Jack Donohue(1908-1984)
- Director
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Jack Donohue started as a dancer in the Ziegfeld Follies, continued as
a dancer, dance director and dance teacher for tap dance (most
prominent pupil: Eleanor Powell)
in New York and in London (he starred in the British film
Rhythm in the Air (1936) with
his wife Tutta Rolf). He began working in
Hollywood in 1933 as a choreographer and dance director, and was
president of the Dance Directors Guild from 1945-46. He also worked as
a director, mainly for MGM, directing musicals and comedies.
- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 nomination total
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- Alternative name
- Jack Donahue
- Height
- 6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- Born
- Died
- March 27, 1984
- Marina del Rey, California, USA(undisclosed)
- SpousesGeorgine DarcyAugust 6, 1955 - ? (divorced)
- Other worksStage: Appeared (Broadway debut) in "Ziegfeld Follies of 1920" on Broadway. Musical revue/spectacle. Music / lyrics by Irving Berlin, Dave Stamper, Gene Buck, Joseph McCarthy, Harry Tierney and Victor Herbert. Musical Direction by Frank Tours. Music orchestrated by Maurice De Packh, Charles Grant, Stephen Jones and Frank Saddler. Featuring songs with lyrics by James Montgomery, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Gus Van, Joe Schenck, Eddie Cantor, Mac Emery, King Zany, George Fairman, Alex Gerber, Abner Silver, Jack Yellen, Abe Olman, Roger Lewis and Ernie Erdman [earliest Broadway credit]. Tableaux by Ben Ali Haggin. Directed by Edward Royce. New Amsterdam Theatre: 22 Jun 1920-16 Oct 1920 (123 performances). Cast: Delyle Alda, William Blanche, Fanny Brice, Lillian Broderick, Eddie Cantor, Jane Carroll, Juliet Compton, Olive Cornell, Eleanor Dell, Ray Dooley, Emily Drange, Doris Eaton, Mary Eaton, W.C. Fields, Edna French, Eva Grady, Bernard Granville, Ethel Hallor, Margaret Irving, Jerome & Herbert, Alta King, Phebe Lee, Gladys Loftus, Jack Mahan, Albertine Marlowe, Beatrice Milner, Moran and Mack, Margaret Morris, Betty Morton, Carl Randall, Jessie Reed, Helen Shea, John Steel, Avonne Taylor, Van and Schenck, Olive Vaughn, Charlotte Wakefield, Florence Ware, Charles Winninger, Addison Young. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr..
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- TriviaFather of actress Jill Donahue.
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