Onna White

Onna White

Onna White (March 24, 1922 – April 8, 2005) was a Canadian choreographer and dancer nominated for eight Tony Awards.

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Career

Born in Inverness, Nova Scotia, White began taking dance lessons at the age of twelve, and eventually her studies took her to the famed San Francisco Ballet Company, where she danced in the first full-length U.S. production of The Nutcracker. [1] Her first Broadway performance was in Finian's Rainbow in 1947. Her next assignment was Guys and Dolls, in which she both performed and assisted the choreographer, Michael Kidd, beginning an association that lasted through various productions until, in 1956, she choreographed her first Broadway show, Carmen Jones.

Personal life

She married actor Larry Douglas in 1948; they divorced in 1959. they had two children: Jeanne and Stuart. She choreographed both the stage version and screen versions of The Music Man (1962), 1776 (1972) and Mame (1974). Her ex-husband, Larry Douglas, subsequently married Susan Luckey, who played the role of Zaneeta in the film of The Music Man.

Awards

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted Miss White an Academy Honorary Award for Oliver! (1968), one of the rare occasions that the Academy recognized choreography on film. Other recipients include Gene Kelly for "career achievements", Jerome Robbins for choreographic achievement on film", Michael Kidd (Ms. White's mentor) for "services to the art of dance in the art of the screen" and Stanley Donen for "body of work". Fred Astaire's was much earlier, and was for his body of work.

White's Oscar is the only one that states the name of a film, i.e. "To Onna White for her outstanding choreography achievement for Oliver![citation needed]

Theater credits

Choreographed films

  • The Music Man (1962)
  • Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
  • Oliver! (1968)
  • 1776 (1972)
  • The Great Waltz (1972)
  • Mame (1974)
  • Pete's Dragon (1977)

Tony Award nominations

  • 1958 Best Choreography for The Music Man
  • 1959 Best Choreography for Whoop-Up
  • 1960 Best Choreography for Take Me Along
  • 1961 Best Choreography for Irma La Douce
  • 1965 Best Choreography for Half a Sixpence
  • 1966 Best Choreography for Mame
  • 1968 Best Choreography for Illya Darling
  • 1977 Best Choreography for I Love My Wife

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