Robert Joffrey was born on December 24, 1928 in Seattle, Washington, USA as Anver Bey Abdullah Jaffa Khan. He is known for his work on Great Performances: Dance in America (1976), Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance (2012) and To Dance for Gold (1982). He died on March 25, 1988 in New York University Medical Center University Hospital, New York City, New York, USA.