| LEGEND: aka = Also Known As / m: = Married/ n/a = Not Available / ( ) = Note / c.= Circa. |
Last |
First |
Location |
Perf. /Notes |
Partners |
Dances |
Dates |
| Abdill |
Joie |
n/a |
Marathons |
Buster Craw |
Marathon |
c.1930s |
| Abezetian |
Martin |
n/a |
1948 Harvest Moon Ball Champions |
Elaine Shepro |
Jitterbug |
c.1948 |
| Ackerman |
Jack |
n/a |
Buck Clayton Jam Session: 'Rock-a-Bye Basie' |
Master Tap Dancer. Jimmy Slyde |
Tap |
c.1940s |
| Acuna |
Maria |
Cuba |
n/a |
n/a |
Spanish |
c.1940s? |
| Adams |
Billy |
n/a |
Danced with Aaron Palmer |
m: Victoria Spivey |
Tap |
c.1920s |
| Adams |
Diana |
Staunton, VA. |
1943 Oklahoma!. Helen of Troy. 1956 Invitation To Dance |
Danny Kaye,
m: Hugh Laing |
Ballet |
3/29/1926-1/10/1993 |
| Adams |
"Miss" |
?New Orleans? |
"Florida Creole Girls" |
n/a |
Cakewalk |
c.1903 |
| Adams |
Jill (Mrs.) |
n/a |
Tap Sandals ? |
n/a |
Tap Dancer |
c.1950's? |
| Adams Sisters |
n/a |
Europe |
Fan Dance [pathe 1932], |
n/a |
Fan Dance |
c.1932 |
| Adelaide |
& Hughes |
n/a |
1912 The Passing Show |
Johnny J.J. Hughes |
Ballroom, Hoop |
c.1920s? |
| Adger |
Jules |
New York |
Cotton Club, Hot Mikado - (Broadhurst Theatre). |
"Cotton Club Boy" |
Eccentric, Tap |
8/19/1913 - 5/27/1991 |
| Adler |
Faye |
n/a |
1940 The Bank Dick |
Ted Bradford |
n/a |
c.1930s? |
Adorée
(La Fonte) |
Renée (Jeanne) |
Lille, France |
"Four Horsemen."
1928 The Cossacks.
10/1926 Motion Pic Mag. |
Rudolph Valentino,
John Gilbert,
m: Tom Moore |
Tango, Actress, Circus |
9/30/1898-10/5/1933 |
| Adrian |
Iris |
USA |
"Road To Zannzibar" |
n/a |
Rumba, Broadway |
c.1930's |
| Agoust |
Emil |
France |
Sitca |
Simone De Beryl |
N/A |
C.1915 |
| Aguilar |
Pedro |
New York? |
1954 El Duende de Jerea. 1951 Que Rico el Mambo |
aka: " Cuban Pete," "Mr. Mambo" |
Mambo, Salsa, Latin |
6/14/1927 – 1/13/2009 |
| Ahlberg |
Irene |
n/a |
1931 E. Carroll Vanities |
Beryl Wallace? |
n/a |
c.1930s |
| Aicha |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Belly Dancer |
c.1915 |
| Ailey |
Alvin |
Rogers, TX |
Alvin Ailey Troupe |
n/a |
Jazz, Modern etc. |
1/5/1931-12/1/1989 |
| Aland |
? |
New York |
Cotton Club Express |
Anise, ? |
Waltz |
c.1937 |
| Alba |
Florina |
Spain? |
A Night in Spain |
Julio Toledo, Cabalgata Co. |
Spanish, Ballet |
c.1949 |
| Albertieri |
Luigi |
n/a |
Instructor |
Pavlova |
Mime, Ballet, Stage |
c.1920s |
| Alberto |
??? |
n/a |
n/a |
Clara |
Rumba |
c.1920s |
| Albright |
Helen "Mousie" |
California? |
Groovie Movie, Jr. Prom (1946,) Twice Blessed (1945,) Hollywood Cafe (1953) |
Dean Collins, Waxey |
West Coast Swing, Jitterbug |
c.1940s |
| Albright |
Wally |
n/a |
Twice Blessed (in sweater in “Jitterbug Finals Tonight”) |
?? |
Lindy |
c.1940s |
| Alcorn |
William |
USA |
I'll Remember April.
