Bob Fosse Biography

Bob Fosse biography

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NAME: Bob Fosse
OCCUPATION: Choreographer, Director
BIRTH DATE: June 23, 1927
DEATH DATE: September 23, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH: Chicago, Illinois

PLACE OF DEATH: Washington, D.C.
Originally: Robert Louis Fosse

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Bob Fosse was an American theater and motion-picture choreographer and director of musical plays.

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In 1953, Bob Fosse performed in three film musicals, including Kiss Me Kate. The next year, he won his first Tony award for choreographing The Pajama Game on Broadway, becoming noted for his clever, angular groupings of dancers and fresh, stylistically exaggerated staging. Fosse also choreographed and directed the successful motion-picture musicals Cabaret (1972) and All That Jazz (1979).