LTJG---US NAVY
WORLD WAR II
Dancer, choreographer, director and film editor, Marc was born in Carencro, Louisiana,
the son of Camille J. and Camellia Breaux.
He graduated from University of Louisiana with a major in Dance and joined the Navy as a pilot during World War II. He made his Broadway debut in 1948 after auditioning for Jerome Robbins as a dancer in Look, Ma, Im Dancin! In 1955 he married Dee Dee Wood, whom he had met on a television show. The couple appeared together in the 1956 Broadway musical Lil Abner. They created one of the bestknown live-action dances in the history of the Walt Disney studio, choreographing Dick Van Dyke in the showstopping chimney sweep number to the song Step In Time for Disneys Mary Poppins. Breaux and Wood were thrilled when the audience at the films Hollywood premiere stood and cheered after the barnstorming eight-minute number. Dick Van Dyke took them with him when he did Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and in 1965 they worked on the film Version of The Sound of Music. From 1964 to 1970 they were choreographers for the Saturday night variety show, The Hollywood Palace. In the 1970s, during the time variety shows were popular on television, they created dances for more than 200 TV episodes. Breaux and Wood
eventually divorced and worked separately. The critic Roger Ebert once said of
the pair: Their dances are unmatched for sheer exuberance. His last credit
was on Mae West's final film, "Sextette," in 1978. Breaux's son said that his
father switched careers, working for a Hollywood post-production house as an
editor before retiring. In addition to his son, Breaux is survived by four
granddaughters and one great-granddaughter.
Link to contributor profile: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=mr&MRid=46920253
WORLD WAR II
Dancer, choreographer, director and film editor, Marc was born in Carencro, Louisiana,
the son of Camille J. and Camellia Breaux.
He graduated from University of Louisiana with a major in Dance and joined the Navy as a pilot during World War II. He made his Broadway debut in 1948 after auditioning for Jerome Robbins as a dancer in Look, Ma, Im Dancin! In 1955 he married Dee Dee Wood, whom he had met on a television show. The couple appeared together in the 1956 Broadway musical Lil Abner. They created one of the bestknown live-action dances in the history of the Walt Disney studio, choreographing Dick Van Dyke in the showstopping chimney sweep number to the song Step In Time for Disneys Mary Poppins. Breaux and Wood were thrilled when the audience at the films Hollywood premiere stood and cheered after the barnstorming eight-minute number. Dick Van Dyke took them with him when he did Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and in 1965 they worked on the film Version of The Sound of Music. From 1964 to 1970 they were choreographers for the Saturday night variety show, The Hollywood Palace. In the 1970s, during the time variety shows were popular on television, they created dances for more than 200 TV episodes. Breaux and Wood
eventually divorced and worked separately. The critic Roger Ebert once said of
the pair: Their dances are unmatched for sheer exuberance. His last credit
was on Mae West's final film, "Sextette," in 1978. Breaux's son said that his
father switched careers, working for a Hollywood post-production house as an
editor before retiring. In addition to his son, Breaux is survived by four
granddaughters and one great-granddaughter.
Link to contributor profile: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=mr&MRid=46920253
LTJG---US NAVY
WORLD WAR II
Dancer, choreographer, director and film editor, Marc was born in Carencro, Louisiana,
the son of Camille J. and Camellia Breaux.
He graduated from University of Louisiana with a major in Dance and joined the Navy as a pilot during World War II. He made his Broadway debut in 1948 after auditioning for Jerome Robbins as a dancer in Look, Ma, Im Dancin! In 1955 he married Dee Dee Wood, whom he had met on a television show. The couple appeared together in the 1956 Broadway musical Lil Abner. They created one of the bestknown live-action dances in the history of the Walt Disney studio, choreographing Dick Van Dyke in the showstopping chimney sweep number to the song Step In Time for Disneys Mary Poppins. Breaux and Wood were thrilled when the audience at the films Hollywood premiere stood and cheered after the barnstorming eight-minute number. Dick Van Dyke took them with him when he did Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and in 1965 they worked on the film Version of The Sound of Music. From 1964 to 1970 they were choreographers for the Saturday night variety show, The Hollywood Palace. In the 1970s, during the time variety shows were popular on television, they created dances for more than 200 TV episodes. Breaux and Wood
eventually divorced and worked separately. The critic Roger Ebert once said of
the pair: Their dances are unmatched for sheer exuberance. His last credit
was on Mae West's final film, "Sextette," in 1978. Breaux's son said that his
father switched careers, working for a Hollywood post-production house as an
editor before retiring. In addition to his son, Breaux is survived by four
granddaughters and one great-granddaughter.
Link to contributor profile: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=mr&MRid=46920253
WORLD WAR II
Dancer, choreographer, director and film editor, Marc was born in Carencro, Louisiana,
the son of Camille J. and Camellia Breaux.
He graduated from University of Louisiana with a major in Dance and joined the Navy as a pilot during World War II. He made his Broadway debut in 1948 after auditioning for Jerome Robbins as a dancer in Look, Ma, Im Dancin! In 1955 he married Dee Dee Wood, whom he had met on a television show. The couple appeared together in the 1956 Broadway musical Lil Abner. They created one of the bestknown live-action dances in the history of the Walt Disney studio, choreographing Dick Van Dyke in the showstopping chimney sweep number to the song Step In Time for Disneys Mary Poppins. Breaux and Wood were thrilled when the audience at the films Hollywood premiere stood and cheered after the barnstorming eight-minute number. Dick Van Dyke took them with him when he did Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and in 1965 they worked on the film Version of The Sound of Music. From 1964 to 1970 they were choreographers for the Saturday night variety show, The Hollywood Palace. In the 1970s, during the time variety shows were popular on television, they created dances for more than 200 TV episodes. Breaux and Wood
eventually divorced and worked separately. The critic Roger Ebert once said of
the pair: Their dances are unmatched for sheer exuberance. His last credit
was on Mae West's final film, "Sextette," in 1978. Breaux's son said that his
father switched careers, working for a Hollywood post-production house as an
editor before retiring. In addition to his son, Breaux is survived by four
granddaughters and one great-granddaughter.
Link to contributor profile: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=mr&MRid=46920253
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