Hollywood Canteen |
Irene Thomas |
Jitterbug |
c.1944 |
| Alderson |
Ethel |
n/a |
Le Parardi's Restaurant |
headlined with Bob Hope |
Acrobatic Dancer |
c.1920s |
| Aldrich |
"Miss Frances" |
USA? |
n/a |
n/a |
Moth, Lariat, Oriental, Spanish, Step, Clog |
c.1940s? |
| Aleda |
??? |
n/a |
Instructors |
D'avalos |
Mambo |
c.1950s? |
| Alejo |
Wlliam De |
Cuba |
Instructor |
n/a |
Rumba |
c.1950 |
| Alexander |
Louise |
New York |
Circle Theater - Queen of the Moulon Rouge |
Joseph Smith, John Jarrott |
Apache |
c.1905-10 |
| Alexander |
Rod |
Los Angeles |
Your Show Of Shows (TV) |
Bambi Lynn |
Ballroom, |
c.1940-70s |
| Alexis |
? |
European Dancers |
Danse Apache [B Pathe 1934], You are my Song Divibe [B Pathe 1936] |
aka: Alexis and Dorrano, Alexis and Isolde |
Adagio, Apache, Ballroom |
C.1930s |
| Ali |
Princess |
n/a |
Barnum & Bailey Circus. Midway Plaisance. Edison Films |
n/a |
Oriental, Belly |
c.1895 |
| Allan |
Maude |
Toronto, Canada |
1903 Debut in Vienna "Vision of Salome," Great Salome Dance [1908] |
correct aka: Maude Allen |
Ballet, Greek, Salome |
4/23/1887-11/7/1956 |
| Allard |
Marie |
n/a |
Dance Instructor, Author |
n/a |
Contre Danses |
1738-1802 |
| Allen |
Amelia |
Europe |
Eve's Film Revue [1925] |
n/a |
Ballet |
c.1920's |
| Allen |
Billy |
New York |
n/a |
n/a |
Ballroom, |
c.1914 |
| Debbie |
Houston, TX. |
n/a |
n/a |
Dancer, Actress, Singer |
n/a |
b.1/16/1950 |
| Allen |
Gracie |
San Francisco |
originally a dancer with Burns, became actress |
Bob Hope, m: George Burns |
Ballroom, |
7/26/1906-8/27/1964 |
| Allen |
Hortense |
St. Louis, Missouri |
Known for her act dressed as half snake and half woman. |
aka: 'the Body' Allen, Hortense Allen Jordan |
Tap |
1950s |
| Allen |
Jane |
Washington? |
Created the Mule Walk dance |
n/a |
Mule Walk, Turkey Trot, Horsetrot, Tango |
c.1913 |
| Allen |
Jean |
Minneapolis, MN |
1932 Kid From Spain.
1934 Stand Up & Cheer |
"Goldwyn Girl" |
Chorus |
c.1930s |
| Allen |
Phyllis |
Staten Is. NY |
Caught in the Cabaret |
Charlie Chaplin |
Dancer, Actress |
11/25/1861-3/26/1938 |
| Allewelt |
Norma |
USA |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
c.1920s |
| Allyson |
June |
n/a |
n/a |
aka: Ella Geisman,: Dick Powell |
Ballroom Jazz |
b.1917 |
| Alonso |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
aka: Alonso and Pepita |
Apache |
c.1910s |
| Alonso |
Alicia |
Havana Cuba |
Ballet Theater |
Fernando Alonso |
Flamenco, Ballet |
c.1950s |
| Alstock |
Al |
New York |
Cotton Club |
"Cotton Club Boy." |
Eccentric, Tap |
c.1935 |
| Alston |
& Young |
USA |
1941 Murder with Music |
Young |
Dance Team? |
c.1941 |
| Altide |
D. |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
dancer |
c.1910 |
| Alvarez |
? |
n/a |
Student Tour [1934] |
aka: Florence and Alvarez |
Dancers |
c.1930s |
| Alvarez |
? |
Montreal, Canada |
n/a |
Carlotta |
Ballroom, |
c.1940s |
| Alvarez |
Anita |
Tyrone, PA |
Something for the Boys.
