Gwen Verdon on The Rosie O'Donnell Show

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  • @karmakomodia
    @karmakomodia 3 роки тому +20

    Hard to believe that Gwen has been gone for 21 years.. What a fabulous dancer/ entertainer she was.

  • @patriciaengel424
    @patriciaengel424 5 років тому +21

    Ann Reinking is in the audience at 6:47 the camera pans to her at the end. Thank you so much for this video! They broke the mold when they made Gwen Verdon she had legendary talent and work ethic. Gwen with her daughter Nicole became very close great lifelong friends with the very talented Ann Reinking.

  • @meenyminymoe
    @meenyminymoe 5 років тому +86

    Gwen Verdon was one of the very best dancers I've ever seen.

    • @rosazwick5893
      @rosazwick5893 4 роки тому +2

      I just discovered her, or rediscover. I did recognize her from the Rosie Show. I just didn't know she was a dancer. Amazing. 😍

  • @tracer740
    @tracer740 5 років тому +24

    If only we could see her now. She was such a entertainment treasure!

    • @ang8158
      @ang8158 4 роки тому +3

      I see what you did their😉 She had a magical way about her, dont see many like her today...correction : Ive never seen anyone like her, the talent is just exploding

  • @arthurboehm
    @arthurboehm 5 років тому +58

    I was there, then. She was extraordinary. Fortunately, film has captured her art, though seeing her in person, to see her moving in real space, was a great thing.

    • @latejanaurbana1589
      @latejanaurbana1589 5 років тому +1

      Where? How did you see her?

    • @arthurboehm
      @arthurboehm 5 років тому +13

      @@latejanaurbana1589 In three Broadway shows: Damn Yankees, Redhead and Sweet Charity. Yes, I'm THAT old.

    • @latejanaurbana1589
      @latejanaurbana1589 5 років тому +11

      @@arthurboehm what an honor to make this tiny connection with an audience member who witnessed her dance LIVE. Amazing.

    • @arthurboehm
      @arthurboehm 5 років тому +15

      @@latejanaurbana1589 Thank you for your kind comment. But I was just one, albeit a young one, of an audience who wanted and was able to see her at her best, at a time when musicals really counted as cultural markers.

    • @hemtonys
      @hemtonys 5 років тому +5

      I really envy you. At least there are movies for Damn Yankees and Sweet Charity (even if SC isn't with Verdon and that's a shame for me) but there's almost nothing online about Redhead (except the amazing Erbie Fitch's Twitch number) and she said it was her favourite among all the musicals.

  • @kristinesmart24
    @kristinesmart24 5 років тому +145

    I NEVER knew that this woman was a walking, breathing, dancing legend! I'm glued to watching her performances since FOSSE/VERDON came to television. And special mention that Michelle Williams has equal performance & production ownership like the guys do in this tv film. Check it out please on F/X (which means "fearless/not." Btw, I'm a freelance dancer w busted ankle....take pain meds/maybe future amputation, but I'll be damned if I can't move & exercise to music. I can use a prosthetic!

    • @sheryldollspoohlinsley8510
      @sheryldollspoohlinsley8510 5 років тому +5

      Kristine Smart So Right! Fosse/Verdon is so Good. I'm actually watching it right now. Are You really going to loose Your foot? Are You Diabetic? I am type 2.🤗Hugs🐽Warm Fuzzy✌Peace❤Love, Sheryl

    • @sheryldollspoohlinsley8510
      @sheryldollspoohlinsley8510 5 років тому +4

      prt464riv Hi, I'm old, so not a child lol. I'm not looking at any amputation for me. Your comment ,you said Your foot was being amputated. I know ppl get their foot amputated from Diabetes. If I miss read that I'm Happy for You.

    • @salgaldenco
      @salgaldenco 5 років тому +2

      @@sheryldollspoohlinsley8510 I believe "Dear child" is meant for @Kristine Smart .

