Awards & Winners

Tony Charmoli

Date of Birth 11-June-1922
Place of Birth Mountain Iron
(St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States of America)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Anthony Charmoli
Profession Choreographer, Film director, Television Director, Dancer
Tony Charmoli, an American dancer, choreographer, and director, began dancing on Broadway in such shows as Make Mine Manhattan but soon began choreographing for television with Stop the Music in 1949. Charmoli then choreographed dance sequences for the popular Your Hit Parade, winning his first Emmy Award in 1955. He went on to choreograph for some of the biggest stars including Dinah Shore, Lily Tomlin, Danny Kaye, Julie Andrews, Cyd Charisse, Shirley MacLaine, Mitzi Gaynor, and others. On Broadway, Tony choreographed Ankles Aweigh and Woman of the Year with Lauren Bacall. More recently he has focused his talents on directing for television, where he has directed such programs as the famous 1977 production of The Nutcracker starring Mikhail Baryshnikov, which was nominated for two Emmys. He choreographed nearly all of Mitzi Gaynor's television specials in the 1970s as well as two of Shirley MacLaine's. He also worked many times with Sid and Marty Krofft, directing all seventeen episodes of Lidsville and The Bugaloos respectively, as well as their special Fol-de-Rol. He also directed the first two years of Star Search, and several years of Circus of the Stars, as well as John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together, winning the Directors Guild Award.

Awards by Tony Charmoli

Check all the awards nominated and won by Tony Charmoli.

1998


Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Classical Music-Dance Program Blue Suede Shoes- Ballet Rocks!

1984


Nominations 1984 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing - Musical Variety 1984 Olympic Games
The Olympic Gala

1981


Nominations 1981 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing - Musical Variety Lily: Sold Out
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing - Variety, Music or Comedy Program Sylvia Fine Kaye's Musical Comedy Tonight III
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography Lily: Sold Out
Outstanding Achievement in Choreography

1980


Nominations 1980 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing - Variety, Music or Comedy Program John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together

1979


Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing - Musical Variety
Honored for : John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together

Nominations 1979 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing - Musical Variety John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together

1978


Nominations 1978 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing - Comedy-Variety or Music Special Mitzi Zings Into Spring
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography Mitzi Zings Into Spring

1977


Nominations 1977 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing - Musical Variety Mitzi Zings Into Spring
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing - Comedy-Variety or Music Special The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?

1976


Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing - Musical Variety
Honored for : Gypsy in My Soul
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography
Honored for : Gypsy in My Soul
(Outstanding Achievement In Choreography)

Nominations 1976 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing - Musical Variety Gypsy in My Soul
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing - Comedy-Variety or Music Special Mitzi...Roarin' in the 20's
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography Gypsy in My Soul
Outstanding Achievement In Choreography

1974


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography
Honored for : Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife

Nominations 1974 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing - Comedy, Variety or Music Series Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife

1973


Nominations 1973 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography The Julie Andrews Hour
Outstanding Achievement In Choreography

1966


Nominations 1966 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Special Classification Of Individual Achievements The Danny Kaye Show
Primetime Emmy Award for Special Classification Of Individual Achievements The Julie Andrews Show

1956


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography
Honored for : Your Hit Parade
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Choreographer
Honored for : Your Hit Parade
(For episode Show Biz.)

Nominations 1956 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Choreographer Your Hit Parade
For episode \"Show Biz\".

1955


Nominations 1955 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Choreographer Your Hit Parade