Dancer Index [ B ]

Last

First

Location

Performed

Partners

Dances

Dates

Babb

Dorothy

Amarillo TX.

Get Hep To Love

Jivin' Jacks and Jills

Swing Dance

1926-
5/13/1998

Babette

n/a

n/a

n/a

part of the Paramount Parisians: the Red Heads Orchestra

Specialty, Ballet , Black Bottom

c.1920's

Baccelli

"Signora"

n/a

Stage

n/a

Ballet?

c.1890s?

Bache

Violet

 USA

n/a

n/a

Collegiate Dances, Alabamy Stomp

c.1920s

Baclanova

Olga

Moscovo, Russia

1933 Murder at the Vanities. Freaks

aka: Baklanova

Actress,
Ballet?

8/19/1899-9/6/1974

Bacon

Faith

USA

8th Earl Carrol Vanities. 1931 Ziegfeld Follies.

(Committed Suicide)

Fan Dance

1909-
9/26/1956

Bacon

Virginia

Cincinnati, Oh.

1927 Cameo Revue

Frank Bacon & Ned Wayburn

Ballet, Comedy & Vaudeville

b.1911

Bage

Joseph

n/a

Joeseph Sisters were known as the Castleton Sisters

aka: Jan and Arlene, Arlene-Miles Johnson

Ballet?

c.1930s

Bailey

Pearl Mae

Newport News, VA.

Apollo. Carmen Jones. Cabin In The Sky.

Singer, Started as a dancer. (BrotherBill Bailey). m: Louis Bellson

Eccentric, Jitterbug

3/29/1918-8/17/1990

Bailey

Bill

Philadelphia or Virginia

Bill Bailey Dancers ( Apollo 1954). Beale St. Revue. 1901 Ain't Dat A Shame

Blanche Calloway, Darden.
(Pearl's Brother)

Ballroom, Tap

12/8/1912-12/12/1978

Baker

Enoch

USA

Florida Cotton Blossoms

Dewy 'Pigmeat' Markham

Sand Dance

c.1910s

Baker

Josephine

St. Louis, MI

The Savoy,
The Revue Nègre

m: Pepito de Albertino, Jean Lyon

Banana Dance, Chorus, Exotic, Modern, Lindy Hop

6/3/1906-4/12/1975

Balanchine

George

St. Petersburg, Russia

1929 Dark Red Rose

m: Vera Zorina & Tamara Geva

Dancer, Choreographer

1/22/1904-4/30/1983

Balden

Elaine

n/a

TV Dancer

Bobby Burgess

Ballroom

c.1950s

Bales

William

USA

Choreographed the "Furlough" for Astaire & Rogers

Jayne Dudley & Sophie Maslow

Ballet, Jazz, Ballroom, Furlough

c.1930s

Ball

Bill

NY

D.B.T.A.

Louise Kline

Instructors

c.1937

Ball

Lucille
Desiree

(Jamestown), Celeron, NY

Goldwyn Girl. Ziegfeld Follies. Dance Girl Dance. Stage Door. Swing It .

m: Desi Arnaz, Gary Morton

Actress, Ballroom, Latin, Chorus

8/6/1911-4/26/1989

Ball

Marguerite

n/a

Topsy and Eva [1926]

n/a

Specialty dancer

c.1926

Balliol

???

France?

Empire Room, Riviera & Picadilly Hotels

aka: Balliol & Merton

Ballet, Adagio

c.1928

Balon
(Ballon)

Jean

France?

