Bobby Short
Acting • Born 1924-09-15 – Died 2005-03-21
Acting0Danville, Illinois, USA
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.
Filmography
20 credits
Hannah and Her Sisters
Movie • 1986
Self
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Movie • 1990
Narrator
Blue Ice
Movie • 1992
Buddy
Hardhat & Legs
Movie • 1980
Self
Bobby Short at the Cafe Carlyle
Movie
Man of the Century
Movie • 1999
Chester
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
Movie • 1989
Self
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
Movie • 1990
Self
For Love or Money
Movie • 1993
Self
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
Movie • 1998
Self
A Night on the Town
Movie • 1983
Man of the Century
Movie • 1999
Dr. Pepper
Movie
Self
7th Heaven
TV • 1996
Bobby Short
Frasier
TV • 1993
Warren (voice)
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV • 1957
Self
American Masters
TV • 1986
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
Roots: The Next Generations
TV • 1979
Bobby Short (pianist)
The Love Boat
TV • 1977