Dee Dee Wood
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
External links[edit]
- Dee Dee Wood at IMDb
- Dee Dee Wood at the Internet Broadway Database
- Arizona Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame Wood Biography at azmusichalloffame.org
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