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Michael Kidd

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American film choreographer (1915-2007)

United StatesActorsLived 1915 to 2007 · aged 92
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Michael Kidd was an American film and stage choreographer, dancer and actor, whose career spanned five decades, and who staged some of the leading Broadway and film musicals of the 1940s and 1950s.

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Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse in the "Girl Hunt Ballet" from The Band Wagon (1953)Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse in the "Girl Hunt Ballet" from The Band Wagon (1953)Kidd's (left) screen acting debut, dancing with Gene Kelly and Dan Dailey in It's Always Fair Weather (1955)Kidd's (left) screen acting debut, dancing with Gene Kelly and Dan Dailey in It's Always Fair Weather (1955)

Filmography 14

Skin Deep1989 · ★ 6.2
It's Always Fair Weather1955 · ★ 7.0
Smile1975
Movie Movie1978
That's Dancing!1985
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer2002
Merry Andrew1958
Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'1997
For the Love of It1980
The Angel of Amsterdam1977
Actor1978
Julie Andrews Sings Her Favorite Songs1990
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'2005
It's Always Fair Weather: Going Out on a High Note2006

30 credits on file

Television 4

Great Performances1971
Laverne & Shirley1976
The Oscars1953
Broadway: The American Musical2004

Awards 3

1997Academy Honorary Award
1947Tony Award for Best Choreography
American Choreography Awards

Connected to Michael 6

Nicholas PryorAlso in Smile (1975)Peter DonatAlso in Skin Deep (1989)Lawrence Hilton JacobsAlso in For the Love of It (1980)Larry GelbartAlso in Movie Movie (1978)Herschel BernardiAlso in Actor (1978)Tommy RallAlso in Merry Andrew (1958)

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Michael Kidd was an American film and stage choreographer, dancer and actor, whose career spanned five decades, and who staged some of the leading Broadway and film musicals of the 1940s and 1950s. Kidd, strongly influenced by Charlie Chaplin and Léonide Massine, was an innovator in what came to be known as the "integrated musical", in which dance movements are integral to the plot.

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Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1915 to 2007 · aged 92
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15 languages

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