Tars & Spars |
m: George Jacobsen |
Various |
b.10/13/1920 |
| Alvarez |
Vicky |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Cabaret Dancer? |
c.1950s |
| Alvis |
Nina |
Europe |
Murder at the Cabaret [1936], |
Capla |
Dancers |
c.1936 |
| Amaya |
Carmen |
Barcelona Spain |
1945 See My Lawyer.
Follow The Boys |
n/a |
Flamenco & Spanish |
11/2/1913-11/19/1963 |
| Ambrose |
Jacques |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Ballet |
c.1950s |
| Americus |
Quartet |
USA |
Edison Films [1903] |
n/a |
Cakewalk |
c.1902 |
| Ames |
Charles |
n/a |
n/a |
Amy Revere |
Ballroom, |
1930s |
| Ames |
Florenz |
n/a |
Of Thee I Sing [1931].
Let 'Em Eat Cake [1933] |
(Mainly an Actor) |
n/a |
c.1930s |
| Ameta |
n/a |
?USA? |
1903 Edison Films |
n/a |
Mirror Dance,
Fire Dancer |
c.1903 |
| Anderson |
Charles |
USA |
Uncle Remus Visit to New York [1914] |
aka: Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Anderson |
Society Dances |
c.1914 |
| Anderson |
Evelyn |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
dancer |
1907-10/29/1994 |
| Anderson |
Jose |
Europe |
1935 Pathetone #253, London Hippodrome (1943) |
Heather Anderson |
Dancers |
c.1935 |
| Anderson |
Ivie |
n/a |
Doin The Chocolate Shake.
Savoy Ballroom |
n/a |
Shimmy, Singer |
1930s |
| Anderson |
John Murray |
USA |
Dance Instructor, Author |
Miss Genevieve Lyon |
Turkey Trot, One Step, Gavotte, Tango, Maxixe |
1886-1954 |
| Anderson |
Lottie |
n/a |
Bowery Theater |
James Riles |
Song & Dance |
c.1883 |
| Anderson |
Maceo E. |
Charleston, SC |
aka: one of "Four Step Brothers" |
Walker, Robertson, McDonald, Spencer, Williams, |
Tap Dance |
9/3/1909-7/4/2001 |
| Andre |
Jules |
n/a |
Eve's Film Review [333-1927, 440-1929, 474-1930], Mountains O' Mourne [1938] |
aka: Andre and Curtis, Andre and Felicity Garratt, |
European Dancers |
c.1930s |
| Andre |
n/a |
n/a |
"Ma & Pa Kettle on Vacation" |
aka: Andre & Rosario (Rosario Imperio) |
Apache, Spanish |
c.1940s |
| Andre |
Dot |
n/a |
1934 Stand Up & Cheer |
n/a |
Dancer |
c.1930s |
| Andre' |
Gilbert |
n/a |
n/a |
aka: Denise or Rudac Andre' |
Adagio, Ballroom |
c.1940s |
Andre
(Gilbert) |
Lola |
n/a |
1929 "Show of Shows."
