Charles Walters

@Film Director, Facts and Family ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Charles Walters was a Hollywood choreographer and film director American Choreographers Film & Theater Personalities Directors Scorpio Celebrities Charles Walters was a Hollywood choreographer and film director. He was known for the comedies and musicals that he worked on since 1940s through the 1960s for ‘Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’ Studios Inc (‘MGM’), the famous American media company. He remained a dancer himself who choreographed several ‘Broadway’ musicals like ‘Let’s Face It!’ and ‘Sing Out the News’ prior to his innings with the ‘MGM’. Some of the notable musical films that saw performers dancing to his choreography included ‘Summer Holiday’, ‘Best Foot Forward’, ‘Meet Me in St. Louis’, ‘Girl Crazy’, ‘Du Barry Was a Lady’. He directed many musicals for ‘MGM’ that achieved both popularity as well as box office success. Some such noted ones are ‘High Society’, ‘Easter Parade’, ‘The Barkleys of Broadway’, ‘Billy Rose’s Jumbo’ and ‘The Unsinkable Molly Brown’. Several big stars of ‘MGM’ such as Esther Williams, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Judy Garland and Peter Lawford worked in his musicals like. After showcasing his talent in musicals he moved on to prove his mettle in the genre of comedy and triumphed with films like ‘Don’t Go near the Water’, ‘Ask Any Girl’ and ‘Please Don’t Eat the Daisies’ to name a few. His 1953 directed film ‘Lily’ fetched him an ‘Academy Awards’ nomination for Best Director’. ‘Hollywood Walk of Fame’ has a star on him at 6402 Hollywood Boulevard.

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Birthday: November 17, 1911 Died on: August 13, 1982 Nationality: American Famous: Film Director, Choreographers, Film & Theater Personalities, Directors Birth Place: Pasadena, California, USA Gender: Male Sun Sign: Scorpio Information Detail Birthday November 17, 1911 Died on August 13, 1982 Nationality American Famous Film Director, Choreographers, Film & Theater Personalities, Directors Birth Place Pasadena, California, USA Gender Male Sun Sign Scorpio Born in Pasadena, California, USA Famous as Film Director, Choreographer Died at Age 70

Pasadena, California, USA

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On August 13, 1982, at the age of seventy-two years he passed away in Malibu, California, after suffering from lung cancer. Unsplash Personal Life

He was born on November 17, 1911, in Brooklyn, New York, in the United States. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He attended the ‘University of Southern California’ in Los Angeles. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He worked for around 8 years in Broadway, mostly as a dancer prior to his stint in Hollywood. He got to choreograph his first show in 1938. The Broadway musicals that he choreographed included ‘Sing Out the News’ during 1938–39 and ‘Let’s Face It!’ during1941–43. Unsplash Career

He was introduced to ‘MGM’ by American film director-producer and screenwriter Robert Altman following which he started to stage routines for screen productions. Unsplash Career

Starting with a number of the 1943 musical ‘Du Barry Was A Lady’ where Walters had the opportunity to work with American dancer, actor, singer, film director-producer as also choreographer Gene Kelly, he went on to work with several yesteryear divas including Judy Garland, Lucille Ball and June Allyson among others, staging musical numbers. Unsplash Career

Eventually he became a close friend of Garland and worked with her in several of her films. Unsplash Career

He gradually became one of the leading dance directors of ‘MGM’ and worked on some of its best musical films. These included the 1943 film ‘Best Foot Forward, an adaptation of the 1941 Broadway musical comedy of the same title; the 1943 version of ‘Girl Crazy’ where he partnered on-screen with Judy Garland; the 1944 film ‘Meet Me in St. Louis’; 1944 Technicolor musical film, ‘Broadway Rhythm’ where he choreographed ‘Brazilian Boogie’, and the 1948 film ‘Summer Holiday’, which was based on Eugene O'Neill’s 1933 play ‘Ah, Wilderness!’. Unsplash Career

Brent Phillips’ book titled ‘Charles Walters: The Director Who Made Hollywood Dance’, portrays him a gay. Unsplash Trivia

Information	Detail
Birthday	November 17, 1911
Died on	August 13, 1982
Nationality	American
Famous	Film Director, Choreographers, Film & Theater Personalities, Directors
Birth Place	Pasadena, California, USA
Gender	Male
Sun Sign	Scorpio
Born in	Pasadena, California, USA
Famous as	Film Director, Choreographer
Died at Age	70

Charles Walters

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Nov 17, 1911

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Pasadena, California, USA