![Merce Cunningham](/_next/image?url=%2Flogo.webp&w=3840&q=75)
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1919-04-16
Deathday
2009-07-26
Place of Birth
Centralia, Washington, USA
Merce Cunningham
Biography
Mercier Philip "Merce" Cunningham was an American dancer and choreographer who was at the forefront of American modern dance for more than 50 years.
Known For
![Cunningham](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2F9nP5hdTU5f0YjziZ4QU0b796ntc.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Cunningham
as Archival Footage
![Charlie Rose](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2Fw4RqmNBQmbpPZ7rXK25qjJ6IlFP.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Charlie Rose
as Self (Charlie Rose archive footage 4/6/95)
![Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2FceqIRL4BfHguTnlLz00wNlc8uAN.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
as Self (archive footage)
![The Kennedy Center Honors](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2FcNJjS7JSKEYOCrwYwQAmGeRsKxI.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
![Good Morning, Mr. Orwell](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2FiNhtbEfbqCkVZyQGFuyGHwRbvLS.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
as Self
![Appalachian Spring](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2F1jxL2prC0LojAFqWHeAXK1zYSBj.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Appalachian Spring
as The Preacher
![All Star Video](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2F53jcvZ8QYX82Cy5MnDbZVuGWoqQ.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
All Star Video
as Self (archive footage)
![Merce by Merce by Paik](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2FvzAm3N5pvNzaGYJyNfe1cTrXyHY.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Merce by Merce by Paik
![Variations V](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2FcmSEga5modeNf43eU1bk2XNW0q9.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Variations V
as Self
![Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2F5TIXaa2HbizZqs2JClkGfEq2YwB.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective
as Self