1933 Lal-e-Yamin |
aka: Andre and Lola. Alberto Galo
|
Ballroom, Adagio, Flamenco, Spanish, |
c.1930s |
| Andrejewa |
n/a |
Russia |
n/a |
aka: Andreeva |
Ballet, |
c.1910s |
| Andrews |
Laverne Sophie |
Minneapolis, Minn. |
Hlywd Canteen. Road to Rio. Follow The Boys |
aka: Andrews Sisters |
Singer, Swing |
7/6/1911-
5/8/1967 |
| Andrews |
Maxene Angelyn |
Minneapolis, Minn. |
Hlywd Canteen. Road to Rio. follow The Boys |
aka: Andrews Sisters |
Singer, Swing |
1/3/1916-10/21/1995 |
| Andrews |
Patty |
Mound, Minn. |
Hlywd Canteen. Road to Rio. Follow The Boys" |
aka: Andrews Sisters |
Singer, Swing |
b.2/16/1920 |
| Andrews |
Ron |
California |
CA. Swing Dance Hall of Fame Inductee |
Cousin of Andrews Sisters. m: Lorna Martin |
West Coast Swing, Jitterbug, Competitor |
c.1950s and up |
| Andrews |
Julie |
Surrey, England |
Mary Poppins. Sound of Music. My Fair Lady |
aka: Julie Elizabeth Wells |
Actress |
b.10/1/1935 |
| Anise |
Boyer |
New York |
Cotton Club Express.
1932 Harlem Is Heaven |
aka: Anise & Aland. Aland Dixon |
Waltz |
c.1930s |
| Anita |
n/a |
n/a |
A Ray of Sunshine [1950], Entertainers in Britsih Films: a century in British Cinema |
aka: Anita and Armand |
Dancers |
c.1950 |
| Anita |
n/a |
European Dancers |
British Lion Varities 2:5, Entertainers in Britsih Films: a century in British Cinema. |
aka: Anita, Charles and Jack |
Apache |
c.1936 |
| Anita |
Little |
USA? |
1903 Edison Films |
n/a |
Betsy Ross Dance |
c.1903 |
| Antonio |
|
Europe |
Climb Up The Wall [1960], |
|
Spanish |
c.1960s |
| Antonio |
Clotilde |
n/a |
Comedy type Ballet dancer |
solo |
Ballet, Eccentric |
c.1895 |
| Antonio |
& Rosario |
Seville |
Ziegfeld Girl. Hollywood Canteen.
Son's Of Fun |
Rosario Perez.
aka: Antonio Lopez |
Spanish |
c.1940s |
| Appletons |
Charles & Mitzi |
n/a |
n/a |
Husband and Wife team |
Apache Dancers |
c.1930s |
| Apollo |
Picon |
n/a |
n/a |
Yolanda Latash |
Modern |
c.1950s? |
| Apollon |
Dave |
Kiev, RU |
World's greatest mandolin virtuoso, but also a dancer. (Hot From Petrograd, etc) |
m: Miss Danzi Goodell and eccentric dancer |
Russian dances |
2/23/1897-5/30/1972 |
| Appleyard |
Beatrice |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Dancer |
1914-1994 |
| Arbeau |
Thoinot |
Dijon, France |
Renaissance dance. Author |
aka: Jehan Tabourot |
Dance Master |
3/17/1520-7/21/1595 |
| Arbuckle |
Roscoe "Fatty" |
Smith Center, KS. |
Fatty's Magic Pants [1914]. Keysone Film Corp. |
m: Minta Durfee, alias: William Gordon |
Texas Tommy, Actor |
3/24/1887-6/29/1933 |
| Archer |
John |
California Dancer |
1945: I'll Remember April |
aka: John Bowman. Venna & Anne Archer, m: Leddy, Marjorie Lord, Venna |
Jitterbug, WCS, Califor Hall Of Fame Inductee |
5/8/1915-12/3/1999 |
| Archer |
Venna |
California |
Ray Rand dancer, San Francisco Worlds Fair |
Gil Hernandez, Hal Takier, m: John Archer. Maiden Name: Venna Gascon |
Charleston, Jazz, Jitterbug, WCS |
