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Jack Donohue(1908-1984)

  • Director
  • Producer
  • Additional Crew
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Jack Donohue
Here's Lucy: Where Is My Wandering Mother Tonight?
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Where Is My Wandering Mother Tonight? (1974)
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Jack Donohue started as a dancer in the Ziegfeld Follies, continued as a dancer, dance director and dance teacher for tap dance (most prominent pupil: Eleanor Powell) in New York and in London (he starred in the British film Rhythm in the Air (1936) with his wife Tutta Rolf). He began working in Hollywood in 1933 as a choreographer and dance director, and was president of the Dance Directors Guild from 1945-46. He also worked as a director, mainly for MGM, directing musicals and comedies.
BornNovember 3, 1908
DiedMarch 27, 1984(75)
BornNovember 3, 1908
DiedMarch 27, 1984(75)
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  • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
    • 1 nomination total

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Known for

Ray Bolger, Annette Funicello, Tommy Sands, and Ed Wynn in Le pays des jouets (1961)
Le pays des jouets
6.1
  • Director
  • 1961
Dick Van Dyke Special
TV Movie
  • Director
  • 1967
Le hold-up du siècle (1966)
Le hold-up du siècle
5.6
  • Director
  • 1966
Alan Baxter and Virginia Gilmore in Close-Up (1948)
Close-Up
5.7
  • Director
  • 1948

Credits

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Director



  • The Further Adventures of Wally Brown
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1980
  • Lucy Moves to NBC (1980)
    Lucy Moves to NBC
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1980
  • Frank Sinatra in The First 40 Years (1980)
    The First 40 Years
    8.0
    TV Special
    • Director
    • 1980
  • Miss Winslow and Son (1979)
    Miss Winslow and Son
    3.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1979
  • Jack Albertson and Freddie Prinze in Chico and the Man (1974)
    Chico and the Man
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1975–1978
  • Jack Klugman and Tony Randall in The Odd Couple (1970)
    The Odd Couple
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1971–1975
  • Lucy Gets Lucky (1975)
    Lucy Gets Lucky
    7.2
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1975
  • Happy Anniversary and Goodbye (1974)
    Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
    5.6
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1974
  • Here's Lucy (1968)
    Here's Lucy
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1968–1974
  • The All Star Spangled Mission
    Video
    • director: Sandy Duncan Show sequence
    • 1973
  • Eve Plumb, Florence Henderson, Susan Olsen, Robert Reed, Ann B. Davis, Christopher Knight, Mike Lookinland, Maureen McCormick, and Barry Williams in The Brady Bunch (1969)
    The Brady Bunch
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1972–1973
  • Love, American Style (1969)
    Love, American Style
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Director (segment "Love and the Comedienne")
    • 1973
  • Love Thy Neighbor (1973)
    Love Thy Neighbor
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1973
  • Paul Lynde and Elizabeth Allen in The Paul Lynde Show (1972)
    The Paul Lynde Show
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1972–1973
  • M. Emmet Walsh, Tom Bosley, Sandy Duncan, Marian Mercer, and Pam Zarit in The Sandy Duncan Show (1972)
    The Sandy Duncan Show
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1972

Producer



  • Dick Van Dyke Special
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 1967
  • Vacation Playhouse (1963)
    Vacation Playhouse
    7.6
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1966
  • Lucille Ball in L'extravagante Lucie (1962)
    L'extravagante Lucie
    7.2
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1963–1965
  • March of Dimes Presents: Once Upon a Dime
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 1963
  • Stan Freberg in Chun King Chow Mein Hour (1962)
    Chun King Chow Mein Hour
    8.7
    TV Special
    • producer
    • 1962
  • The Mickey Rooney Show (1954)
    The Mickey Rooney Show
    7.2
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1960
  • Mickey Rooney in The Many Sides of Mickey Rooney (1960)
    The Many Sides of Mickey Rooney
    TV Special
    • producer
    • 1960
  • Startime (1959)
    Startime
    6.4
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1959–1960
  • The Dean Martin Show
    TV Special
    • producer
    • 1959
  • The George Gobel Show (1954)
    The George Gobel Show
    7.3
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1957–1958
  • The Dean Martin Show
    TV Special
    • producer
    • 1958
  • The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950)
    The Colgate Comedy Hour
    7.7
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1954–1955
  • Red Skelton in The Red Skelton Show (1951)
    The Red Skelton Show
    8.1
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1954–1955
  • Meet Millie
    8.2
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1952
  • The Frank Sinatra Show (1950)
    The Frank Sinatra Show
    7.6
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1950–1951

