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American choreographer and dancer
Ernie Flatt
Born Ernest Orville Flatt
(1918-10-30 ) October 30, 1918Died June 10, 1995(1995-06-10) (aged 76) Occupation(s) Choreographer, dancer
Ernest Orville Flatt (October 30, 1918 – June 10, 1995) was an American choreographer and dancer. He won an
Primetime Emmy Award and was nominated for six more in the category
Outstanding Choreography for his work on the television program
The Carol Burnett Show .
[1] As a choreographer he also won a
Christopher Award and a Golden Rose.
[2] Flatt was also nominated for two
Tony Awards in the categories
Best Direction of a Musical and
Best Choreography .
[3]
Life and career
In his younger years, Flatt worked on Broadway
[4] and in motion pictures such as
An American in Paris (1951)
[5] and
Singing' in the Rain (1952).
[2] Later, he turned to television where he had more success choreographing adaptations of Broadway musicals.
[6] Flatt worked with
Judy Garland , and with
Carol Burnett on her series The Carol Burnett Show .
[7]
Flatt died in June 1995 of an aortic hemorrhage in
Taos, New Mexico , at the age of 76.
[8]
[9]
[10]
References
^
"Ernest O. Flatt" .
Television Academy . Retrieved October 9, 2021 .
^
a
b Burnett, Carol (2016-09-13).
In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox . Crown. pp. 44–45.
ISBN
978-1-101-90466-4 – via
Google Books .
^ Hess, Earl; Dabholkar, Pratibha (2009).
Singin' in the Rain: The Making of an American Masterpiece . University of Kansas. p. 247.
ISBN
9780700616565 – via
Google Books .
^ Burchmore, Rhonda.
Legs 11 . New Holland Publishers (AU). p. 60.
ISBN
978-1-921836-01-5 – via
Google Books .
^ Reid, John Howard (2012).
50 of the Finest Films Hollywood Ever Made . Lulu.com. p. 10.
ISBN
978-1-105-75896-6 – via
Google Books .
^ Reed, R.M.; Reed, M.K. (6 December 2012).
The Encyclopedia of Television, Cable, and Video . Springer. p. 212.
ISBN
9781468465211 – via
Google Books .
^ Roberts, Jerry (2009-06-05).
Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors . Scarecrow Press. p. 167.
ISBN
978-0-8108-6378-1 – via
Google Books .
^
The Associated Press (June 17, 1995).
"Ernest O. Flatt, 76, TV Choreographer" .
The New York Times . Retrieved October 9, 2021 .
^
"Ernie Flatt; Dancer, Choreographer and Director" .
Los Angeles Times . June 19, 1995. Retrieved October 9, 2021 .
^
"Deaths" .
The Washington Post . June 17, 1995. Retrieved October 9, 2021 .
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