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Bill Robinson. Soundtrack: The Shape of Water. Bill Robinson quit school at age seven and began work as a professional dancer the following year. Bojangles (the name referred to his happy-go-lucky ebullience) starred in vaudeville, musical stage and movies. He invented the stair tap routine and was considered one of the world's greatest tap dancers.
Biographie Jeunesse. Bill Robinson [1], est le fils de Maria Robinson, choriste, et de Maxwell Robinson, ouvrier [2].Tous les deux décèdent en 1885, laissant orphelins son jeune frère Percy et lui [3], qui sont élevés par leur grand-mère Bedilia Robinson [4].Dès ses 6 ans il est pris par la passion de la danse. Plus tard, il abandonne l'école pour se produire comme danseur et chanteur ...
Bill «Bojangles» Robinson fue un bailarín de claqué y actor estadounidense, el más conocido y el mejor pagado artista afroamericano de la primera mitad del siglo XX. A lo largo de su dilatada carrera, trabajó en el ámbito de los espectáculos minstrel, el vodevil, el teatro del circuito de Broadway, la industria discográfica, la radio, el cine y la televisión.
His father Maxwell Robinson was a machinist and his mother Maria was a choir singer; both parents died in 1885 and young Bill was reared by his grandmother, Bedilia Robinson, who had been a slave. In Richmond, he got the nickname "Bojangles" from "jangler," meaning contentious, and invented the phrase "Everything's Copasetic," meaning tip-top.
25 de may. de 2017 · Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, born on this day in 1878, was one of the early twentieth century’s most talented performers. His career unfolded in the context of laws about how black performers ...
13 de mar. de 2008 · Entertainer Bill “Bojangles” Robinson’s original name was Luther Robinson. He was born on May 25, 1878, to Maxwell, a machinist, and Maria Robinson, a church choir director, in Richmond Virginia. Both parents died tragically in 1885. Robinson did not like his birth name, Luther, and forced his brother, Bill, to exchange names with him.
26 de nov. de 2019 · Bill Robinson. (Dancer) Bill Robinson, also known as "Bojangles," was an American tap dancer and actor, best known for his movie roles with Shirley Temple in the 1930s. He was the highest-paid African–American entertainer in the first half of the twentieth century. He began his career at the tender age of 5, dancing at beer gardens for a living.