c.1940's |
| Arco |
Jean |
n/a |
Harvest Moon Ball Winners |
Charles Penatello |
Ballroom |
c.1968 |
| Arden |
??? |
n/a |
n/a |
aka: Arden and Reynard. Reynard |
Ballet |
1930s |
| Arfa |
Tybee |
Monticello, NY. |
5/26/1957 Ed Sullivan Show, Silk Stockings, Lost Horizon, The Godfather featured in Monte Proser's Tropicana Revue in Las Vegas. Tropicana-Havana |
Joe Vega, Tybee Arfa & John Brascia. Fred Astaire, Lecouna Cuban Boys (Tito Puente) |
Mambo, Jazz, Ballet, Adagio |
b.4/1932-1982 |
| Argentina |
La |
Buenos Aires |
n/a |
aka: Antonia Mercè |
Spanish, Flamenco, Tango |
1888-1936 |
| Argentinita |
La |
Buenos Aires |
n/a |
aka: Encarnación López |
Spanish, Flamenco |
1898-1945 |
| Argyle |
Pearl |
European Dancers |
Chu Chin Chow [1934], Adventure LTD [1934], Royal Cavalcade [1935] , Things to Come [1936] |
n/a |
Dancer |
c.1935 |
| Arkin |
Jack |
Los Angeles |
1939 Intrntl Jitterbug Championships (Brother to Nate Atkin) |
n/a |
Jitterbug, Lindy |
c.1930s |
| Arkin |
Nate |
Los Angeles |
1939 Intrntl Jitterbug Championships (Brother to Jack Arkin) |
Marion Gouldy |
Jitterbug,Lindy |
c.1930s |
| Armida |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Spanish Dancer |
n/a |
| Armand |
n/a |
Europe |
A Ray of Sunshine [1950], Entertainers in Britsih Films: a century in British Cinema |
aka: Anita and Armand |
Dancers |
c.1950 |
| Armstrong |
Audrey |
USA |
1947 Harlem Rhythm |
n/a |
Chorea.? |
c.1940s |
| Armstrong |
Maxie |
New York |
Cotton Club |
Cotton Club Boy. |
Eccentric, Tap |
c.1933 |
| Anderson |
John Murray |
Newfoundland, Canada |
(Teachers/ Performers.)
1930 King Of Jazz |
Mrs. Anderson,
Genevieve Lyon, |
Maxixe, Ballet, |
9/20/1886-1/30/1954 |
| Arnaud |
n/a |
European Dancers |
Let's Make a Night of it [1937] |
aka: Arnaud, Peggy and Ready |
Acrobatic Dancers |
n/a |
| Arnaz, III |
Desi |
Santiago, Cuba |
1947 "Jitterumba. Cuban Pete. Too Many Girls |
m: Lucille Ball |
Singer, Latin, Conga |
3/2/1917-12/2/1986 |
| Arnley |
n/a |
European Dancers |
Home Sweet Home [1945], Randle and All That [1946], Top of the Bill [1971] |
aka: Arnley and Gloria |
Dancers |
c.1946 |
| Arnold |
Louis |
Mexico |
Teacher, Choreographer |
Mitzi Mee, Nena Samaniego, |
Ballroom, Flamenco |
3/5/1909-12/4/1983 |
| Ascot |
Duggie |
London |
Love Mirth Melody [1934], Stepping Toes [1938], Petite Ascots |
Choreographer, Father to Hazel |
Tap |
c.1930s |
| Ascot |
Hazel |
London |
Talking Feet [1937], Stepping Toes [1938], |
Child Tap Dancer, Daughter of Duggie |
Tap |
b.1928? |
| Ashton |
n/a |
n/a |
Las Vegas Dancers, 1953 Focus Mag. |
aka: Ashton and Allan |
Ballroom |
c.1953 |
| Ashton |
Frederick |
Guayaquil, Ecuador |
Sadler Wells, Tales of Hoffmann [1951], Tales of Beatrix Potter [1971] |
n/a |
Ballet |
1906-1988 |
| Asoka |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Sujata |
Fire Dancer |
1940s |
| Aspasia |
Aspasia |
Greece? |
(taught Socrates) |
1st dancing master |
