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Great Entertainers Episodes

2000, TV Show

Episode Detail: Bill Robinson: Mr. Bojangles - Great Entertainers

Tap dancer and performer Bill “Bojangles” Robinson (1878-1949) is profiled. Included: his childhood, vaudeville and Broadway careers, and screen partnership with Shirley Temple, as well as his personal life. Interviewed: Gregory Hines, biographers and fellow performers.

Episodes: Great Entertainers - 160 total Episodes

11/24/2001: Calvin Klein: A Stylish Obsession
11/24/2001: Edith Head: Designing Woman
11/24/2001: Giorgio Armani: Deconstructing Fashion
11/24/2001: Max Factor: Making Faces
10/29/2001: Robert Schuller: The Possibility Preacher
10/29/2001: Pat Robertson: Preaching Politics
10/29/2001: Tammy Faye: Faith and Flamboyance
10/29/2001: Jimmy Swaggart: Fire and Brimstone
10/28/2001: Nat 'King' Cole: Loved in Return
10/28/2001: Perry Como: The Singing Barber
10/28/2001: The Carpenters: Harmony and Heartbreak
10/27/2001: Lowell Thomas: Man About the World
10/27/2001: Charles Kuralt: A Life on the Road
10/27/2001: David Brinkley: A Reporter's Life
10/27/2001: Mike Wallace: TV's Grand Inquisitor
10/26/2001: Jonathan Winters: Without a Net
10/26/2001: Jamie Lee Curtis: Hollywood's Girl Next Door
10/26/2001: Angela Lansbury: A Balancing Act
10/25/2001: Jaclyn Smith: Texas Angel
10/25/2001: Angie Dickinson: Tinseltown's Classiest Broad
10/25/2001: Tony Randall: Center Stage
10/24/2001: Peter Graves: Mission Accomplished
10/24/2001: Elizabeth Montgomery: A Touch of Magic
10/24/2001: Bob Crane: A Double Life
10/23/2001: Lloyd Bridges: Lights, Camera, Family
10/23/2001: Raymond Burr: The Case of the TV Legend
10/22/2001: Joan Rivers: Can She Talk!
10/22/2001: Sally Jessy Raphael: Behind the Red Glasses
10/22/2001: Ricki Lake: She's All That
10/22/2001: Jerry Springer: In the Center Ring
10/21/2001: Judy Garland: Beyond the Rainbow
10/21/2001: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer
10/20/2001: Walter Cronkite: Eyewitness to History
10/20/2001: Barbara Walters: A Driving Force
10/19/2001: Diahann Carroll: No Strings
10/19/2001: Joan Collins: A Personal Dynasty
10/19/2001: John Forsythe: Gentleman John
10/19/2001: Morgan Fairchild: On Her Own Terms
10/18/2001: James Garner: Hollywood Maverick
10/17/2001: Ray Walston: No Antennae, Please
10/17/2001: Bruce Lee: The Immortal Dragon
10/17/2001: Ben Wicks
10/17/2001: Al Lewis: Forever Grandpa
10/16/2001: Annette Funicello
10/16/2001: Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop
10/16/2001: Howdy Doody and 'Buffalo' Bob Smith
10/16/2001: George Reeves: The Perils of a Superhero
10/14/2001: Della Reese: Outspoken Angel
10/14/2001: Jeff Foxworthy: You Might Be a Comic If...
10/14/2001: Dick Van Dyke: Put On a Happy Face
10/13/2001: Tom Hanks: Hollywood's Golden Boy
10/13/2001: Robert Wagner: Hollywood's Prince Charming
10/13/2001: Marilu Henner: Perpetual Motion
10/13/2001: Ted Danson: One Lucky Guy
10/12/2001: Ed Asner: The Loveable Grouch
10/12/2001: Bob Newhart: The Last Sane Man
10/12/2001: Mary Tyler Moore: All American Girl
10/11/2001: Dick Van Patten: The Sure Bet
10/11/2001: Mackenzie Phillips: Nine Lives
10/10/2001: William Shatner: Captain's Log
10/10/2001: Barbara Eden: Out of the Bottle
10/9/2001: Phil Silvers: Top Banana
10/9/2001: Edgar Bergen: His Many Voices
10/9/2001: Phyllis Diller: First Lady of Laughter
10/8/2001: Julia Child: An Appetite for Life
10/8/2001: Graham Kerr: The Galloping Gourmet
10/8/2001: Wolfgang Puck: Recipe for Success
10/8/2001: Emeril Lagasse: BAM!
10/7/2001: Tim Allen: Prince of Tools
10/7/2001: Dennis Franz: Out of the Blue
10/7/2001: Charlie Sheen: Born to Be Wild
10/6/2001: Roseanne: Tabloids, Trash & Truth
10/6/2001: Meredith Baxter: Perfection and Reality
