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Tony Charmoli
Tony Charmoli (June 11, 1921 – August 7, 2020) was an American dancer, choreographer, and director. He began dancing on Broadway in such shows as Make Mine Manhattan but soon bega…
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Tony Charmoli (June 11, 1921 – August 7, 2020) was an American dancer, choreographer, and director. He began dancing on Broadway in such shows as Make Mine Manhattan but soon began choreographing for television with Stop the Music in 1949. Charmoli then choreographed dance sequences for the popular Your Hit Parade, winning his first Emmy Award in 1955. He went on to direct and choreograph for some of the biggest stars including Dinah Shore, Lily Tomlin, Danny Kaye, Julie Andrews, Cyd Charisse, Shirley MacLaine, Mitzi Gaynor, and others. On Broadway, Tony choreographed Ankles Aweigh and Woman of the Year with Lauren Bacall. More recently, Charmoli focused his talents on directing for television, where he directed such programs as the famous 1977 production of The Nutcracker starring Mikhail Baryshnikov, which was nominated for two Emmys (neither nomination was for Charmoli, however). He directed and choreographed nearly all of Mitzi Gaynor's television specials in the 1970s as well as two of Shirley MacLaine's. He also worked many times with Sid and Marty Krofft, directing all seventeen episodes of Lidsville and The Bugaloos, respectively, as well as their TV special Fol-de-Rol. He directed the first two years of Star Search, and several years of Circus of the Stars, as well as John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together, winning the Directors Guild Award. Charmoli also directed several Bob Hope specials, more than twenty televised beauty pageants, and the short-lived summer replacement series The Keane Brothers Show. He was the recipient of three Emmy Awards, plus eight other Emmy nominations. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tony Charmoli, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2018
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Movie Self
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1981
Musical Comedy Tonight II
Movie Director
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1981
Lily: Sold Out
Movie Director
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1980
Julie Andrews' Invitation to the Dance with Rudolf Nureyev
Movie Director
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1980
From Raquel with Love
Movie Director
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1979
John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together
Movie Director
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1979
Liberace: A Valentine Special
Movie Director
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1978
Leapin' Lizards, It's Liberace!
Movie Director
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1978
Mitzi... What's Hot, What's Not
Movie Director
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1977
The Nutcracker
Movie Director
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1977
The John Davidson Christmas Special
Movie Director
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1977
Mitzi... Zings Into Spring
Movie Director
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1977
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
Movie Director
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1976
The Captain and Tennille
TV show Director
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1976
Mitzi... Roarin' in the 20s
Movie Director
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1976
Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul
Movie Director
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1975
Mitzi & 100 Guys
Movie Choreographer
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1975
Doris Day Today
Movie Director
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1974
Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife
Movie Director
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1972
Fol-de-Rol
Movie Director
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1970
The Bugaloos
TV show Director
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1967
Bob Hope Comedy Special
Movie Choreographer
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1966
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Movie Choreographer
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1965
The King Family Show
TV show Director
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1961
Feathertop
Movie Producer
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1960
Around the World with Nellie Bly
Movie Choreographer
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1959
The Bell Telephone Hour
TV show Self
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1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV show Self
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1956
The Taming of the Shrew
Movie Choreographer
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1955
Alice in Wonderland
Movie Choreographer