    • @sheryldollspoohlinsley8510
      @sheryldollspoohlinsley8510 5 років тому +1

      salgaldenco LOL Thank You. I had to look. I thought it was her Replying

    • @BeLoud13
      @BeLoud13 5 років тому +3

      Kristine Smart, I am an RN at a big VA hospital. I can tell you that if you have constant neuropathic pain and bad circulation in your bad foot and the doctors can't do vascular surgery to fix it, I would not delay an amputation if the doctors suggest it. Here's why: my patients who had a lot of pain in their bad extremities report, without exception, they wish they'd done the surgery sooner because they lived with pain longer than necessary. After surgery, their pain was gone and they went forward with a prosthetic. I know you did not ask for my advice. Forgive me if I offended you. And darn tootin' you can dance up a storm with your prosthetic, right! (If it comes to that)

  • @TheKinseyScale
    @TheKinseyScale 5 років тому +23

    It's great that they were able to include that moment in "Fosse Verdon".

    • @ang8158
      @ang8158 4 роки тому

      Yes, and they did it so well that they mad it look effortless, and the fluidity is something to see!!

  • @GeoStrum3
    @GeoStrum3 5 років тому +51

    Such a wonderful lady and great performer. There will never be anyone else like her, ever!

    • @holdyourhats
      @holdyourhats 5 років тому +7

      God doesn't make 'em like this anymore.

  • @shonybaby9982
    @shonybaby9982 5 років тому +23

    The lady that is playing her on the screen sounds and acts just like her my God she is a phenomenon

    • @cynthiascully9799
      @cynthiascully9799 5 років тому +11

      Michelle Williams & yes she's phenomenal, she'll win an Emmy for that count on it !

    • @dianaevans7102
      @dianaevans7102 5 років тому +3

      Michelle did an awesome job playing her!!

  • @1JUSTGOTLUCKY1
    @1JUSTGOTLUCKY1 5 років тому +21

    What a great, great performer Gwen was!!!

    • @latejanaurbana1589
      @latejanaurbana1589 5 років тому +2

      Her manners and diplomacy. Her intelligence too. Her patience with Fosses bad husband manners

  • @viqi4646
    @viqi4646 5 років тому +86

    Now that I know more about Gwen Verdon, I love her more than Fosse.

  • @pointpleasant6708
    @pointpleasant6708 5 років тому +64

    The best dancer from the 50-60's.......spectacular Gwen Verdon!!

    • @saradecapua3264
      @saradecapua3264 5 років тому +12

      The best ever. Reinking is second.

    • @MrCrowebobby
      @MrCrowebobby 4 роки тому +2

      @@saradecapua3264 Yes, but Reinking had NO star quality and Gwen had it in spades.

    • @saradecapua3264
      @saradecapua3264 4 роки тому +1

      @@MrCrowebobby I wish I had see Gwen on Broadway. Saw Reinking, vereen and Rubenstein in Pippin.

  • @ravenbaa7989
    @ravenbaa7989 Рік тому +3

    I miss u gwen😭

  • @l.faraday8767
    @l.faraday8767 5 років тому +42

    She is simply the best.

  • @sahej6939
    @sahej6939 3 роки тому +39

    where did Rosie go and why did Ellen become popular? Rosie seems genuine towards people and Gwen is amazing 🤩

    • @TrangPakbaby
      @TrangPakbaby 3 роки тому +5

      My dad used to looooove the Rosie show. It’s hard to watch these old clips because I instantly think of him

    • @fbueller
      @fbueller 3 роки тому +3

      @@TrangPakbaby This was Rosie before she became angry!!!

    • @Fangs4DaMemories
      @Fangs4DaMemories 3 роки тому +6

      Actually, they are pretty much cut from the same cloth. She left her show because she had burned out, but also the fact that the cheesy "I'm-so-nice-no-matter-what" act was getting to her.

    • @ravenbaa7989
      @ravenbaa7989 Рік тому

      Those 2 ❄️rosie and ellen are loud and rude

  • @cuchelo1
    @cuchelo1 5 років тому +28

    Thanks for posting! What a legend!

