Bambi Linn (born Bambina Linnemeier on April 26, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American dancer, choreographer, and actress.
Linn trained extensively with noted choreographer Agnes de Mille. At the age of seventeen, she made her Broadway debut in the original production of Oklahoma! (1943). Along with actor George S. Irving, she is one of the last two surviving cast members of Oklahoma!'s opening night.
De Mille used her again as Louise in Carousel (1945), for which she earned a Theatre World Award. Linn repeated the role in the 1957 revival at City Center. Her other Broadway credits include the title role in Alice in Wonderland (1947) and Blanche in I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1962). Linn, who was also a guest soloist with American Ballet Theatre, continued making occasional stage appearances until the early 1980s.
In the 1950s, Linn was best known as half of a ballroom dance team with her first husband, Rod Alexander. The two made frequent appearances on TV's Your Show of Shows, The Colgate Comedy Hour, Toast of the Town, and Max Liebman Presents, among others. Linn made only one film appearance: as the fantasy Laurey in the extended "Dream Ballet" sequence in Oklahoma! (1955). She and Alexander created a similar dream ballet for the live 1955 broadcast of The Desert Song.
Linn has four children, and raised them in Westport, Connecticut.
Actress
1960
The Man in the Moon (TV Movie)
1956
Max Liebman Spectaculars (TV Series) as
Urchin
- Holiday (1956) - Urchin
1956
Carousel as
Dancer (uncredited)
1955
Babes in Toyland (TV Movie) as
Dancer
1955
Oklahoma! as
Dream Laurey / Dancer
1955
The Desert Song (TV Movie) as
Dancer
1955
Max Liebman Presents: The Merry Widow (TV Movie) as
Dancer
1955
A Connecticut Yankee (TV Movie) as
Dancers
1955
Max Liebman Presents: Naughty Marietta (TV Movie) as
Dancer
1954
Lady in the Dark (TV Movie) as
Dancer
1953
The Philip Morris Playhouse (TV Series) as
Nora
- Bullet for a Stranger (1953) - Nora
1950
Your Show of Shows (TV Series) as
Regular Performer (1952-1954)
1949
Thru the Crystal Ball (TV Series) as
Alice
1948
Actor's Studio (TV Series) - To the Lovely Margaret (1948)
1948
The Baby-sitter (TV Movie) as
Child
Miscellaneous
1956
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV Series) (choreography - 1 episode) - Andy Williams, Milt Kamen, Gogi Grant, The Will Mastin Trio (featuring Sammy Davis, Jr.), Marian Ann McKnight , The Baird Puppets (1956) - (choreography)
Soundtrack
1985
That's Dancing! (Documentary) (performer: "Out Of My Dreams")
1960
The Man in the Moon (TV Movie) (performer: "Unchained Melody")
1957
General Motors 50th Anniversary Show (TV Special) (performer: "Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo", "Out of Nowhere", "What is This Thing Called Love?", "Lover")
1955
Oklahoma! (performer: "Laurey Makes Up Her Mind (Ballet)" - uncredited)
1955
The Desert Song (TV Movie) (performer: "The Desert Song" ballet - uncredited)
1954
Lady in the Dark (TV Movie) (performer: "My Ship")
Self
1960
The Bell Telephone Hour (TV Series) as
Self
- The Unforgettable Music of Vincent Youmans (1960) - Self
1960
Music for a Spring Night (TV Series) as
Self - Dancer
- Episode dated 9 March 1960 (1960) - Self - Dancer
1959
At the Movies (TV Special) as
Dancer
1959
The Sid Caesar-Art Carney Hour (TV Movie) as
Self
1958
The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #12.4 (1958) - Self
- Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, Jason Robards, Jr., Albert Morgenstern, The Everly Brothers, Johnnie Ray, Tex Barton, The Armandis, Rod Alexander & Bambi Linn (1958) - Self
1958
Victor Borge's Comedy in Music III (TV Movie) as
Self
1957
General Motors 50th Anniversary Show (TV Special) as
Self
1953
The Arthur Murray Party (TV Series) as
Self / Self - Dancer
- Bert Lahr, Gypsy Rose Lee, June Havoc, Jack E. Leonard, Paul Winchell, Mae Sagon, Bambi Lynn & Rod Alexander (1957) - Self
- Episode #8.13 (1957) - Self - Dancer
- Episode #8.9 (1957) - Self
- Episode #4.19 (1953) - Self - Dancer
1956
The Vic Damone Show (TV Series) as
Self - Dancer / Self
- Episode #2.4 (1957) - Self - Dancer
- Episode #1.3 (1956) - Self
1956
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV Series) as
Self - Dancer
- James Mason, Pamela Mason & Portland Mason, Rise Stevens & Jan Peerce, Roger Ray, Eddie Condon, Dayton Allen, Bambi Linn & Rod Alexander (1956) - Self - Dancer
- Premier with guests Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, Kim Novak, Vincent Price, Wally Cox, Sammy Davis, Jr. (1956) - Self - Dancer
1956
Person to Person (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Episode #3.43 (1956) - Self
1955
Max Liebman Spectaculars (TV Series) as
Self
- Panorama (1956) - Self
- Good Times (1955) - Self
1955
The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV Series) as
Self - Dancer
- Episode #6.4 (1955) - Self - Dancer
1955
Max Liebman Presents: Promenade (TV Movie) as
Self - Dancer
1955
Max Liebman Presents: Kaleidoscope (TV Movie) as
Self
1955
Max Liebman Presents: Big Time (TV Special) as
Self
1954
Babes in Toyland (TV Special) as
Dancer
1952
Your Show of Shows (TV Series) as
Self / Self - Guest Performer / Self - dancer
- Guest Host: Eddie Albert (1954) - Self
- Guest Host: Phyllis Kirk (1954) - Self
- Guest Hostess: Angela Lansbury; Guest Stars: Dennis Day, Bambi Linn & Rod Alexander, the Bob Hamilton Trio, Jack Russell & Joan Walker (1954) - Self
- Guest Host: Charlton Heston. Guest Stars: Bambi Linn & Rod Alexander, the Bob Hamilton Trio, Keith Textor & Sylvia Michaels, Jack Russell & Victoria Sherry (1954) - Self - dancer
- Guest host: Marilyn Maxwell; guest stars: Bambi Lynn & Rod Alexander, the Billy Williams Quartet, the Hamilton Trio, Harrison & Holloway, Jack Russell (1954) - Self
- Episode #5.13 (1953) - Self - Guest Performer
- Guest Host: Robert Preston (1953) - Self - Guest Performer
- Guest Host: Jack Palance (1952) - Self - dancer
- Episode #4.1 (1952) - Self - Guest Performer
1954
The Kate Smith Hour (TV Series) as
Self - Dancer
- Bambi Linn & Rod Alexander, Snooky Lanson, The Three Suns (1954) - Self - Dancer
1953
Chance of a Lifetime (TV Series) as
Self
- Bambi Linn and Rod Alexander (1953) - Self
1952
The Kate Smith Evening Hour (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.39 (1952) - Self
1949
The Fifty-Fourth Street Revue (TV Series) as
Self - Dancer
Archive Footage
2004
Broadway: The American Musical (TV Mini Series documentary) as
Dream Laurey
- Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin': 1943-1960 (2004) - Dream Laurey
1987
Great Performances: Dance in America (TV Series) - Agnes: The Indomitable De Mille (1987)
