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Jerome Robbins
Director, Writer, Actor, Additional Credits
Born October 11, 1918Died July 29, 1998 (79 years)
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Jerome Robbins (October 11, 1918 – July 29, 1998) was an American theater producer, director, and choreographer known primarily for Broadway Theater and Ballet/Dance, but who also occasionally directed films and directed/produced for television. His work has included everything from classical ballet to contemporary musical theater. Among the numerous stage productions he worked on were On the Town, High Button Shoes, The King And I, The Pajama Game, Bells Are Ringing, West Side Story, Gypsy: A Musical Fable, and Fiddler on the Roof. Robbins is a five time Tony Award winner and a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors. He also received two Academy Awards, including the 1961 Academy Award for Best Director with Robert Wise for West Side Story. A documentary about his life and work, Something to Dance About, featuring excerpts from his journals, archival performance and rehearsal footage and interviews with Robbins and his colleagues, premiered in PBS in 2009.
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Jerome Robbins (October 11, 1918 – July 29, 1998) was an American theater producer, director, and choreographer known primarily for Broadway Theater and Ballet/Dance, but who also occasionally directed films and directed/produced for television. His work has included everything from classical ballet to contemporary musical theater. Among the numerous stage productions he worked on were On the Town, High Button Shoes, The King And I, The Pajama Game, Bells Are Ringing, West Side Story, Gypsy: A Musical Fable, and Fiddler on the Roof. Robbins is a five time Tony Award winner and a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors. He also received two Academy Awards, including the 1961 Academy Award for Best Director with Robert Wise for West Side Story. A documentary about his life and work, Something to Dance About, featuring excerpts from his journals, archival performance and rehearsal footage and interviews with Robbins and his colleagues, premiered in PBS in 2009.
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Jerome Robbins Filmography
| 2019 | Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles · as Self |
| 2018 | |
| 2013 | Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq · as Self |
| 2004 | Broadway: The American Musical (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | West Side Memories · as Self (1960 Interview) (voice) (archive Footage) |
| 1998 | The 50th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self (memoriam) |
| 1997 | |
| 1990 | |
| 1989 | |
| 1981 | The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts · as Self - Honoree |
| 1978 | The Kennedy Center Honors (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | President Kennedy's Birthday Salute · as Self |
| 1962 | The 34th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1955 | This is Your Life (UK) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1953 | Person to Person (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1958 | Monitor (TV Series) · as Interviewee |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) · as Choreographer |
| 2021 | West Side Story · as Theatre Play |
| 2020 | Akhnaten · as Libretto |
| 2006 | Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD (TV Series) · as In Association With |
| 1961 | West Side Story · as Theatre Play |
| 1955 | Peter Pan · as Adaptation |
| 1954 | Producers' Showcase (TV Series) · as Adaptation |
| 1949 | On the Town · as Idea |