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Colette Brosset

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Choreographer 1922–2007

Colette Marie Claudette Brosset (21 February 1922 – 1 March 2007) was a French actress, writer and choreographer. She was once married to actor Robert Dhéry, with whom she appeared onstage in La Plume de Ma Tante and Ah! Les belles bacchantes. She appeared on Broadway in 1959 in La Plume de Ma Tante, and was, along with the rest of the entire cast (Pamela Austin, Roger Caccia, Yvonne Constant, Genevieve Coulombel, Robert Dhéry, Michael Kent, Jean Lefevre, Jacques Legras, Michael Modo, Pierre Olaf, Nicole Parent, Ross Parker, Henri Pennec) awarded a Special Tony Award 1959 for contribution to the theatre.

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La plume de ma tante

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In the literature3 passages

  • Direction : Robert Dhery (staged by Alec Shanks); Producers : David Merrick and Joseph Kipness (A Jack Hylton Production); Choreography : Colette Brosset; Scenery : Supervised by Charles Elson; Costumes : Uncredited; Lighting : Charles Elson; Musical Direction : Gershon Kingsleyebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Cast : Robert Dhery , Colette Brosset, Pierre Olaf, Jacques Legras, Roger Caccia, Jean Lefevre, Ross Parker, Nicole Parent, Pamela Austin, Henri Pennec, Yvonne Constant, Michael Kent, Michel Modo, Genevieve Coulombel; Genevieve Zanetti, Francoise Dally, Brigitt Peynaud, Anna Stroppini, Claude Perrin, Mary Reynolds, Jill Hougham; the cast…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • LEFEVRE, JACQUES LEGRAS, COLETTE BROSSET, ROBERT PIERRE OLAF, HENRI PENNEC, MICHEL MODO in “LA PLUME DE MA TANTE”theatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt

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