Timeline Bill Robinson

American tap dancer known as Bojangles, famous for his stair dance and his films with Shirley Temple.

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1878 Bill Robinson born in Richmond Bill Robinson is born in Richmond.
1928 Bill Robinson in Blackbirds of 1928 The Broadway revue makes him a star.
1932 Bill Robinson in Harlem Is Heaven He stars in the all-Black film.
1935 Bill Robinson dances with Shirley Temple Their stair dance in The Little Colonel is one of the first interracial dance partnerships on film.
1935 Bill Robinson in The Littlest Rebel He stars again with Shirley Temple.
1936 Bill Robinson in One Mile from Heaven He appears in the Fox drama.
1938 Bill Robinson in Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm He dances with Shirley Temple again.
1939 Bill Robinson in The Hot Mikado He stars in the swing version of Gilbert and Sullivan.
1943 Bill Robinson in Stormy Weather He stars with Lena Horne.
1949 Bill Robinson dies in New York Bill Robinson dies aged 71.
1989 National Tap Dance Day on Bill Robinson's birthday The US Congress names his birthday National Tap Dance Day.