  • @wired4books51
    @wired4books51 4 роки тому +3

    Fosse won the Best Director Oscar for Cabaret but Gwen choreographed it! She is an amazing talent! I could listen to all of her stories for hours!

  • @nanny287
    @nanny287 9 місяців тому +1

    What a classy lady and a brilliant dancer.💃

  • @LabNYorkie
    @LabNYorkie 5 років тому +12

    Thank you for sharing this clip.

  • @illnsp08
    @illnsp08 5 років тому +8

    Rosie is so lucky to have her on the show!

    • @SimirJohnson
      @SimirJohnson 5 років тому

      illnsp08 We are all so lucky Rosie’s show is no longer on the air.

  • @labrat2069
    @labrat2069 2 роки тому

    Wonderful having the opportunity seeing and listening to Gwen Verdon, she was so fabulous!

  • @kepajoy
    @kepajoy 5 років тому +26

    "Charm is better than handsome". ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

  • @emmacorcelli
    @emmacorcelli 4 роки тому +3

    GOD I LOVE HER SO MUCHHHHH

  • @mindya1799
    @mindya1799 5 років тому +41

    To be able to hug Gwen.......

  • @leewitten4758
    @leewitten4758 3 роки тому +10

    I love Gwen Verdon to a worrying extent. independent of her unrivaled tallent, you can tell she was so genuine, and kept a child-like air about her to her very untimely end. She died much too soon (but then again I think Olivia DeHavilland died tragically young).

    • @MrCrowebobby
      @MrCrowebobby Рік тому +3

      She remained a gypsy even when she became a star.

  • @latejanaurbana1589
    @latejanaurbana1589 5 років тому +10

    1947 she met Bob Fossee, 3:30 "we want Verdon", 5:25 she trained Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe; 6:30 1959 Life Magazine cover

  • @Meatcity-sf8fm
    @Meatcity-sf8fm 5 років тому +10

    OMG the way she moves was incredible best dancer of her time she did sweet charity on Broadway. Got robbed when the movie got made. I’ve never seen the movie fossi till recently he was really eccentric.

    • @MrCrowebobby
      @MrCrowebobby 4 роки тому

      There are and always have been great performers who come across on stage to a much greater degree than on film: Al Jolson, Ethel Merman, Gwen Verdon are just three among many. The opposite also applies . . . Horst Buchholz.

    • @Meatcity-sf8fm
      @Meatcity-sf8fm 4 роки тому

      crowe bobby you can the Beatles to that list.

  • @heureuxpourtoujours
    @heureuxpourtoujours 10 місяців тому

    Thanks for the great interview

  • @LORRIEVIVALASVEGAS
    @LORRIEVIVALASVEGAS 5 років тому +2

    Love this Grand Lady Of Stage and Dance and Screen ! ❤️
    RIP🌹🌹🙏🏼
    "Fosse/Verdon

  • @landerstyle100
    @landerstyle100 2 роки тому

    what a legend. I love her so much. I hope she was happy. She was def loved

  • @bennettsilverstein
    @bennettsilverstein 10 місяців тому

    Gwen Verdon was the greatest dancer, barring none. Miss her terribly.

  • @n.fosbinder6312
    @n.fosbinder6312 Рік тому

    Oh. This is stunning.

  • @dianadunnagan7809
    @dianadunnagan7809 5 років тому +37

    Isn't she Grand isn't she ? My eyes won't leave her when she's dancing.

    • @tomrhea555
      @tomrhea555 5 років тому +2

      I had to make myself watch Fosse in the Who's Got the Pain clip after watching her about 20 times.

    • @ang8158
      @ang8158 4 роки тому

      And her voice is the cutest...reminds of Betty Boop some lol

    • @ang8158
      @ang8158 4 роки тому

      @@tomrhea555 Yes, thats my favorite of the two!! And the actors *killed it*

  • @bobtaylor170
    @bobtaylor170 5 років тому +15

    Fortunate we are to have film and video of her. The quality of the video is horrible, but still, I recommend the one of her performing "If My Friends Could See Me Now." Although the video quality is wretched, you can see enough of her dancing to be openmouthed with astonishment: how was it possible for a human being to DO that?! I'll always wish I'd been able to see her on Broadway.

