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Jerome Robbins

Ballet Dancer / Ballet Master / Theatre Director / Film Director / Theatrical Producer | * 10/11/1918 († 79, 07/29/1998) | New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Jerome Robbins (born Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz; October 11, 1918 – July 29, 1998) was an American dancer, choreographer, film director, theatre director and producer who worked in classical ballet, on stage, film, and television. Among his numerous stage productions were On the Town, Peter Pan, High Button Shoes, The King and I, The Pajama Game, Bells Are Ringing, West Side Story, Gypsy, and Fiddler on the Roof. Robbins was a five-time Tony Award-winner and a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors. He received two Academy Awards, including the 1961 Academy Award for Best Director with Robert Wise for West Side Story and a special Academy Honorary Award for his choreographic achievements on film. A documentary about Robbins's 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 on PBS in 20... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Music | Drama | Comedies

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Widowed Welsh mother Anna Loenowens becomes a governess and English tutor to the wives and many children of the stubborn King Mongkut of Siam. Anna and the King have a clash of personalities as she wo ...

The King and I

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1956 | 3.6/5 | 2h 13min
Drama, Romance / Love, Adventure, Music
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In a small Jewish community in a pre-Revolutionary Russian village, a poor milkman, determined to find good husbands for his five daughters, consults the traditional matchmaker – and also has words ...

Fiddler on the Roof

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1971 | 3.9/5 | 3h 1min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy. ...

West Side Story

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2021 | 3.5/5 | 2h 36min
Drama, Romance / Love, Crime
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In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, New York, a gang of Polish-American teenagers called the Jets compete with a rival gang of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans, the Sharks, to "own" the ...

West Side Story

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1961 | 3.7/5 | 2h 32min
Crime, Drama, Romance / Love
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Producers' Showcase is an American anthology television series that was telecast live during the 1950s in compatible color by NBC. With top talent, the 90-minute episodes, covering a wide variety of g ...

Producers' Showcase

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1954 | 3.0/5 | 1h 30min per episode
Comedy, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Jerome Robbins

National Medal of Arts Directors Guild of America Awards Academy Award for Best Director 2x Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical Capezio Dance Award Kennedy Center Honors Handel Medallion Academy Honorary Award Academy Award for Best Director Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
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Movies with Jerome Robbins as Actor(3)

as himself2016 West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic
as Self (1960 interview) (voice) (archive footage)2003 West Side Memories
as himself1978 Divided Loyalties

TV Shows/Series with Jerome Robbins as Actor(1)

as himself1978 The Kennedy Center Honors

Movies with Jerome Robbins as Crew(17)

Crew/Choreographer2021 West Side Story
Writing/Theatre Play2021 West Side Story
Crew/Choreographer2015 Gypsy
Crew/Choreographer2011 Paris Opera Ballet: Tribute to Jerome Robbins
Crew/Choreographer1993 Gypsy
Crew/Choreographer1961 West Side Story
Directing/Director1961 West Side Story
Writing/Author1961 West Side Story
Writing/Screenplay1961 West Side Story
Crew/Choreographer1956 Peter Pan
Directing/Stage Director1956 Peter Pan
Writing/Adaptation1956 Peter Pan
Crew/Choreographer1955 Peter Pan
Directing/Stage Director1955 Peter Pan
Writing/Adaptation1955 Peter Pan
Directing/Director1953 The Ford 50th Anniversary Show
Writing/Idea1949 On the Town

Born: Friday, 10/11 1918 (October) in New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Wednesday, 07/29 1998 (July) in New York City (aged: 79)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: New York University, Weehawken High School
Member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Student of: George Balanchine
Other names for Jerome Robbins (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Jerome Rabinowitz"
Jerome Robbins frequently works together with these people:
Arthur Laurents (8x, Crew)
Stephen Sondheim (7x, Crew)
Leonard Bernstein (7x, Actor)
Rita Moreno (5x, Actress)
Betty Comden (5x, Crew)
Adolph Green (5x, Crew)
Jule Styne (5x, Crew)
Saul Chaplin (4x, Crew)
David Bean (4x, Actor)
Anthony Ward (3x, Crew)
Tony Mordente (3x, Crew)
Michael Stevens (2x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:178496, Added: 07/11/2018, Last updated: 04/21/2024