Audrey Wood Breaux (née Donella; June 7, 1927 – April 26, 2023), better known as Dee Dee Wood, was an American choreographer. She was best known for her work on musical films of the 1960s and 1970s.
Biography edit
Audrey Wood Donella was born in Boston, Massachusetts on June 7, 1927. Most of her well-known work was in collaboration with Marc Breaux, both in films and for television. Wood and Breaux were married in 1955 and were later divorced.[1]
From 1964 to 1970, Wood and Breaux were the choreographers for the weekly musical revue "The Hollywood Palace."[2] She also worked in collaboration with the songwriting duo the Sherman Brothers. She served as one of the judges for the Emmy Awards (choreography).
Wood appeared on Broadway in Can-Can in 1953 as a performer, and worked as an Assistant to Michael Kidd on L'il Abner (1956) and Destry Rides Again (1959)[3] and was the choreographer (with Breaux) for Do Re Mi (1960).[4]
Wood later lived in Cave Creek, Arizona,[5] where she died on April 26, 2023, at the age of 95.[6]
Filmography edit
Sources: Hollywood Reporter;[1] The Guardian;[7] Hollywood.com;[8] TCM [9]
- The Andy Williams Show (1962) TV Series (choreographer) (1962–1963)
- Judy and Her Guests, Phil Silvers and Robert Goulet (1963) (TV) (choreographer)
- Mary Poppins (1964) (choreographer)
- The King Family Show (1965) TV Series (choreographer)
- The Sound of Music (1965) (choreographer)
- The Happiest Millionaire (1967) (stager: musical numbers)
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) (choreographer)
- Of Thee I Sing (1972) (TV) (choreographer)
- The Cher Show (1975) TV Series (choreographer)
- John Denver and Friend (1976) (TV) (choreographer)
- Benji's Very Own Christmas Story (1978) (TV) (choreographer)
- In God We Tru$t (1980) (choreographer)
- Los Angeles 1984: Games of the XXIII Olympiad: (1984) (mini) TV Series (assistant choreographer)
- Liberty Weekend (1986) (TV) (choreographer)
- Beaches (1988) (choreographer)
- Prop Culture (2020) (TV) (herself)
References edit
- ^ a b Barnes, Mike. "'Mary Poppins' Choreographer Marc Breaux Dies at 89" Archived 2018-11-30 at the Wayback Machine Hollywood Reporter, November 22, 2013
- ^ "Breaux Obituary" Archived 2017-11-07 at the Wayback Machine Playbill, retrieved November 3, 2017
- ^ "Dee Dee Wood" Archived 2017-11-08 at the Wayback Machine ibdb.com, retrieved November 3, 2017
- ^ Do Re Mi Archived 2017-11-07 at the Wayback Machine Playbill, retrieved November 7, 2017
- ^ Garcia, Mia (3 September 2014). "Emmy Award winning choreographer calls the valley home". Fox 10 Phoenix. Archived from the original on 31 December 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
- ^ "Audrey Wood Breaux obituary". AZ Central. 1 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ Baskin, Gregory. " 'Mary Poppins' at 50 and Choreographer Dee Dee Wood" Archived 2017-11-07 at the Wayback Machine The Guardian, October 28, 2014
- ^ "Dee Dee Wood Filmography" Archived 2017-11-07 at the Wayback Machine hollywood.com, retrieved November 3, 2017
- ^ "Dee Dee Wood Filmography" Archived 2017-06-01 at the Wayback Machine tcm.com, retrieved November 3, 2017