Born in Chicago in 1927 and died in Washington in 1987, Bob Fosse started as a nightclub dancer and became one of the most important choreographers of Broadway and Hollywood. His angular, sensual style, with bowler hats, gloved hands and turned-in knees, is instantly recognisable. As a director, he won the Oscar for Cabaret (1972), and in the same year the Tony and Emmy awards for other work. Lenny (1974) and the autobiographical All That Jazz (1979), which shared the Palme d'Or, show a dark view of show business. Fosse died of a heart attack at 60.
Filmography
- Sweet Charity (1969)
- Cabaret (1972)
- Lenny (1974)
- All That Jazz (1979)
- Star 80 (1983)