Paris Opera Ballet

Francois Prevost, Marie Camargo, Louis XIV

Dance Master,
Ballet, Minuet

1676-1739

Banjo

Jo

n/a

Paradise Club

n/a

Tap

c.1930s

Bankhead

Tallulah
Brockman

Huntsville, Alabama

1923 The Dancers

m: John Emery

Actress, Broadway, Ballroom

1/31/1902-12/12/1968

Bankoff

Ivan

n/a

Palace Theatre, Alhambra Theatre 11/1913

aka: Bankoff and Girlie

Texas Tommy, Russian, Hesitation Waltz, Tango, Turkey Trot, Acrobatic

c.1913

Banks

Margaret

Vancouver

West Side Story,
Les Sylphides

n/a

Ballet, Choreographer

b.1924

Banks

Restina

NY

Apollo Theater

n/a

Chorus / Tap

c.1930s

Banky

Vilma

Nagyrodog, Hungary

Four Horsemen

Valentino, m: Rod LaRocque

Actress, Tango

1/9/1903-3/16/1991

Bara

Theda (Theodosia)

Cincinnati, OH

Salome, Camille

aka: The Vamp

Salome

7/29/1885-4/7/1955

Baraban

Sonia

n/a

Rueben Foxtrot

Charles C. Grohs

Foxtrot

c.1914

Bari
(Fisher)

Lynn (Marjorie)

Roanoke, VA

1933 Dancing Lady.
King Of Burlesque

n/a

Dancer, Actress

12/18/1913-11/20/1989

Barkis

Nina (Lina)

n/a

Salome

n/a

Belly, Salome

c.1929s

Barnes

Deslys

USA

1934 Stand Up & Cheer

n/a

Chorus Dancer

c.1930s

Barnes

Mae

NY, NY

1924 Runnin' Wild. 1959 Odds Against Tomorrow, Shuffle Along

aka: Edith Mae Stith

Tap, Charleston?, Singer

1/23/1907-12/13/1996

Baro

?

n/a

n/a

Rulson-Dorsha & Baro

Ballroom

n/a

Baron

& Blair

n/a

n/a

n/a

Ballroom

n/a

Barrow

Clyde

Telice, TX

(Criminal-Bank Robber)

Bonnie Parker

Jitterbug

5/24/1909-5/23/1934

Barrett

Grace

San Francisco

1941 Sunny

aka: The Hartmans

Charleston, Bolero, Tango,

1/7/1907-
8/8/1955

Barrett

Janet

n/a

1936 Ramona

n/a

dancer

c.1930s

Barrett

Muriel

n/a

1936 Ramona

n/a

dancer

c.1930s

Barrett

Thomas

n/a

n/a

n/a

Tap

n/a

Barringer

"Miss"

NY?

n/a

Hardee

Swing, Peelin' The Peach

c.1930s

Barron

Charles

n/a

Follies?

Frances Nevins

Ballroom

c.1928

Barry

Billy

n/a

n/a

n/a

Tap

c.1920s?

Barry

Lilliane

n/a

n/a

n/a

Chorus

c.1940s

Barry

Fred &
Elaine

n/a

1941 Empire Rm.
1953 Tit Coq.

aka: Mr. & Mrs. Barry

Vaudeville song
and dance team

c.1920s?

Bartalo

Lou

n/a

1931 - Cuban Love Song, 1933 - Peanut Vendor

aka: Bart Bartalo

Swing

c.1940s

Bartho

Cathrina

n/a

1900 Edison Films

n/a

Ballet, Variety, Skirt

c.1900

Bartola

Bart

Dean Collins group

Swing

c.1960's

Barton

James

Glousester City, NJ

Tobacco Road

(Black Face comedian)

Tap

11/1/1890-2/19/1962

Baryshnikov

Mikhail

Latvia, Russia

White Knights.
Turning Point

Kirov Ballet

Ballet

b.1/27/1948

Basil

Tony

Philadelphia, PA.

T.A.M.I. Show [1964], Hullabaloo, American Graffitti, Easy Rider. Rockula, Gap Commerical, Legally Blonde

Dancer, Choreographer, Singer, Swing, Latin, Rock, Twist, Go-Go, WCS

b. 9/22/1943

Basquette
(Baskette)

Lina
(Lena)

San Mateo, CA.

Louis XIV. Ebb Tide. Ziegfeld Girl. Follies.

M: Sam Warner.
Marge Champion (sis)

Ballroom,
Ballet

4/19/1907-9/30/1994

Bate

Janette

n/a

Instructor to Child Stars

n/a

Various

c.1930s?

