Bobby Short
Actor
- Born
- September 15, 1924 · Danville, Illinois, USA
- Died
- March 21, 2005 (age 80)
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
February 7, 1986
For Love or Money
October 1, 1993
Blue Ice
October 9, 1992
Man of the Century
October 29, 1999
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
July 18, 1990
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
August 14, 1989
Hardhat & Legs
February 9, 1980
A Night on the Town
May 2, 1983
Bobby Short at the Cafe Carlyle
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
February 10, 1998
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
July 23, 1990
Dr. Pepper
Acting13
- 2001Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel as Self
- 1999Man of the Century as Chester
- 1998Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood as Self
- 1993For Love or Money as Self
- 1992Blue Ice as Buddy
- 1990You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story as Narrator
- 1990Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol as Self
- 1989James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket as Self
- 1986Hannah and Her Sisters as Self
- 1983