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Judith Jamison
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American dancer and choreographer (1943–2024)
Film & TV
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Judith Ann Jamison (born May 10, 1943) is an American dancer and choreographer. She is the artistic director emerita of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Judith Jamison was born in 1943 to Tessie Brown Jamison and John Jamison Sr. and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with her parents and older brother. Her father taught her to play the piano, and violin. She was exposed to the prominent…
Known for
- Ailey — Self2021
- Tamron Hall — Self - Guest2019
- Trailblazer Honors — Self2014
- Richard Strauss - Josephs Legende2007
- Beyond the Steps: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater2006
- A Tribute to Alvin Ailey — Presenter1990
- Sacrée soirée — Self1987
- An Evening with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater — Self1986
- American Masters — Self1986
- The Cosby Show — Marie1984
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Judith
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Place of death
- Manhattan
- Occupation
- artistic director
- Educated at
- The University of the Arts
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Student of
- Agnes de Mille
- Field of work
- ballet
- Image
- 2012 at Elon University 14 (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1943-05-10
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- Commons category
- Judith Jamison
- date of death
- 2024-11-09
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