Bates

Barbara

n/a

Model, Actress, Ballerina

Ballet,

8/6/1925-1968

Bates

Clayton P.

Fountain Inn, SC

Vaudeville

aka Peg-Leg Bates. one legged Tap dancer (Handicapped)

Tap,

10/11/1907-12/6/1998

Bathyllos

n/a

Rome

Roman Dancer

n/a

Roman Dancer

n/a

Batie

n/a

n/a

n/a

aka: Batie and Foster, Real Name: Walter Batie

Acrobatic Tap,

c.1930s

Bauersfield

Bill

Plula

1939 Worlds Jitterbug Champions.

Dorothy Sacco

Jitterbug

b.1918-

Bausch

Mae

Australia

The Devils Passkey. 1946 Ziegfeld Girls

n/a

Spanish,
Actress

c.1915

Bausch

Pina

 Solingen, Germany

Choreographer, The Planet of the Empress 1990

n/a

Ballet, Ethnic, Bacchanal

b.7/27/1940

Bayadères

n/a

India

Indian Dancers

n/a

n/a

ancient

Baye, de

Mademoiselle

France?

Moulin Rouge

n/a

Chorus, Ballet,

c.1910s

Bayrooty

Mary

n/a

hailed as Queen of all Oriental and Dervish

Bayrooty & her exotic dance troupe

Oriental, Dervish

c.1890s

Beatty

Tally

USA

Show Boat.

Blackface

Ballet, Negro!

c.1940s

Beauchamps

Pierre

France

Originated 5 basic Foot Positions

Lully, Louis XIV,

Ballet Dance master & Musician

1639-1705/
1631-1719?

Beavers

Susie

Atlanta, GA.

Rabbit Foot Minstrels, Funny Foot, Florida Blossoms

m: Paul Howard.

Buck Dance, Time Step, Singer

B.1888-

Becker

Lee

n/a

n/a

n/a

Jazz, Ballet

c.1950s?

Beckis

?Nina?

n/a

Salome

n/a

Salome

c.1910

Beckwith

Charles F.
(Mrs.)

NY?

Created the "Trocadero Dance"

Charles F. Beckwith

Trocadero, Boston, Rumba, Tango

c.1937

Béjart

Maurice

France

Firebird. Kabuki.

n/a

Ballet,

b.1927

Belcher

Ernest

CA?

1939 Little Princess

Marge Champion & Lina Basquette's Father

Ballet, Apache Dance, Instructor

6/8/1882-2/24/1973

Belcher

Marge

Los Angeles

aka: Marge Champion. Ernest Belcher (father)

Champion, Hightower, Belcher

Ballroom,
Swing

b.9/2/1923-

Belden

Lillian

n/a

n/a

n/a

dancer

c.1912

Bennett

Barbara

Montreal Quebec

Sisters Joan &
Constance Bennett

Maurice Mouvet.
m: Morton Downey Sr.

Ballroom

8/13/1906-8/8/1958

Bennett

Joe

USA?

George Primrose Minstrels

n/a

Comedy Dancer, Tap,

1900s

Bennett

Michael

n/a

Subways are for sleeping

n/a

Chorus work

c.1961

Bennett
(Benjamin)

Sue

Oakland, Ca.

1949 Teen Tune Times,
1950s Your Hit Parade

Sweets Ballroom (Contests)

Jitterbug

c.1943

Bent

Marion

n/a

n/a

Pat Rooney II

n/a

c.1920s

Bently

Dorothy

NY

Jardin de Danse

Carlos Sebastian

Waltz, Tango, Maxixe, Flirtation

c.1913

Bentley

Muriel

NYC

Fancy Free. Tally Ho,

Ruth St. Denis,
José Greco,

Modern, Ballet, Spanish, Contemporary dance,

c.1930s

Bergh

Happy

n/a

Hellzapoppin Play [1938]

aka: Bergh and Moore (Stormy Moore)

n/a

c.1938

Berk

n/a

USA

1950-Dancing in the Dark

aka: berk and Hallow

Ballroom

c.1950

Berkley

Busby

Los Angeles

Director / Choreographer

n/a

Musicals

11/29/1895-3/14/1976

Berry
(Brothers)

Ananias,
(Nyas)

NY

Apollo. Panama Haiti.
Cotton Club etc.,

rivaled Nicholas Brothers.

