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Holder, Geoffrey, 1930-2014

LC control no.n 83039843
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPR6058.O44
Personal name headingHolder, Geoffrey, 1930-2014
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Variant(s)Holder, Jeoffrey, 1930-2014
See alsoCorporate body: Geoffrey Holder's Steel Drum Trio
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Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1930-08-01
Death date2014-10-05
Place of birthPort of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago)
Place of deathManhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Field of activitySinging Dance Choreography Acting Composition (Music) Costume design Painting
Profession or occupationNarrator of audiobooks
Singers Dancers Choreographers Actors Composers Set designers Costume designers Painters
Found inSongs of the Caribbean.
Benny Andrews, the visible man [VR] c1996: credits (Jeoffrey Holder)
678 field information, Oct. 6, 2014 (singer and dancer)
New York times (online), viewed Oct. 6, 2014 (Geoffrey Holder; b. Geoffrey Lamont Holder, Aug. 1, 1930, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago; moved to England in the 1940s, and to New York City in 1954; d. Sunday [Oct. 5, 2014], Manhattan, aged 84; dancer, choreographer, actor, composer, designer, and painter who used his manifold talents to infuse the arts with the flavor of his native West Indies and to put a singular stamp on the American cultural scene, not least with his outsize personality)
Associated languageeng