LeRoy Prinz | |
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 LeRoy Prinz and dancers at Paramount | |
| Born | LeRoy Jerome Prinz July 14, 1895 St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | September 15, 1983 (aged 88) Wadsworth, California, U.S. |
| Education | Northwestern University |
| Occupation(s) | Choreographer, director |
| Years active | 1929–1958 |
| Spouse(s) | Mary E. Thompson (1919-?) Agnes Suzanne Thorstadt (1926-1934) Betty Bryson (1936,-1983) |
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 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 staged were Show Boat (1936), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), Rhapsody in Blue (1945), and South Pacific (1958).