Tap,

1912-
10/6/1951

Berry
(Brothers)

Jimmy

NY

Apollo, Cotton Club etc.

rivaled Nicholas Brothers.

Tap

1914-1969

Berry
(Brothers)

Warren

Denver, CO.

Apollo, Cotton Club etc.

rivaled Nicholas Brothers.

Tap

12/25/1922-8/10/1996

Berry

Mimi

n/a

Panama Haiti. My Favorite Spy

(no relation to bros.?)

Chorus work

b.1924

*Bes

Egyptian Mythology, God of music and dance. Usually shown as a "Grotesque Dwarf".

Betz

Lenora

USA

Harvest Moon Ball (Winner 1942)

Killer Joe Piro

Lindy Hop

c.1942

Bethel

'Pepsi'

Greensboro, NC

Savoy Ballroom, Kwamina [1961], One Mo' Time [2002]

Whitey's Lindy Hoppers, aka: Alfred Bethel

Lindy Hop

  1919-8/30/2002

Beulah

"Gypsy"

USA

Leon & Eddies

n/a

the Girdle Dance

c.1940s

Biggerstaff

Walton

n/a

n/a

Eleanor Brown

Lambeth Walk

c.1938

Bigotinni

Emilia

France

Nina ou la folle par amor

(Napoleon's Favorite dancer)

Ballet
(retired in 1823)

1784-1858

Billings

Essa Iola

USA (Iowa?)

 -Vaudeville, Medicine Shows

m: Gay Billings. Daughters Eva Iola Billings-Merriam (Flying Merriams) and Ethel

Serpentine dance

c.1904

Bird

Dorothy

Vancouver

Straw Hat Revue. Hooray for what. Kate Smith Hour

Harriet Hocter,
Jose Limon

n/a

debut:1922

Birgitta

n/a

n/a

n/a

aka: Birgitta & Dino

Dancers

c.1970s

Bishop

Snookie

Los Angeles?

Ray Damron

Jitterbug

c.1940s

Blair

and Dean

n/a

n/a

aka: Blair & Dean

Ballroom

1940s?

Blair

Janet

Altoona, PA.

Broadway & Movies

George Raft

Tango

b.4/23/1921

Blair

Marilyn

n/a

n/a

n/a

Dancer

c.1940s

Blair

Skippy

Pleasantville, NJ

Hayride [1944], Atlantic City (Tap), Book

Red Rex. m: Robert W. Armstrong

Tap, West Coast Swing, Ballroom, Instructor

b.3/15/1924

Blanca

Maria

Mexico?

(Maria Conessa
La Garita Blanca)

n/a

Mexican Dancer

c.1900s

Black

Paul

California

n/a

aka: The Chocolateers: Eddie West, Paul Black and Albert Gibson

Pecking, Jitterbug , Chinese Splits

c.1930s

Black Dots, the

n/a

n/a

Africana [1927]

aka: Johnson and Taylor

Tap, Black Bottom

c.1927

Blanquita

Unknown

Hungary?

n/a

n/a

n/a

c.1910s

Blasis

Carlo

Naples

Marseilles. Milan Imperial Academy.

mdmsl. Gosselin.
Le Gallois. Bougnotti , Vaguemoulin

Ballet,
(invented the Attitude Pose!)

1795-1878

Blo

n/a

n/a

n/a

aka: Blo and Asher

Eccentric comedy dance team

c.1900's

Bloch

Stella

n/a

dancer and artist

m: Edward Eliscu

Ethnic, Jazz, Artist

1897-1999

Blue

Angela

n/a

1944 Pinup Girl, Contact

Hermes Pan

Apache, Jazz

d.2/3/04

Blue

Ben

Montreal-Quebec Canada

1938 - $ Big Broadcast, 1950 - The Ben Blue Show

aka: Benjamin Bernstein

Charleston

9/12/1901-3/7/1975

Blythe

Betty

Los Angeles, CA

Chu Chin Chow, Sarong Girl Honky Tonk, Over the Top

aka: Elizabeth Blythe Slaughter

Actress, Stage, ?

