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Gower Champion (1921-1980)

Birthplace:
Geneva, Illinois, USA

Born:
June 22, 1921

Died:
August 25, 1980

Biography from TheMovieDB

Gower Carlyle Champion (June 22, 1919 – August 25, 1980) was an American actor, theatre director, choreographer, and dancer.  Champion was born on June 22, 1919, in Geneva, Illinois, as the son of John W. Champion and Beatrice Carlisle. He was raised in Los Angeles, California, where he graduated from Fairfax High School. He studied dance from an early age and, at the age of fifteen, toured nightclubs with friend Jeanne Tyler billed as "Gower and Jeanne, America's Youngest Dance Team". In 1939, "Gower and Jeanne" danced to the music of Larry Clinton and his Orchestra in a Warner Brothers & Vitaphone film short-subject, "The Dipsy Doodler" (released in 1940).

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Choreographer:
1952  Everything I Have Is Yours
1958  The Girl Most Likely
1986  42nd Street
2019  42nd Street

Director:
1952  Everything I Have Is Yours
1956  Once Upon a Honeymoon
1956  What Day Is It?
1958  The Girl Most Likely
1963  My Six Loves
1974  The Bank Shot
1986  42nd Street
2019  42nd Street

Musical:
1952  Everything I Have Is Yours
1953  Give a Girl a Break
1956  Once Upon a Honeymoon
1956  What Day Is It?
1958  The Girl Most Likely
1963  My Six Loves
1974  The Bank Shot
1986  42nd Street
2019  42nd Street

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