Marc Breaux was an American choreographer and dancer, born in 1924 in Carencro, who died in 2013. This page lists 6 works credited to Breaux as choreographer, including The Happiest Millionaire, The Happiest Millionaire and Mary Poppins.
Biography
Marc Breaux (November 3, 1924 – November 19, 2013) was an American choreographer 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 Dee Dee Wood 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 Li'l Abner 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 videotape operator for the company for nearly 20 years until his retirement in the mid-1990s.
Works choreographed by Marc Breaux
| Title | Type | Premiere |
|---|---|---|
| Mary Poppins | film | 1964 |
| Mary Poppins | film | 1964 |
| Mary Poppins | film | 1965 |
| Mary Poppins | film | 1965 |
| The Happiest Millionaire | film | 1967 |
| The Happiest Millionaire | film | 1968 |
Films
- Mary Poppins (1964)
- The Happiest Millionaire (1967)
Contemporaries
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American film director and choreographer (1924-2019)
Danny Daniels
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Stuart Hodes
American dancer (1924–2023)
Ethel Winter
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David Vaughan
British-American dance historian and critic (1924-2017)
Marta Becket
American ballet dancer (1924-2017)
Carol Haney
American dancer and actress (1924–1964)
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