9/1/1893-4/7/1972

Bohée

Brothers

London?

Her Majesty's Theater, Georgia Minstrels

n/a

Clog , Soft Shoe

1880s?

Bojangles

Bill Robinson

Richmond, VA.

Little Colonel.
aka: Mayor of Harlem

Shirley Temple

Tap, Stair Dance

1878-1949

Bolender

Todd

Canton,
Ohio

Ballets, Musicals

Chester Hale,
Catherine Littlefield

Ballet

c.1940s

Bolger

Ray

Dorchester, MA.

On Your Toes, 1939 Wizard Of Oz (the Scarecrow)

Tamara Geva, Powell, McDonald

Tap, Jazz

1/10/1904-1/15/1987

Bollinger

Marie

Spain?

n/a

Gabriel Cansino

Ballet, Jota, Spanish, Flamenco

c.1940s

Bononomo

Joe

Brooklyn,
NY.

Silent Actor, Dance Instructor

(Wrote dance manuals)

Lindy, Shag, Ballroom

12/25/1901-3/28/1978

Booker

Beulah

n/a

'My lady's ankle''

interesting leg art (tattooed) in photo

Dancer

c.1910s

Booth

Robert

USA

n/a

M: Dorothy Lee

Adagio Dancer

c.1930s?

Booth

Lally

n/a

Greenwich Village

n/a

Rhumba

c.1940s

Boots

Vicki

California

Various Night Clubs

aka: Boots & Vicki

West Coast Swing

c.1940s?

Borrull

Trini

n/a

1928 Dance Mag

n/a

Spanish

c.1928

Bottolo

Jose

n/a

1936 Ramona

n/a

dancer

c1930s

Bougnotti

Mademoiselle

n/a

n/a

Carlo Blasis

Ballet

c.1800s

Bournonville

Antonius
Augustus

Copenhagen

Academy of Copenhagen

n/a

Ballet

b.1805-

Boris

Ruthanna

Brooklyn,
NY

Frankie & Johnny. Les Sylphides.
Ballet Russe

Michael Fokine

Spanish,
Flamenco

b.1918-

Bornstein

"Miss"

Ohio?

1893 Kirmess Opera House

n/a

Rag Doll Dance

c.1893

Bow

Clara Gordon

Brooklyn,
NY.

silent Films, It Cafe,

aka: It Girl

Flapper, Charleston

7/29/1905-9/27/1965

Bowden

Barbara

n/a

Ergotti Studios

n/a

Baby Ballet?

c.1900s

Bowens

Clarence

n/a

n/a

n/a

Legendary Tap Dancer

n/a

Bowman

Patricia

Washington DC

Roxy Theater, Radio City Music Hall. Musicals

Massine, Haakon, Eglevsky, Dolin, Mordkin, Zoritch

Contemporary Ballet

c.1930s

Bowers

Kenny

Jersey City, NJ

Best Foot Forward.
New Moon.

Mary Ganley

Ballroom

b.3/10/1923

Boyce

Deighton

Panama

Part of the Crackerjacks

n/a

Acrobtaics, Gymnastics, Flyweight Boxing Champion

b.1913

Boyd

Betty

Kansas City, MO.

Borston's Nightclub (L.A.)

n/a

West Coast, Jitterbug

5/11/1908-9/16/1971

Boylans

The

n/a

The Silver Tip Rag (Sheet Music Cover)

Isham Jones and His Orchestra [1933-Vitaphone] 

Tango, Hesitation, Maxixe

c.1914

Boyle

Johnny

n/a

Taught James Cagney the Yankee Doodle routine

Dance Instructor, Performer

n/a

c.1920s

Bradford

Perry

USA

Originally a song and dance man for years, Later became a successful Composer

Bradford and Jeannette, Stringbeans and Sweetie May

All the dances of the 1900's-20's

1893-1970

Bradford

Ted

n/a

n/a

Faye Adler

Ballroom,

1930s?

