
Bobby Short
Department: Acting
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
1986

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990

Blue Ice
1992

Hardhat & Legs
1980

Bobby Short at the Cafe Carlyle
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Man of the Century
1999

James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
1989

Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
1990

For Love or Money
1993

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
1998

A Night on the Town
1983

Man of the Century
1999

Dr. Pepper
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7th Heaven
1996

Frasier
1993

Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957

American Masters
1986

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

Roots: The Next Generations
1979

The Love Boat
1977