    • @pertelote4526
      @pertelote4526 5 років тому +1

      Bob Taylor Take a look at this, please ua-cam.com/video/6kjQmgm0r4g/v-deo.html and this ua-cam.com/video/BIiZuAVZH4w/v-deo.html The quality is relatively good.

  • @fatnsassy99
    @fatnsassy99 5 років тому +17

    Tv show about her n Bob. Fosse/Verdon really good 😀

  • @cm_zunnav6293
    @cm_zunnav6293 4 роки тому +4

    I didn’t know Rosie knew that much about dancing. I would love to see her again in a talk show, she was just great.

  • @stephenfermoyle4578
    @stephenfermoyle4578 3 роки тому +1

    LOVE LOVE LOVE

  • @telewarp
    @telewarp 5 років тому +22

    And Anne Reinking in the audience!

    • @latejanaurbana1589
      @latejanaurbana1589 5 років тому +1

      What? Really n

    • @telewarp
      @telewarp 5 років тому +3

      @@latejanaurbana1589 She's applauding at the end of the clip.

    • @kerrijansson2919
      @kerrijansson2919 5 років тому +16

      Ann Reinking and Gwen Verdon were close friends - from what I gathered based on my readings, Ann was the only girlfriend of Fosse that Gwen really liked and after Ann left Fosse due to his inability to commit to monogamy, she and Fosse still worked together but they weren't exactly on friendly terms. Gwen, on the other hand, became one of Ann's closest friends. That's why Ann was sitting in the front row of the studio audience - they were on Rosie to promote the Broadway production Fosse, which is essentially a tribute to Fosse. Ann absolutely had very high regards for Fosse and Gwen.

    • @salgaldenco
      @salgaldenco 5 років тому +5

      @@kerrijansson2919 Oohhhh, so in the FX series Fosse's young girlfriend Annie was Ann Reinking.
      Somehow I missed them saying her last name and have been wondering who she was.

    • @tomrhea555
      @tomrhea555 5 років тому +3

      She really is like a Gwen Jr. Great dancer, quirky voice, non-standard beauty. Thank god she's in All That Jazz.

  • @brettrosen8628
    @brettrosen8628 4 роки тому +5

    Rip Gwen Verdon Bob Fosse Ann reinking

  • @misterhot9163
    @misterhot9163 5 років тому +4

    Great interview! I love Fosse/Verdon and Gwen is fabulous here. Yet based on her voice I wonder if she was ill here.

    • @tomrhea555
      @tomrhea555 5 років тому +2

      She sounds a bit like Hepburn so I wondered that too. I don't think she had a lot of time left.

  • @ANightworkerslife
    @ANightworkerslife 4 роки тому +9

    we need a proper Gwenomentary!

    • @leewitten4758
      @leewitten4758 3 роки тому

      Watch Merely Marvelous.

    • @ANightworkerslife
      @ANightworkerslife 3 роки тому

      @@leewitten4758 do you know where to find it?

    • @leewitten4758
      @leewitten4758 3 роки тому

      Amazon with a Broadway HD subscription, if you're an ethical man anyways (aargh).

    • @ANightworkerslife
      @ANightworkerslife 3 роки тому +1

      @@leewitten4758 not even sure that is available in Sweden. But Amazon won't happen anyway :) will check if it comes available as import dvd in the future

  • @Cua-tanet
    @Cua-tanet 2 роки тому

    This woman is a legend.💃

  • @roymayh3819
    @roymayh3819 3 роки тому

    A legend in every way

  • @memelc5655
    @memelc5655 3 роки тому

    I’m glad I know about her now 🤩👍❤️

  • @queenofkingsbury
    @queenofkingsbury 5 років тому +7

    just watched what she described as a curtain call in Fosse/Verdon!