Bradley

Buddy

Harrisburg, PA.

Billy Pierce Studio, Florence Mills Revue, Evergreen-London, Connie’s Inn

Ada May, Marie Saxon

Ballin' The Jack, Breakdown, Black Bottom, Baltimore Buzz

7/24/1905-7/17/1972

Bradley

Doryce

n/a

Swing City

n/a

n/a

c.1930s

Bradley

Eileen

NY?

Headliners at Peppermint Lounge in NY.

partner & m: Frankie O'Rourke

Twist etc.

c.1960s

Bradna

Beate

England?

1936 British Pathe Newsreel

Dancer

c.1936

Brady

Gil

Los Angeles?

Movies. TV. Clubs.
Swing Contests

Nicki Faustino,

West Coast Swing

c.1940-50s

Branca

Barbara

n/a

1956 Harvest Moon Ball

John Mansell

Foxtrot,

c.1950s

Branda

Beate

?England?

10/12/1931 Pathe Newsreel

(name also spelt as Bradlia on pathe)

Acrobatic dance

c.1931

Brandt

Bobby

n/a

RKO Vaudeville Palace Theater (NY)

n/a

Tap-robatics

c.7/7/1949

Brant

Peggy

n/a

Patrick The Great.

Jivin' Jacks

Swing Dance,

c.1945

Bray

???

n/a

n/a

Woods

Apache,

c.1940s

Brecker

Louis J.

n/a

Dance Promoter

International Contests

Ballroom,

c.1930s

Bremer

Lucille

Amsterdam, NY.

Ziegfeld Follies.
Barkleys of Broadway.

Fred Astaire

Rhumba,

2/21/1917-4/16/1996

Breng

Letitia K.

New York City

1st marriage sister in law to movie and Stage actress Mitzi Green

1st Mignon partner to Nicky Manor aka: Mignon and Manor, Letitia 'Tish' Breng Rose

Ballroom, Hesitation Waltz

12/6/1918-10/16/2005

Brennan

Dan

n/a

Topsy and Eva [1925]

Elaine Palmer

dancers

c.1925

Brian

Donald

n/a

1914 - Girl From Utah

Carol McCommas (the Marriage Market)

Ballin The Jack, Futeristic Twirl creator, also singer

c.1914's

Bridges

Jack

n/a

U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships (Founder/owner).

M: Mary Ann Rogers

West Coast, Jitterbug, Lindy

3/24/????-10/2003

Brier

Audrene

n/a

1934 Stand Up & Cheer.

"Gold Digger"

Chorus

1930s

Briggs

Bunny

NY, NY

Tap [1989], No Maps On My Taps [1979], Kelly's Stables, Ubangi Club,

occasionally with Baby Lawrence, Charles Luckey Roberts, Lucky Millander Band,

Tap, Buck and Wing, Paddle & Roll, Singer

b.2/26/1923

Brianza

Carlotta

Milan

Created role of Aurora

n/a

Ballet

1867-1930

Brittny

(Dancers)

France?

c.1900s?

n/a

n/a

Folk, Gavotte

Brodel

Betty

USA

1944 Cover Girl. 1944 Swing Host.
1944 Hlywd. Canteen.

(Sister to Joan Leslie)

Jitterbug, Ballroom

c.1940-50's

Brooks

Louise

Cherryvale, KA.

n/a

Studied with Ruth St. Denis

Ballet, Modern

11/4/1906-8/8/1985

Brooks

Walter

Shuffle Along

Dance Director

c.1920s

Brown

???

Kentucky

n/a

?-Collins,

No Clasp Dance

b.4/1912-

Brown

Alice

n/a

Derbyshow Marathon

Buddy Doucette

Tango

c.1938

Brown

Buster

n/a

member of the Copasetic's

n/a

Tap

c.1930s?

Brown

Eleanor

n/a

1950-Annie Get Your Gun

Walton Biggerstaff

Lambeth Walk

c.1938

Brown

Ernest

n/a

Chicago's College Inn [1930], Cotton Club [1934], Kiss Me Kate-Brdwy [1948], Loews State, Roxy,

aka: Cook and Brown, Tiny Brown (4'10"), Brownie, Charles Brown. member of the Copasetic's

Comedy, Tap, Eccentric, Acrobatic, Tumbling

c.1930s

Brown

Fred

San Francisco

n/a

Jimmy Byler

Dancer Duo

c.1920s?

Brown

Helen

n/a

Ziegfeld Girl.

Albertina Rasch

Chorus, Ballet

c.1927

Brown

James
"Buster"

NY, NY

Duke Ellington Dancer, Copasetics Club

n/a

Tap

1913-
5/7/2002

Brown

Johnny
"Mack"

Dothan, Al.

Fair Coed.
Our Dancing Daughters

Gwen Lee

Bowery-Tap, Ballroom

9/1/1904-11/14/1974

Brown

Joseph B.

Studio in Boston

Tremont Hall (Dance Studio)

(Dance Teacher)

Fancy Dances

c. 1861

Brown

Lonzo

n/a

n/a

n/a

Sand Dancer

c.1800's

Brown

Louis

NY

Cotton Club

Cotton Club Boys

Eccentric, Tap

c.1933

Brown

(Dorothy)
Louise

n/a

n/a

n/a

Dancer & Instructor

1906-1996

Brown

Martin

n/a

1913 The Merry Countess.

m:Roszika Dolly

Ballroom, Comedy

c.1913

Brown

Ralph

n/a

Harlem After Midnight [1934], Jivin' Bebop [1946]. Ee Baba Leba [1947]

n/a

Tap

c.1940's

Brown

Rastus
("King")

Louisville, KY.

1895 Black Patti's Troubadors, 1910 Madison Square Gardens.

(Born in either Louisville Kentucky or Boston Mass.)

Tap, Buck, Cakewalk, Jig, Sand Dance, Cane, Stair Dance

d.1940's

Brown

Reuben

n/a

Plantation Club, Georgia Minstrels?

Russell Brown, Joe Peterson, aka: The Three Borwns

Tap  

c.1920's

Brown

Russell

?

Plantation Club, Runnin Wild [1923]

Reuben Brown, Joe Peterson, 'Champ', aka: Russell 'Charleston" Brown, The Three Borwns

Charleston, Camel Walk, Challenge dancing, Acrobatic - knee drop

c.1923

Brown

Vida

Oak Park, IL

Rodeo, Coquette. Nightclubs

n/a

Ballet, Tap, Spanish

b.1922

Brown

Walter &
Jean

USA

1921 Porcelain Lamp

(Brother and Sister)

Ballroom

c.1930's

Browne

Gloria

n/a

You Can't Take it With You. Marihuana

n/a

Dancer

c.1938

Brownell

George

Boston

Dance Master

Benjamin Franklin

Court

c.1712to
1740s

Browning

Ed B.

NY?

Did Exhibition with President Cooley's Daughter at Commodore

Ethelinda Cooley

Charleston

c.1926

Browning

"Peaches"

n/a

1917 - Ziegfeld

m: Edward "Daddy" Browning

n/a

n/a

Bruce

Betty

NY, NY

1937 Featured nightclub dancer. 1962 Gypsy

Cansino, M. Fokine,
Carlos

Ballet-Tap,
Ballet, Spanish, Tap

5/2/1920-7/18/1974

Bruce

Mary

Chicago, IL.

Teacher-Starbuds

(Noble Sissle)

Taught underprivileged kids

8/25/1900 - 12/12/ 1995

Bryant

Dan

USA

n/a

Minstrel dancer, Famous for his Essence dance

Virginia Essence, Buck and Wing

1833-1875

Bryant

Jerry

n/a

Christy's Minstrels

n/a

Jig

1829-
4/8/1861

Bryant

Marie

New Orleans

Duke Is Tops. