James Mitchell, in a still from All My Children.

James Mitchell (born February 29, 1920 in Sacramento, California) is an American actor and dancer, probably best known for his role as Palmer Cortlandt on the long-running soap opera All My Children. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... February 29 is the 60th day of a leap year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 306 days remaining. ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... City nickname: The Big Tomato Location Location of Sacramento in California Government County Sacramento Mayor Heather Fargo Physical characteristics Area      Land      Water 99. ... The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of Our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television... All My Children is an US soap opera which has been broadcast Monday through Friday on the ABC TV network since January 5, 1970. ...

Mitchell began his career as a modern dancer, studying and performing with Lester Horton. But he is best known for his longstanding association with Agnes de Mille -- as both dancer and assistant choreographer/director -- which began when she cast him in Bloomer Girl (1944). De Mille went on to use him in the principal male dance roles in the original Broadway productions of Brigadoon (for which he received a Theatre World Award and the Donaldson Award for Best Dancer) and Paint Your Wagon. At her invitation, he later performed with American Ballet Theatre and the Agnes de Mille Dance Theater. The two last collaborated on the 1969 Broadway flop Come Summer, starring Ray Bolger. Mitchell also worked off-and-on with Jerome Robbins, beginning with the 1946 musical Billion Dollar Baby. Other significant stage roles include Marco in the original Broadway production of Carnival!, starring Jerry Orbach; Jigger in Carousel; and Macheath in the famed off-Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera (as well as on tour). Mitchell last worked on Broadway in Jerry Herman's Mack & Mabel (1974). Lester Horton (1906 – 1953) American dancer, choreographer, and teacher. ... Agnes de Mille in “3 Virgins and a Devil”, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1941 Agnes George de Mille (September 8, 1905 – October 7, 1993) was an American dancer and choreographer. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the street in New York City. ... Brigadoon is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, first produced in 1947. ... Paint Your Wagon is a 1951 Broadway musical comedy, with book and lyrics by Alan J. Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe, set in a mining camp in Gold Rush-era California. ... The American Ballet Theatre is one of the foremost ballet companies of the 20th century, and a leading company in America. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... This article is about the street in New York City. ... Bolger, circa early 1930s Ray Bolger (January 10, 1904 – January 15, 1987) was an American entertainer of stage and screen, best known for his portrayal of the Scarecrow in the 1939 MGM film The Wizard of Oz. ... Jerome Robbins (October 11, 1918–July 29, 1998) was an American choreographer whose work has included everything from classical ballet to contemporary musical theater. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The art of singing and dancing in a prepared fictional play has been a time-honored tradition ranging to the early days of civilization. ... This article is about the street in New York City. ... Jerry Orbach as Detective Lennie Briscoe in Law & Order Jerome Bernard Jerry Orbach (October 20, 1935 – December 28, 2004) was an American actor best known for his starring role as the street-smart, wisecracking NYPD Detective Lennie Briscoe in the Law & Order television series and for his musical theater roles. ... A carousel in a summer festival in London, with traditional animal mounts, barley twist poles and fairy lights. ... Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway, but larger than Off-Off-Broadway, productions. ... The Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper) was a revolutionary piece of musical theatre written (in German) by the German dramatist Bertolt Brecht in collaboration with the composer Kurt Weill in 1928. ... Jerry Herman (born Gerald Herman on July 10, 1933 in New York City) is an American composer/lyricist of the Broadway musical theater. ... Mack & Mabel is a Broadway musical play. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...

Most of Mitchell's film appearances are in non-dancing roles. Significant exceptions include his first film, White Savage (1943), in which he danced with another member of Lester Horton's company, Bella Lewitzky; The Toast of New Orleans (1950); and Deep in My Heart (1954). Mitchell's most important film role, however, is as "Dream Curly" in the ballet sequence of the movie version of Oklahoma! (1955). Other movie roles were in The Band Wagon, The Peacemaker, The Spook Who Sat by the Door, The Wind and the Lion, The Turning Point and What Waits Below. 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Bella Lewitzky (January 13, 1916 in Los Angeles, California - July 16, 2004 in Pasadena, California) was a modern dance choreographer. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Waltz of the Snowflakes from Tchaikovskys The Nutcracker Ballet is the name given to a specific dance form and technique. ... Oklahoma! (1943) was the first musical play written by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II, working together. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Band Wagon is a 1953 musical comedy film which tells the story of an aging musical star who wants to star in a Broadway play that will restart his career. ... The Peacemaker - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The Wind and the Lion is an adventure movie released in 1975. ... Two films have gone by the name of The Turning Point. ...

Before starting his well-known role on All My Children, he appeared in the soaps Where the Heart Is and Edge of Night. He first appeared on All My Children in 1979, and has continued in the role ever since. He has received 7 Daytime Emmy Award nominations and 3 Soap Opera Digest Award nominations for playing the character of Palmer. Since Susan Lucci's Emmy win in 1999, Mitchell has the most Daytime Emmy nominations without winning. For the 1995 book by Billie Letts, see Where the Heart Is (book). ... The Edge of Night was a long-running American television soap opera. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming. ... The Soap Opera Digest Awards are are award show held by the daytime television magazine Soap Opera Digest. ... Susan Lucci on the cover of TV Guide (1990). ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

Mitchell has taught acting at Yale University and Drake University; in 1985, he received an honorary doctorate from the latter. For other uses, see Yale (disambiguation). ... Drake University is a private, co-educational college located in the city of Des Moines, Iowa. ...