Miriam Nelson, 98, Hollywood’s Hardest-Working Choreographer

“She choreographed pivotal scenes in the films The Apartment, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, and she also conceived the dance moves for Judy Garland’s first TV special, two Academy Awards telecasts and episodes of The Red Skelton Hour, The Lucy Show and The Bob Hope Show.” (And that’s not even near the half of it.) “Miriam Nelson may not have achieved the kind of fame as the actors who executed her moves. But [she] left behind a sizable body of film and TV work as well as the legacy of being the rare female choreographer in a field that was dominated by men.”