Arlene Phillips

About Arlene Phillips

Choreographer, dancer, and theatrical director who has worked on a number of West End and Broadway musicals in London.

Arlene Phillips, CBE is an English choreographer, theatre director, talent scout, television judge and presenter, and former dancer, who has worked in many fields of entertainment. For many years, she was most noted as the choreographer of numerous West End and Broadway musicals, films, and television shows, but she later achieved mainstream fame as a judge on television talent shows including Strictly Come Dancing and So You Think You Can Dance.

Nationality	British
Notable work	Annie, Starlight Express, Saturday Night Fever, Hot Gossip, Loose Women, Strictly Come Dancing, SYTYCD, WWRY
Known for	Theatre Choreographer, director, television Personality, television judge, former dancer
Occupation	Choreographer
Years active	1976–present
Born	May 22, 1943, Prestwich, England

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Trivia

She served as a judge on Strictly Come Dancing, a BBC1 reality competition, from 2004 to 2009.

Arlene Phillips before fame

She began taking dance classes when she was three years old, and by her mid-teens, she was dancing, choreographing, and teaching dance in London.

Achievement of Arlene Phillips

From 2004 through 2009, she was a judge on Strictly Come Dancing, a BBC1 reality show.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Arlene Phillips family life

Prestwich, Lancashire, England, was her hometown. In the early 1960s, she and her two siblings lost their mother to leukemia.

Associations of Arlene Phillips

She rose to prominence as the founder and choreographer of the British dance ensemble Hot Gossip. On the famous disco track I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper, the quartet partnered with singer Sarah Brightman.

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