Bill (Bojangles) Robinson

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Bill_(Bojangles)_Robinson
GPTKB entity
Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:dancer
gptkb:person
gptkb:singer
actor
gptkbp:award gptkb:Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame_star
gptkbp:birthDate 1878-05-25
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Luther_Robinson
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Richmond,_Virginia,_USA
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:Shirley_Temple
gptkb:Cab_Calloway
gptkb:Lena_Horne
Fats Waller
gptkbp:deathDate 1949-11-25
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:New_York_City,_New_York,_USA
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:African-American
gptkbp:featuredIn film 'Just Around the Corner' (1938)
film 'Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm' (1938)
film 'Stormy Weather' (1943)
film 'The Little Colonel' (1935)
film 'The Littlest Rebel' (1935)
gptkbp:firstAfricanAmerican headline Broadway show
headline vaudeville act without a partner
gptkbp:genre gptkb:film
musical theatre
vaudeville
tap dance
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bill (Bojangles) Robinson
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Sammy_Davis_Jr.
gptkb:Gregory_Hines
gptkbp:knownFor tap dancing
performing with Shirley Temple
stair dance
gptkbp:legacy National Tap Dance Day (May 25) established in his honor
gptkbp:militaryConflict gptkb:Spanish–American_War
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Bojangles
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Stormy_Weather
gptkb:Rebecca_of_Sunnybrook_Farm
gptkb:The_Littlest_Rebel
gptkb:The_Little_Colonel
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:dancer
gptkb:singer
actor
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Evergreen_Cemetery,_Brooklyn,_New_York
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Fannie_S._Clay
Elaine Plaines
gptkbp:subjectOf biography 'Mr. Bojangles: The Biography of Bill Robinson'
documentary 'Bojangles' (2001)
song 'Mr. Bojangles'
gptkbp:yearsActive 1900–1949
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Paul_R._Williams
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6