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Judith Jamison
Deceased

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Life & Death

Died aged 81
GenderFemaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn10/05/1943Born inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USADied09/11/2024 (aged 81)Died inManhattanWikidataQ6303488 ↗TMDb#1226872 ↗

Judith Ann Jamison was an American dancer and choreographer. She danced with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater from 1965 to 1980 and was Ailey's muse. She later returned to be the company's artistic director from 1989 until 2011, and then its artistic director emerita. She received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1999, the National Medal of Arts in 2001, and the Handel Medallion, New York City's highest cultural honor, in 2010.

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Filmography15 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2021AileyMovieSelf78
2019Tamron HallSeriesSelf - Guest76
2014Trailblazer HonorsSeriesSelf71
2006Beyond the Steps: Alvin Ailey American Dance TheaterMovie—63
1990A Tribute to Alvin AileyMoviePresenter47
1987Sacrée soiréeSeriesSelf44
1986American MastersSeriesSelf43
1986An Evening with the Alvin Ailey American Dance TheaterMovieSelf43
1984The Cosby ShowSeriesMarie41
1982Night of 100 StarsMovieSelf39
1978The Kennedy Center HonorsSeriesSelf35
1977Richard Strauss - Josephs LegendeMovie—34
1975Numéro unSeriesSelf32
1974Alvin Ailey: Memories and VisionsMovieSelf31
1968BatoukMovieSelf25