Ball GameFilm, Director1946Cinderella JonesFilm, Director1942For Me and My GalFilm, Director1940Forty Little MothersFilm, Director1939Babes in ArmsFilm, Director1937The Go-GetterFilm, Director1935A Trip Thru a Hollywood StudioFilm, Himself (uncredited)1934And She Learned About DamesFilm, Himself1931Palmy DaysFilm, Fortune Teller (uncredited)1895Born29 November 1895

Known for

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  • Gold Diggers of 1933 1933
  • Take Me Out to the Ball Game 1949
  • For Me and My Gal 1942
  • Gold Diggers of 1935 1935

People around Busby

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Filmography 40

74 credits on file

Television 1

Media & music

About this person

His work used large numbers of showgirls and props as fantasy elements in kaleidoscopic on-screen performances.

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1895 to 1976 · aged 80

In the same film or series as Busby

Veronica LakeAlso in Forty Little Mothers (1940)Donna ReedAlso in Babes on Broadway (1941)Robert AldaAlso in Cinderella Jones (1946)

Directors from the United States 1

Frederick Wiseman55.1 of 100