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Bobby Short

Acting · Born September 15, 1924 · Danville, Illinois, USA

Robert Waltrip Short (September 15, 1924 – March 21, 2005) was an American cabaret singer and pianist who interpreted songs by popular composers from the first half of the 20th century such as Rodgers and Hart, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen, Richard A. Whiting, Vernon Duke, Noël Coward and George and Ira Gershwin.

Bobby Short movies and shows

  • The Mike Douglas Show1961
  • Frasier1993
  • The Love Boat1977
  • Tonight Starring Jack Paar1957
  • American Masters1986
  • 7th Heaven1996
  • Roots: The Next Generations1979
  • Hannah and Her Sisters1986
  • For Love or Money1993
  • Blue Ice1992
  • Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood1998
  • Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol1990
  • Man of the Century1999
  • A Night on the Town1983
  • Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel2001
  • You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story1990
  • James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket1989
  • Hardhat & Legs1980
  • Dr. Pepper
  • Bobby Short at the Cafe Carlyle