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Robert Jack Stein (December 6, 1928 – July 31, 1980), known by his legalized stage name Bobby Van, was a musical actor and dancer, best known for his career on Broadway, in films and television from the 1950s through the 1970s. He was also a game show host and panelist.
Van Jaarsveld started his professional singing career in high school when he was offered singing record, and he released his first solo album in his last year. [1] He won the award for Best Newcomer at the Huisgenoot Tempo Awards in 2006 [2] after receiving three nominations from the Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees, Vonk (a local music magazine) and Huisgenoot Tempo magazine.
Joyce has a daughter, Taylor Joyce Van, with Bobby Van and a son, Michael Levoff, with Jeff Levoff. [13] Taylor attended Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, where she met future husband Evan Meyer; they were married in October 2003, at which time she was employed as a television executive assistant for Paramount Pictures. [14]
Bobby Van performed the memorable "Street Dance", in which he hopped all around town. The film features song performances by Nat King Cole . The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song , "My Flaming Heart", with music by Nicholas Brodszky and lyrics by Leo Robin .
Bobby Van played Gillis in this musical version, co-starring with Debbie Reynolds and Bob Fosse. The movie was filmed in black and white, MGM 's first non-color musical film in years. [ 3 ] It was Fosse's technical screen debut, as it was his second film but the first to be released.
Van's version of Make Me Laugh was popular and initially drew good ratings, but they slowly dropped over the course of the run and production went on hiatus at the end of 1979. Bobby Van was diagnosed with brain cancer in February, 1980; the final episode was broadcast on February 25, 1980, and Van died the following July.
Production of Doomsday Machine began in 1967 under Herbert J. Leder's direction [2] under the titles Armageddon 1975 and Doomsday Plus Seven.Production stopped on the film before it was completed (presumably due to funding problems), and the unfinished footage lay in storage for several years.
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