Category
page 1Biographical films about entertainers
The Great Ziegfeld
1936 film by Robert Zigler Leonard
The Greatest Showman
2017 film directed by Michael Gracey
Funny Girl
1968 film by William Wyler
Man on the Moon
1999 film by Miloš Forman
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
2002 film directed by George Clooney
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942 film by Michael Curtiz
Lenny
1974 film by Bob Fosse
Love Me or Leave Me
1955 film by Charles Vidor
The Jolson Story
1946 film by Alfred E. Green
Dolemite Is My Name
2019 film directed by Craig Brewer
Lola Montès
1955 film by Max Ophüls
Notorious
2009 film directed by George Tillman, Jr.
Fosse/Verdon
Fosse/Verdon is a 2019 American biographical drama miniseries, developed by Steven Levenson and Thomas Kail. Based on the biography Fosse by Sam Wasson, the series charts the troubled marriage and professional relationship of director/choreographer Bob Fosse and actress/dancer Gwen Verdon, played by Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams respectively. Norbert Leo Butz and Margaret Qualley are also featured as Paddy Chayefsky and Ann Reinking, respectively.
The Joker Is Wild
1957 film directed by Charles Vidor
The Dolly Sisters
1945 film by Irving Cummings
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939 film by H. C. Potter
Anna Pavlova
1983 biographical film directed by Emil Loteanu
Incendiary Blonde
1945 film by George Marshall
Madame Satã
2002 film by Karim Aïnouz
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
1991 film directed by Steve Miner
The Seven Little Foys
1955 film by Melville Shavelson
Melba
1953 film by Lewis Milestone
Eoudong
1985 film by Lee Jang-ho
Divine Emma
1979 film by Jiří Krejčík
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
1986 film by Richard Pryor
A Funny Man
2011 film by Martin Zandvliet
W.C. Fields and Me
1976 film by Arthur Hiller
The Eddie Cantor Story
1953 film by Alfred E. Green