Bobby Short
Robert Waltrip Short (September 15, 1924 – March 21, 2005) was an American cabaret singer and pianist who interpreted songs by popular composers from the first half of the 20th century such as Rodgers and Hart, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen, Richard A. Whiting, Vernon Duke, Noël Coward and George and Ira Gershwin.
Known for
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
- Frasier (1993)
- The Love Boat (1977)
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957)
- 7th Heaven (1996)
- American Masters (1986)
- Roots: The Next Generations (1979)
- Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
- For Love or Money (1993)
- Blue Ice (1992)
- Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1990)
- You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story (1990)
- Man of the Century (1999)
- Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel (2001)
- A Night on the Town (1983)
- Dr. Pepper
- Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood (1998)
- James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket (1989)
- Hardhat & Legs (1980)
- Bobby Short at the Cafe Carlyle