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Known For Directing

Known Credits 23

Gender Male

Birthday July 14, 1895

Day of Death September 15, 1983 (88 years old)

Place of Birth St. Joseph, Missouri, USA

Also Known As

  • Le Roy Prinz
  • LeRoy J. Prinz
  • Leroy Prinz

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

LeRoy Jerome Prinz (July 14, 1895 – September 15, 1983) was an American choreographer, director and producer, who was involved in the production of dozens of motion pictures, mainly for Paramount Pictures and Warner Brothers, from 1929 through 1958, and also choreographed Broadway musicals. He was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Dance Direction in the 1930s, and won the Golden Globe in 1958.

Among the films whose dances he choreographed were Show Boat (1936), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), Rhapsody in Blue (1945), and South Pacific (1958).

Prinz was married three times and had a son, LeRoy Prinz, Jr.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

LeRoy Jerome Prinz (July 14, 1895 – September 15, 1983) was an American choreographer, director and producer, who was involved in the production of dozens of motion pictures, mainly for Paramount Pictures and Warner Brothers, from 1929 through 1958, and also choreographed Broadway musicals. He was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Dance Direction in the 1930s, and won the Golden Globe in 1958.

Among the films whose dances he choreographed were Show Boat (1936), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), Rhapsody in Blue (1945), and South Pacific (1958).

Prinz was married three times and had a son, LeRoy Prinz, Jr.

Directing

1960
1946
1944
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1942
1941
1941

Crew

1958
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1949
1944
1943
1942
1941
1938
1934

Acting

1951
1944
1936

Production

1941
1941

Writing

1941

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