Michael Kidd
American film choreographer (1915–2007)
- Born
- 12 August 1915, Brooklyn
- Died
- 23 December 2007
- Citizenship
- United States
- Occupation
- actor, film director, choreographer, theatre director, dancer
- Films here
- 2
Michael Kidd (born Milton Greenwald; August 12, 1915 – December 23, 2007) was an American film and stage choreographer, dancer and actor, whose career spanned five decades, and who staged some of the leading Broadway and film musicals of the 1940s and 1950s. Kidd, strongly influenced by Charlie Chaplin and Léonide Massine, was an innovator in what came to be known as the "integrated musical", in which dance movements are integral to the plot.
He was probably best known for his athletic dance numbers in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, a 1954 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical. Film critic Stephanie Zacharek called the barn-raising sequence in Seven Brides "one of the most rousing dance numbers ever put on screen". He was the first choreographer to win five Tony Awards, and was awarded an honorary Oscar in 1996 for advancing dance in film.
Filmography (martial arts films)
| Year | Film | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | It's Always Fair Weather | Cast |
| 1978 | Movie Movie | Cast |
Frequent collaborators
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q1928195 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.