Charlotte d'Amboise (May 11, 1964) is a professional dancer and actor on the stage, in movies, and on television. May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (132nd in leap years). ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ...

d'Amboise was born in New York City, the daughter of Jacques d'Amboise, a dancer and an actor, and Carolyn George, a dancer. She is the twin sister of Cate d'Amboise and sister to Christopher d'Amboise, an actor and dancer. She is the wife of Terrence Mann, an actor, a dancer, and a director, who originated the role of The Beast in the Broadway musical Disney's Beauty and the Beast. She and her husband have two daughters. Nickname: Big Apple, City that never Sleeps Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... Jacques dAmboise (born July 28, 1934) is a well-known U.S. ballet dancer and choreographer. ... Terrence Mann (born Terrance Vaughan Mann on July 1, 1951 in Kentucky) is a prominent singer and actor who has dominated Broadways stages for the past two decades. ... Broadway theatre[1] is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... Illustration by Warwick Goble Beauty and the Beast is a traditional folktale (type 425AD -- search for a lost husband -- in the Aarne-Thompson classification). ...

d'Amboise made her Broadway debut in the musical Cats in 1983. She has also performed in the following shows: Broadway theatre[1] is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... Cats is a musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber (ALW) in 1978/1979 based on Old Possums Book of Practical Cats and other poems by T. S. Eliot. ...

• Song and Dance (1985)
• Carrie (1988)
• Jerome Robbins' Broadway (1989)
• Company (1995)
• Damn Yankees (1994)
• Chicago (1999)
• Contact (2001)
• Can Can (2004)
• Sweet Charity (2005)
• A Chorus Line (2006)

d'Amboise has probably become most familiar to audiences for her portrayal of Roxie Hart in the Broadway revival of Chicago. d'Amboise originated the role of Roxie Hart in the first national tour in 1997 before making her first appearance with the Broadway company in 1999. Since her first appearance, d'Amboise has been a frequent part of the show, playing the role of Roxie Hart on numerous occasions almost every year from 2001 through 2006. Song and Dance is a musical by composer Andrew Lloyd Webber. ... Jerome Robbins Broadway is a broadway production that were an anthology of songs taken from past shows that were either directed or choreographed by Jerome Robbins. ... Look up company in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Damn Yankees is a musical comedy, a modern retelling of the Faust legend set in Washington, D.C., with book by Douglass Wallop and George Abbott and music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. ... Nickname: The Windy City, The Second City, Chi Town Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook Incorporated March 4, 1837 Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area    - City 606. ... Look up Contact in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A 1895 poster The Can-can (also spelt Cancan, Can Can) is regarded today primarily as a music hall dance, performed by a chorus line of female dancers who wear costumes with long skirts, petticoats, and black stockings, harking back to the fashions of the 1890s. ... Sweet Charity, based on Federico Fellinis screenplay for Nights of Cabiria, is a 1966 musical show directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse. ... A Chorus Line is a Broadway musical that opened at the Shubert Theatre on July 25, 1975 and closed on April 28, 1990 after 6,137 performances. ...

In 1989, d'Amboise was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role in Jerome Robbins' Broadway. Among the awards d'Amboise has received were the 1997 Astaire Award for Achievement in Dance for Damn Yankees and the 1998 Bay Area Theatre Circle Award for her performance in Chicago. Other awards include: 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ...

• L.A. Ovation Award for Leading Actress in a Musical (1998) for Chicago
• Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Leading Performance (1998) for Chicago
• TDF/Astaire Special Award (2005), for Chicago and Sweet Charity.

In the spring of 2005, d'Amboise replaced Christina Applegate in the Boston leg of the pre-Broadway tour of the revival of Sweet Charity as well as the first few weeks of previews on Broadway following a foot injury Applegate sustained, which almost cancelled the entire production. Once Applegate returned to the role in New York, d'Amboise remained her uncredited standby while simultaneously performing the role of Roxie Hart in Chicago. Christina Applegate in the opening credits of Married with Children Christina Applegate (born November 25, 1971) is an American Emmy Award-winning actress, particularly well-known for playing Kelly Bundy on the sitcom Married. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe) (The State House, according to Oliver Wendell Holmes, is the hub of the Solar System), Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution, Puritan City, Americas Walking City Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino...

d'Amboise also appeared in films such as American Blue Note, Just Off The Coast, and The Preacher's Wife. Her television credits include parts in Neon Jungle, The In Crowd, Lost in the Bermuda Triangle, Law & Order, and a taped performance of the Broadway musical Contact.

In August 2006, d'Amboise originated the role of Cassie in the revival of A Chorus Line in San Francisco. The production opened on Broadway October 5. A Chorus Line is a Broadway musical that opened at the Shubert Theatre on July 25, 1975 and closed on April 28, 1990 after 6,137 performances. ...

External links

• Internet Broadway Datbase Entry
• Biography at Broadway World
• Internet Movie Database Entry