10/6/2001: Michael Landon: Best Intentions
10/4/2001: Carol Burnett: Just to Have a Laugh
10/4/2001: Carroll O'Connor: All in a Lifetime
10/4/2001: Alan Alda: More than Mr. Nice Guy
10/3/2001: Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
10/3/2001: Robert Reed: Unfinished Business
10/3/2001: Florence Henderson: Here's the Story
10/3/2001: Bill Bixby: Chasing Perfection
10/2/2001: Donna Reed: I'll Take the Moon
10/2/2001: Ozzie and Harriet: The Adventures of America's Favorite Family
5/23/2001: Liberace: Mr. Showmanship
5/23/2001: Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
5/23/2001: Sal Mineo: Hollywood's Forgotten Rebel
5/23/2001: Rock Hudson: Acting the Part
5/16/2001: Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
5/16/2001: Cheryl Ladd: Firecracker
5/16/2001: Farrah Fawcett: America's Angel
5/9/2001: Roddy McDowall: Hollywood's Best Friend
5/9/2001: Cesar Romero: In a Class by Himself
5/9/2001: Julie Newmar: The Cat's Meow
5/9/2001: Adam West: Behind the Cowl
5/2/2001: Jerry Orbach: The Singing Detective
5/2/2001: Jack Webb: Just the Facts
5/2/2001: Peter Falk: Just One More Thing
5/2/2001: Telly Savalas: Who Loves Ya, Baby?
1/24/2001: Shirley MacLaine: This Time Around
1/24/2001: Shirley Jones: Hollywood's Musical Mom
1/17/2001: Tammy Wynette: First Lady of Country
1/17/2001: Sally Field: Defying Gravity
1/17/2001: Burt Reynolds: Down Fall and Deliverance
1/10/2001: Andy Griffith: Hollywood's Homespun Hero
1/10/2001: Don Knotts: Nervous Laughter
1/10/2001: Ron Howard: Hollywood's Favorite Son
1/10/2001: Henry Winkler: Hollywood's Coolest Character
1/3/2001: Jimi Hendrix: The Man They Made God
1/3/2001: Janis Joplin: Southern Discomfort
1/3/2001: David Crosby: Finding Harmony
11/29/2000: Abbott and Costello Meet Biography
10/4/2000: Buster Keaton: Genius in Slapshoes
10/4/2000: W.C. Fields: Behind the Laughter
9/27/2000: Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace
9/27/2000: Edward G. Robinson: Little Big Man
9/27/2000: Ernest Borgnine: Hollywood's Uncommon Character
9/27/2000: Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters
9/20/2000: Monty Hall: Let's Make a Deal
9/20/2000: Vanna White: Game Show Goddess
9/20/2000: Bob Barker: Master of Ceremonies
9/20/2000: Regis Philbin: Made for TV
9/6/2000: Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
9/6/2000: Steven Spielberg: An Empire of Dreams
6/14/2000: Bob Fosse: Dancing on the Edge
6/14/2000: Bill Robinson: Mr. Bojangles
6/14/2000: Donald O'Connor: Make 'Em Laugh
6/14/2000: Nicholas Brothers: Flying High
5/24/2000: Michael Douglas: Son of Spartacus
5/24/2000: Kirk Douglas: A Lust for Life
5/24/2000: The Hustons: Hollywood's Maverick Dynasty
5/10/2000: Lon Chaney, Jr.: Son of a Thousand Faces
5/10/2000: Boris Karloff: The Gentle Monster
5/10/2000: Fred Gwynne: More than a Munster
5/10/2000: Bela Lugosi: Hollywood's Dark Prince
5/3/2000: Jim Carrey: The Joker's Wild
5/3/2000: Richard Pryor: Comic on the Edge
5/3/2000: George Carlin
5/3/2000: Redd Foxx: Say It like It Is
2/23/2000: Dinah Shore: Sealed with a Kiss
2/23/2000: Hayley Mills: Seeing Double
2/23/2000: Martha Raye: In Love and War
2/16/2000: The Rat Pack
2/16/2000: The Rat Pack
2/9/2000: Kenny Rogers: A Gambler's Tale
2/9/2000: Johnny Cash: The Man in Black
2/9/2000: Kris Kristofferson: Nothing Left to Prove
2/9/2000: George Jones: The King of Heartache
2/2/2000: Brian Wilson: A Beach Boy's Tale
2/2/2000: Doris Day: It's Magic
1/26/2000: Ethel Merman: There's No Business like Show Business
Mae West...and the Men Who Knew Her
Arthur Godrey: Broadcasting's Forgotten Giant
Danny Thomas: Make Room for Danny
Connie Francis: Sweetheart of Song
Mia Farrow: A Life of Drama
Jack Benny: Now Cut That Out
Andy Warhol: A Life at the Edge
Mick Jagger: Rolling Stone
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown