Dee Dee Wood
Dee Dee Wood is an American choreographer. She is best known for her work on musical films of the 1960s and 1970s.
Biography
Most of her well-known work was in collaboration with Marc Breaux, both in films and for television. Wood and Breaux were married in 1955 and were later divorced.[1]
In 1964-1970, Wood and Breaux were the choreographers for the weekly musical revue "The Hollywood Palace."[2] She also worked in collaboration with the songwriting duo the Sherman Brothers. She serves as one of the judges for the Emmy Awards (choreography).
Wood appeared on Broadway in Can-Can in 1953 as a performer, and worked as an Assistant to Michael Kidd on L'il Abner (1956) and Destry Rides Again (1959)[3] and was the choreographer (with Breau) for Do Re Mi (1960).[4]
She lives in Cave Creek, Arizona.[5]
Filmography
Sources: Hollywood Reporter[1]; The Guardian[6]; Hollywood.com[7]; TCM [8]
- The Andy Williams Show (1962) TV Series (choreographer) (1962–1963)
- Judy and Her Guests, Phil Silvers and Robert Goulet (1963) (TV) (choreographer)
- Mary Poppins (1964) (choreographer)
- The King Family Show (1965) TV Series (choreographer)
- The Sound of Music (1965) (choreographer)
- The Happiest Millionaire (1967) (stager: musical numbers)
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) (choreographer)
- Of Thee I Sing (1972) (TV) (choreographer)
- The Cher Show (1975) TV Series (choreographer)
- John Denver and Friend (1976) (TV) (choreographer)
- Benji's Very Own Christmas Story (1978) (TV) (choreographer)
- In God We Tru$t (1980) (choreographer)
- Los Angeles 1984: Games of the XXIII Olympiad: (1984) (mini) TV Series (assistant choreographer)
- Liberty Weekend (1986) (TV) (choreographer)
- Beaches (1988) (choreographer)
References
- ^ a b Barnes, Mike. "'Mary Poppins' Choreographer Marc Breaux Dies at 89" Hollywood Reporter, November 22, 2013
- ^ "Breaux Obituary" Playbill, retrieved November 3, 2017
- ^ "Dee Dee Wood" ibdb.com, retrieved November 3, 2017
- ^ Do Re Mi Playbill, retrieved November 7, 2017
- ^ Garcia, Mia (3 September 2014). "Emmy Award winning choreographer calls the valley home". Fox 10 Phoenix. Archived from the original on 31 December 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Baskin, Gregory. " 'Mary Poppins' at 50 and Choreographer Dee Dee Wood" The Guardian, October 28, 2014
- ^ "Dee Dee Wood Filmography" hollywood.com, retrieved November 3, 2017
- ^ "Dee Dee Wood Filmography" tcm.com, retrieved November 3, 2017
External links
- Dee Dee Wood at IMDb
- Dee Dee Wood at the Internet Broadway Database
- Arizona Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame Wood Biography at azmusichalloffame.org
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