Additional Crew



  • Top Banana (1954)
    Top Banana
    5.5
    • choreographer (uncredited)
    • 1954
  • Van Johnson, John Lund, and Esther Williams in Jamais deux sans toi (1950)
    Jamais deux sans toi
    6.3
    • choreographer
    • 1950
  • Van Heflin, Jennifer Jones, and Louis Jourdan in Madame Bovary (1949)
    Madame Bovary
    7.0
    • choreographer
    • 1949
  • Ricardo Montalban, Cyd Charisse, Jimmy Durante, Peter Lawford, Esther Williams, and Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra in Dans une île avec vous (1948)
    Dans une île avec vous
    5.9
    • dances and water ballet creator
    • 1948
  • Janet Leigh and Van Johnson in L'Heure du Pardon (1947)
    L'Heure du Pardon
    7.0
    • dance director (as Jack Donahue)
    • 1947
  • Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Durante, Kathryn Grayson, and Peter Lawford in Tout le monde chante (1947)
    Tout le monde chante
    6.5
    • choreographer
    • 1947
  • Mickey Rooney and Bonita Granville in Love Laughs at Andy Hardy (1946)
    Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
    5.9
    • dance director
    • 1946
  • Lucille Ball, Van Johnson, Esther Williams, and Keenan Wynn in Ève éternelle (1946)
    Ève éternelle
    6.1
    • dance director
    • 1946
  • June Allyson, Jimmy Durante, Kathryn Grayson, Peter Lawford, and Lauritz Melchior in Du burlesque à l'opéra (1946)
    Du burlesque à l'opéra
    6.6
    • dance director
    • 1946
  • Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, and José Iturbi in Escale à Hollywood (1945)
    Escale à Hollywood
    7.0
    • dance director (uncredited)
    • 1945
  • June Allyson, Jimmy Durante, José Iturbi, and Margaret O'Brien in Tendre symphonie (1944)
    Tendre symphonie
    6.6
    • dance director (uncredited)
    • 1944
  • Charles Laughton, Robert Young, and Margaret O'Brien in Le fantôme de Canterville (1944)
    Le fantôme de Canterville
    6.9
    • dance director
    • 1944
  • Le bal des sirènes (1944)
    Le bal des sirènes
    6.4
    • dance director
    • 1944
  • Lucille Ball in Meet the People (1944)
    Meet the People
    5.7
    • dance director (as Jack Donahue)
    • 1944
  • Broadway Rhythm (1944)
    Broadway Rhythm
    5.9
    • choreographer (as Jack Donahue)
    • 1944

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Here's Lucy: Where Is My Wandering Mother Tonight?
Trailer 2:13
Here's Lucy: Where Is My Wandering Mother Tonight?

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Jack Donahue
  • Height
    • 1.85 m
  • Born
    • November 3, 1908
    • Brooklyn, New York, USA
  • Died
    • March 27, 1984
    • Marina del Rey, California, USA(undisclosed)
  • Spouses
      Georgine DarcyAugust 6, 1955 - ? (divorced)
  • Other works
    Stage: Appeared (Broadway debut) in "Ziegfeld Follies of 1920" on Broadway. Musical revue/spectacle. Music / lyrics by Irving Berlin, Dave Stamper, Gene Buck, Joseph McCarthy, Harry Tierney and Victor Herbert. Musical Direction by Frank Tours. Music orchestrated by Maurice De Packh, Charles Grant, Stephen Jones and Frank Saddler. Featuring songs with lyrics by James Montgomery, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Gus Van, Joe Schenck, Eddie Cantor, Mac Emery, King Zany, George Fairman, Alex Gerber, Abner Silver, Jack Yellen, Abe Olman, Roger Lewis and Ernie Erdman [earliest Broadway credit]. Tableaux by Ben Ali Haggin. Directed by Edward Royce. New Amsterdam Theatre: 22 Jun 1920-16 Oct 1920 (123 performances). Cast: Delyle Alda, William Blanche, Fanny Brice, Lillian Broderick, Eddie Cantor, Jane Carroll, Juliet Compton, Olive Cornell, Eleanor Dell, Ray Dooley, Emily Drange, Doris Eaton, Mary Eaton, W.C. Fields, Edna French, Eva Grady, Bernard Granville, Ethel Hallor, Margaret Irving, Jerome & Herbert, Alta King, Phebe Lee, Gladys Loftus, Jack Mahan, Albertine Marlowe, Beatrice Milner, Moran and Mack, Margaret Morris, Betty Morton, Carl Randall, Jessie Reed, Helen Shea, John Steel, Avonne Taylor, Van and Schenck, Olive Vaughn, Charlotte Wakefield, Florence Ware, Charles Winninger, Addison Young. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr..
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