Pantomime |
n/a |
| Asquith |
Ruby |
USA |
"The Great Waltz" |
William Christiansen
m: Harold Christensen |
Ballet, Ballroom |
c.1930s |
Astaire
|
Adele |
Omaha, NB |
"Over The Top" |
Fred Astaire. Real Name: Adele Austerlitz. M: Cavendish |
Ballroom, Hoop, Tap |
9/10/1896-1/25/1981 |
| Astaire |
Fred |
Omaha NB |
"Swingtime," Rio Rita,
|
Rogers, Adele, Losch, Kelly Real Name: Fred Austerlitz. |
Ballroom, Tap, Ballet, Carioca, Yam, the Astaire |
5/10/1899-6/22/1987 |
| Aston |
Joe |
European Dancer |
The Weapon [1955] |
aka: Joe Aston and Renee |
n/a |
c.1955 |
| Astrid |
??? |
n/a |
Nightclubs |
aka: Franklin & Astrid |
Adagio, Rumba, Ballroom, Spanish |
c.1950s |
| Ates (Batir) |
Nedjai or Nejla (Necla) |
Romania |
"Son of Sinbad." "King Richard & Crusaders," Fanny Musical. |
aka: Little Miss Firecracker, Exquisite Turkish Delight |
Belly Dance, Moorish |
5/7/1932-4/2005 |
| Athena |
? |
Chicago? |
Vine Gardens Club |
n/a |
Spanish, |
c.1946 |
| Atkins |
Charles
"Cholly" |
Pratt City, Alabama |
Cotton Club, Apollo, Twist (1992,) Rhythm Pals |
Charles Honi Coles,
Cotton Club Boy. m: Dottie Saulters |
Eccentric, Tap, Twist, Charleston |
9/30/1913-4/19/2003 |
| Atkins |
David |
Australia? |
Starstruck. Dancin' Man |
n/a |
Choreo, Dancer |
b.1955 |
| Atkinson |
Betty |
~ |
Holiday on Ice (1947), Youth on Parade (1942), Mad Youth (1940), Colorado Sunset (1939), A Night in a Music Hall (1939). |
Charles Hain |
Tap, Baton Twirler, Champion Majorette, Ice Skater |
c.1930's |
| Atkinson |
Scott |
n/a |
1925 World Tango Champion Dancers |
Dorothy Cole |
Tango, Black Bottom |
c.1925 |
| Atlanta |
Rita |
Kansas |
1966 Bed Of Violence |
n/a |
Belly, Burlesque, Strip |
c.1940s |
| Auber |
Odette |
?France? |
Walery Girl, Ambasador Theater. Queen of the Moulin Rouge (1908) |
n/a |
Dancer |
c.1903 |
| Augie |
Rodriguez |
USA |
Palladium, Roseland, Ed Sullivan Show, Steve Allen Show, 1956
Harvest Moon Ball |
aka Augie and Margo. m=Margo Bartolonei |
Latin, Mambo, Ballet, Adagio, Modern, Tango, Spanish, |
c.1956 |
| August |
Mlle. |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Quadrille |
n/a |
| Austin |
"Miss" |
Ohio? |
1893 Kirmess Opera House. |
n/a |
La Caprice, English Navy, Black Crow, Irish Tilt |
c.1893 |
| Austin |
Shirley |
USA |
Newspaper Article |
Joe McNeil |
Jitterbug |
c.1940s |
| Avaltroni |
Joseph |
n/a |
Harvest Moon Ball Champs |
Dolores Avaltroni |
Tango |
c.1940s? |
| Avril |
Jane |
Paris, France (Belleville) |
Jardin de Paris, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec paintings |
(real name: Jeanne Beaudon,) m: Maurice Biais |
Can Can Dancer |
1868 – 1943 |
| Ayres |
Lew |
Carbondale, IL |
n/a |
actor |
Jitterbug, West Coast Swing |
12/28/1908-12/30/1996 |
| Azziz |
Grescion |
Ancona |
Dance Teacher for the Pope |
Jalomacis, aka: 'Two Jews from Ancona' |
Court, Ballet, Saltarello |
c.1775 |
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