  • @JamesBrown-ij1px
    @JamesBrown-ij1px 5 років тому +9

    Legendary.

  • @louiscoremin7384
    @louiscoremin7384 3 роки тому

    Gwen verdon phenomenal dancer

  • @paulybarr
    @paulybarr 5 років тому +13

    Look at the arrangement of the guest's chair and the host's desk. You see this is most american talk shows- the guest has to practically turn away from the audience in order to make eye contact with the host- as here. Or, as on David Letterman's set, his seat towered over the guest's, so that the guest had to look up. You get the impression that these talk shows are really about promoting the host rather than the guest. Compare it to the English equivalents-The Parkinson show ( from the 70s till about 10 years ago) or the current Graham Norton show, and the guests are front and centre.

    • @colind3273
      @colind3273 5 років тому

      Happens that way on James Corden's show as well. It appears that he patterns his set-up like Graham Norton's.

  • @sheryldollspoohlinsley8510
    @sheryldollspoohlinsley8510 5 років тому +9

    Hi, OMG! I watched Religiously! I miss Seeing Rosie So Much!🤗Hugs😢Teary-eyed 🐽✌❤,Sheryl

  • @prt464riv
    @prt464riv 5 років тому +2

    Thanks!! What is the real airing date of the clip.

  • @stvp68
    @stvp68 4 роки тому +5

    That was an awkward set design: the guest have to walk down two steps and then back up two more to meet Rosie. The entrance should have stayed on the same level as the interview level.

  • @thebiscuitrose
    @thebiscuitrose 3 роки тому

    1947 they met
    3:40 CanCan
    4:38

  • @wendallmohler8575
    @wendallmohler8575 4 роки тому

    ilove bob fossie and gwen vrdon

  • @rebeccarivera238
    @rebeccarivera238 5 років тому +35

    I miss normal non-hysterical Queen of Nice Rosie O'Donnell

    • @seriousone8030
      @seriousone8030 5 років тому +1

      Makes me wonder if being the Queen of Nice was all an act.

    • @rebeccarivera238
      @rebeccarivera238 5 років тому

      Well, she was still in the closet back then.

    • @metrogoldwyn
      @metrogoldwyn 5 років тому

      agreed.I liked her a lot before she turned into such a political bitch on "The View"

    • @tracer740
      @tracer740 5 років тому +4

      @@HonSkrattar - Why do you hate?

  • @juanacardona4406
    @juanacardona4406 5 років тому +3

    What channel and what day dose Rosie come ?

    • @johndelossantos7678
      @johndelossantos7678 5 років тому +9

      Juana Cardona daily at 3 pm from 1996 - 2002

    • @patty-cf7jj
      @patty-cf7jj 5 років тому +2

      This is an old video. Rosie hasn’t had her own show in ages.

  • @Maggievelas
    @Maggievelas 2 роки тому

    Sus subtulado?

  • @markrocovich2234
    @markrocovich2234 5 років тому

    Bob Fosse wrote the play "Redhead"expressly for her..

  • @antonmarino6568
    @antonmarino6568 Рік тому

    Saw her in sweet charity

  • @brianeduardo1234
    @brianeduardo1234 5 років тому

    Rosie always says she was waiting years for a guest....

  • @jrnumex9286
    @jrnumex9286 8 місяців тому

    got on her mao sa ting outfit

  • @lynjaquish
    @lynjaquish 5 років тому

    Sam ...wow!

  • @juanmonge8
    @juanmonge8 5 років тому +6

    Unfortunately, Gwen was told that she was too unattractive to be a leading lady in films.

  • @susanliberty5059
    @susanliberty5059 Рік тому

    Sad that she lived only one more year and a half.

  • @theresag1969
    @theresag1969 4 роки тому +2

    I'm only watching because of Gwen. I can't stand Rosie.

  • @johnwhiting5747
    @johnwhiting5747 3 роки тому

    Gwen was fabulous. Rosie not so.

  • @ryanawilson8549
    @ryanawilson8549 5 років тому

    She talks like Selma Blair who has MS