Sammy Lee
American choreographer
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Sammy Lee , born Samuel Levy, was an American choreographer, dancer, and producer who worked mainly on Broadway and for 20th Century Fox film corporation in Hollywood. Work on Broadway Lee got his start on the Broadway stage as a dancer and choreographer, along with Signor Albertiera, in the Arthur Hammerstein produced Friml operetta, The Firefly. For the next several years Lee worked as a dancer and choreographer in many reviews before he got his big break as the choreographer for the George and Ira Gershwin musical, Lady, Be Good. In Lady, Be Good, Lee was the first to choreograph such hit songs as "Fascinating Rhythm", "Swiss Miss", and "Oh, Lady Be Good!". Lee was also the one of the first choreographers to work on the Broadway stage with the young duo of Fred Astaire and Adele Astaire. Following the success of Lady, Be Good, Lee worked steadily in such shows as No, No, Nanette, Tip-Toes, The Cocoanuts, and Rio Rita. As his popularity grew in Manhattan, Lee drew the attention of famed Broadway producer, Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., who employed him to choreograph his Follies of 1927.
