Marc Breaux (November 3, 1924 – November 19, 2013) was an American

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and occasional film director best known for his work on musical films of the 1960s and 1970s. Most of his well-known work was in collaboration with

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to whom he was married for many years. Much of Breaux's best recognized work was also in collaboration with the songwriting Sherman Brothers. In 1948 he appeared on Broadway in the original cast of '' Kiss Me, Kate'' at the New Century Theatre in New York City and in 1958 he appeared in ''

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'' at the St. James Theatre, also in New York City. Marc Breaux with Dee Dee Wood, choreographed the Broadway musical '' Do-Re-Mi,'' from 1960 through 1962. Following some health issues in the late 1970s, Breaux went to work for ex-producer Nick Vanoff at Vanoff's Hollywood post-production company Complete Post. Breaux was

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operator for the company for nearly 20 years until his retirement in the mid-1990s.

Filmography

*'' Design for Dreaming'' (1956) dancer *'' The Andy Williams Show'' (1962) TV Series (choreographer) (1962–1963) *''Judy and Her Guests'',

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(1963) (TV) (choreographer) *"The Hollywood Palace", (1964–1970) (TV) (choreographer-director) *'' The King Family Show'' (1965/66) (TV) (director-choreographer) *''

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'' (1964) (choreographer), voice of singing cow *''

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'' (1965) (choreographer) *''

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'' (1967) (stager: musical numbers) *''

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'' (1968) (choreographer) *''

Of Thee I Sing ''Of Thee I Sing'' is a musical with a score by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin and a book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind. The musical lampoons American politics; the story concerns John P. Wintergreen, who runs for Preside ...

'' (1972) (TV) (choreographer) *''

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'' (1974) (choreographer) *'' The Slipper and the Rose'' (1976) (choreographer) *'' Sextette'' (1978) (choreographer)

References

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