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  • Category Motion Pictures

    Address 6402 Hollywood Blvd.

    Ceremony date 02/08/1960

About
Charles Walters
Born:
1911-11-11,
New York City,
New York,
USA
Education:
USC, CA
Ethnicity:
Caucasian
Death Date:
-0001-11-30
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Charles Walters

Charles Walters was a Hollywood director and choreographer most noted for his work in MGM musicals and comedies in from the 1940s to the 1960s.

He was born in Pasadena, California, and educated at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

He is notable for directing Esther Williams' musicals involving underwater swimming and diving sequences, such as Dangerous When Wet, as well as several musicals starring Leslie Caron, such as Gigi and Lili. He has also directed musical remakes, including High Society, a remake of The Philadelphia Story, and The Tender Trap, a remake of Bachelor Mother. Walters also directed the last pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, The Barkleys of Broadway, as well as Cary Grant in the actor's last film Walk, Don't Run.

Walters died from lung cancer at the age of 71.

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