Bobby Short
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1924-09-15 – 2005-03-21
Place of birth: Danville, Illinois, USA
Biography
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.
Known for
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986Self
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990Narrator
Blue Ice
1992Buddy
Hardhat & Legs
1980Self
Bobby Short at the Cafe Carlyle
Man of the Century
1999Chester
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
1989Self
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
1990Self
For Love or Money
1993Self
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
1998Self
A Night on the Town
1983Man of the Century
1999