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He began his career as a dancer, appearing in such films as Give A Girl A Break and Kiss Me, Kate, both published in 1953. One year later he worked as a choreographer in his first two Broadway shows, " The Pajama Game" ( 1954) and " Damn YankeesDamn Yankees is a musical comedy, a modern retelling of the Faust legend, set in Washington, D. with book by Douglass Wallop and George Abbott and music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. It was based on Wallop's novel The Year the Yankees Lost t" ( 19551955 is a common year starting on Saturday. see link for calendar) Events January events January 2 Panama president Jose Antonio Remon is assassinated. January 19 The Scrabble board game debuts. February events February 8 Nikolai Bulganin ousts Georgi Mal). He also choreographed some other shows:

• New Girl in Town ( 1957Events January January 2 San Francisco and Los Angeles stock exchanges merge. January 3 Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch January 4 After 69 years the last issue of Colliers magazine is published January 5 Russell Endean becomes t)
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• How to Succeed in Business Without Really TryingHow to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying was a humorous book by Shepherd Mead. It inspired a successful 1961 musical of the same name, which was made into a movie in 1967. The book Mead's book satirized 1950s United States corporate business, in t ( 19611961 (As MAD Magazine pointed out on its first cover for the year) was the first "upside-down" year i. one that looked the same upside down since 1881, and the last until 6009. Events January January 1 The farthing coin, used since the 13th century, cease)
• Little MeLittle Me was the parody "confessional" self-indulgent autobiography of "Belle Poitrine" ("Pretty Bosom"), subtitled The Intimate Memoirs of the Great Star of Stage, Screen and Television by Patrick Dennis, who had achieved a great success with Auntie Mam ( 1962) (director and choreographer)
• Sweet Charity ( 1966)(director and choreographer)
• Pippin ( 1972)(director and choreographer)
• Chicago ( 1975)(director and choreographer)
• Dancin' ( 1977)(director and choreographer)

and some films:

• Cabaret ( 1972)
• Lenny ( 1974)
• The Little Prince ( 1974)
• All That Jazz ( 1979)
• Star 80 ( 1983)

Fosse earned many awards for his works. Among them were a Tony Award for Pippin, the Academy Award for Directing for Cabaret and an Emmy Award for " Liza with a Z ". He was the first person to win these three most important awards in the same year.

Bob Fosse was married to the dancer Gwen Verdon, having one daughter, Nicole Fosse, who is also a dancer like her parents.