Gwen Verdon - A Life on Stage and Screen
McFarland & Company (series)
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Paperback Book Details
- 272 Pages, Paperback
- Released: October 22, 2015
- Originally Released: 2015
- Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc.
Authors:
Author: | Peter Shelley | |
Subject: | Gwen Verdon |
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Description by OLDIES.com:
American dancer, singer and actress Gwen Verdon (1925-2000) won four Tony awards for her work on Broadway and also appeared in films and on television. Stricken with rickets as a child, Verdon overcame severe leg deformity through ballet training, making her film debut at 11 as a solo ballerina in the musical The King Steps Out (1936). Her theater credits include Can-Can (1953-1955), Damn Yankees (1955-1956), Redhead (1959-1960), New Girl in Town (1957-1958), Sweet Charity (1966-1967) and Chicago (1975-1977). When not dancing on stage or screen, she coached other actors, such as Jane Russell, Lana Turner, Betty Grable, Marilyn Monroe and Shirley MacLaine. This first full-length biography of Verdon covers her life and career, her individual performances and her collaborations with choreographers Jack Cole and Bob Fosse, her husband.
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- ISBN: 9780786497362
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