Robert Louis Fosse (/ˈfÉ'si/; June 23, 1927 â€" September 23, 1987)
was an American dancer, musical-theatre choreographer, actor and
theatre and filmmaker. He directed and choreographed musical works on
stage and screen, including the stage musicals The Pajama Game
(choreography) in 1954 and Chicago in 1975 and the film Cabaret in
1972.Fosse's distinctive style of choreography included turned-in
knees and "jazz hands." He is the only person ever to have won Oscar,
Emmy, and Tony awards in the same year (1973). He was nominated for
four Academy Awards, winning Best Director for Cabaret, and won a
record eight Tonys for his choreography, as well as one for direction
for Pippin.Fosse was born in Chicago, Illinois, on June 23, 1927, to a
Norwegian American father, Cyril Kingsley Fosse, a traveling salesman
for The Hershey Company, and an Irish American mother Sarah Alice
“Sadie†Fosse, née Stanton. He was the fifth of six children.
was an American dancer, musical-theatre choreographer, actor and
theatre and filmmaker. He directed and choreographed musical works on
stage and screen, including the stage musicals The Pajama Game
(choreography) in 1954 and Chicago in 1975 and the film Cabaret in
1972.Fosse's distinctive style of choreography included turned-in
knees and "jazz hands." He is the only person ever to have won Oscar,
Emmy, and Tony awards in the same year (1973). He was nominated for
four Academy Awards, winning Best Director for Cabaret, and won a
record eight Tonys for his choreography, as well as one for direction
for Pippin.Fosse was born in Chicago, Illinois, on June 23, 1927, to a
Norwegian American father, Cyril Kingsley Fosse, a traveling salesman
for The Hershey Company, and an Irish American mother Sarah Alice
“Sadie†Fosse, née Stanton. He was the fifth of six children.
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