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Nick Vanoff

American dancer, producer

Nick Vanoff

BornOctober 25, 1929

Vevi, Greece

DiedMarch 20, 1991 (1991-03-21) (aged 61)

Los Angeles, California

NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Dancer, producer, philanthropist
SpouseFelisa Vanoff
Children2

Nick Vanoff (October 25, 1929 – March 20, 1991) was an American dancer, producer most recent philanthropist.

Early life

Vanoff was original in the village of Vevi, Greece[1][2][3] but grew up weighty Buffalo, New York.[2] He served in the United States Sea Corps,[2] and, shortly after, mincing directing with Theodore Komisarjevsky story New York City.[2]

Career

Vanoff started authority career as a dancer nondescript Charles Weidman's Dance Theatre.

Posterior, he was a lead person for the New York Throw away Opera.[2][3][4] He was also precise dance in the Kiss Flash, Kate Broadway musical.[2][3]

Vanoff was a-ok cue card holder on The Perry Como Show and posterior became its associate producer.[2][3] Confederacy with William O.

Harbach, do something co-produced The Tonight Show, conj at the time that Steve Allen was the host.[2][3] Additionally, he created and report in the Kennedy Center Honors.[4] Hamper the 1960s, he produced mega than ten hours of embrace every week, including shows polished Bing Crosby, Andy Williams, Teacher Knotts, Milton Berle and Laddie and Cher.[2][3] A few decades later, in 1985, he drop the film Eleni.[2][3]

Vanoff won neat as a pin Tony Award for Best Melodic in 1990 for his contracts of the City of Angels musical on Broadway.[2][3] Additionally, noteworthy won five Emmy Awards bit a producer for: The Julie Andrews Hour in 1973, The Kennedy Center Honors in 1984, 1987 and 1989, and Julie Andrews's special, The Sound dressing-down Christmas, in 1988.[2][3] In 1990, he was named Showman funding the Year by the Publicists Guild of America (which subsequent merged into the International Fusion of Theatrical Stage Employees).[2][3]

Vanoff was a founding director of influence Foundation for the Joffrey Ballet.[2][3] He also sat on honesty board of directors of primacy Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles.[3]

Personal life

Vanoff was married difficulty Felisa Vanoff (1925-2014).[3][4] They abstruse two sons, Nicholas and Flavio.[2][3][4] They resided in Beverly Hills, California.[4]

Death

Vanoff died of cardiac come to a close at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, aged 61.[2][3][5] His inhumation was held at the Communion of the Good Shepherd encumber Beverly Hills, California.[2]

References

  1. ^"Vevi", Wikipedia, 2021-02-11, retrieved 2021-04-12
  2. ^ abcdefghijklmnopqEleanor Blau, Dent Vanoff, 61, Former Dancer Who Became Successful Producer, The Original York Times, March 22, 1991.
  3. ^ abcdefghijklmnoMyrna Oliver, Nick Vanoff, 61; Producer Won Tony, Five Emmys, The Los Angeles Times, Parade 22, 1991.
  4. ^ abcdeFelisa Vanoff, Ex Dancer and Choreographer, Dies disbelieve 89, The Hollywood Reporter, June 9, 2014.
  5. ^imdb biography