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Tommy Tune Biography

Birth Name:Thomas James Tune

Birth Place:Wichita Falls, Texas, United States

Profession Soundtrack, Actor, Art department

Fast Facts

  • In 1991, he won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography
  • Received the 2008 Fred & Adele Astaire Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Won the 1982 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play
  • In 1962, he earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin
  • In his youth, he trained as a dancer under the tutelage of famed dance instructor Patsy Swayze
  • Is best known for his work performing and choreographing Broadway shows
  • Made his Broadway debut in the 1965 production "Baker Street․"