- Born
- July 14, 1895
- Died
- September 15, 1983 (aged 88)
- Place of birth
- St. Joseph, Missouri, USA
- Also known as
- Le Roy Prinz, LeRoy J. Prinz, Leroy Prinz
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia LeRoy Jerome Prinz (July 14, 1895 – September 15, 1983) was an American choreographer, director and producer, who was involved in the production of dozens of motion pictures, mainly for Paramount Pictures and Warner Brothers, from 1929 through 1958, and also choreographed Broadway musicals. He was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Dance Direction in the 1930s, and won the Golden Globe in 1958. Among the films whose dances he choreographed were Show Boat (1936), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), Rhapsody in Blue (1945), and South Pacific (1958). Prinz was married three times and had a son, LeRoy Prinz, Jr.