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Geneva, Illinois, USA
Gower Carlyle Champion (June 22, 1919 – August 25, 1980) was an American actor, theatre director, choreographer, and dancer. Champion was born on June 22, 1919, in Geneva, Illinois, as the son of John W. Champion and Beatrice Carlisle. He was raised in Los Angeles, California, where he graduated from Fairfax High School. He studied dance from an early age and, at the age of fifteen, toured…
Known for
- 42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage — Self (archive footage)2006
- That's Entertainment, Part II — (archive footage)1976
- The Merv Griffin Show — Self1962
- The Bell Telephone Hour — Self1959
- The All-Star Christmas Show — Self1958
- What Day Is It? — Conroy Gregory1956
- Tony Awards — Self - Presenter1956
- Tony Awards — Self - Nominee1956
- Jupiter's Darling — Varius1955
- Three for the Show — Vernon Lowndes1955
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Geneva
- Place of death
- Manhattan
- Spouse
- Marge Champion
- Occupation
- film director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Marge and Gower Champion 1957.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- date of birth
- 1921-06-22
- date of death
- 1980-08-25
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
- Commons category
- Gower Champion
- start of work period
- 1939-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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