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Ann Reinking

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Ann Reinking was born on November 10, 1949, in Seattle, Washington. Renowned more for her dancing than acting, Reinking has danced in many Broadway shows. She made her film debut in Movie Movie (1978) and the following year starred opposite Roy Scheider and Jessica Lange in the Bob Fosse biopic All That Jazz (1979), which won many Oscar nominations -- including a nod for Best Picture of 1979. Reinking was charming as Grace Farrell, the sympathetic and devoted secretary to grouchy Daddy Warbucks (Albert Finney) in John Huston's Annie (1982), in which she sang the songs "I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here", "We Got Annie" and "Let's Go To The Movies." Her best performance was also in her last film to date in Blake Edwards' brilliant 1984 comedy Micki + Maude (1984), in which Dudley Moore plays a bigamist with two pregnant wives -- workaholic attorney Micki (Reinking) and laid-back cellist Maude (Amy Irving). After that, Ann Reinking never acted in another motion picture. She was married to financier Herbert Allen for a time, and only popped up sporadically on television and on the stage. Her big Broadway comeback occurred in the early 1990s with Chicago, which won her a well-deserved Tony Award for Best Choreography.
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Closely associated with dancer/choreographer Bob Fosse, she was his protégé and partner, both personally and professionally, during the 1970s (though Fosse was separated from, but still married to, Gwen Verdon), and continues to this day promoting his name and dancing style.
Replaced Gwen Verdon as "Roxie Hart" in the stage version of "Chicago" in 1977 although there was a 25-year age difference. Verdon, herself, was married to Bob Fosse.
Despite playing a part based on herself in All That Jazz (1979), director Bob Fosse still made her audition several times before she was cast.
Won Broadway's 1997 Tony Award as Best Choreographer for a revival of "Chicago." She was nominated on three other occasions: in 1975, as Best Actress (Musical) for "Goodtime Charley;" in 1978 as Best Actress (Featured Role - Musical) for "Dancin';" and in 1999 as Best Director (Musical), along with collaborator Richard Maltby Jr., for "Fosse."
She choreographed "Fosse", performed at the Prince of Wales Theatre, which was nominated for Best Musical at the 2001 (2000 season) Laurence Olivier Theatre Awards.

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