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)
- Man of the Century (1999)
- Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1990)
- A Night on the Town (1983)
- You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story (1990)
- Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel (2001)
- Hardhat & Legs (1980)
- James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket (1989)
- Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood (1998)
- Dr. Pepper
- Bobby Short at the Cafe Carlyle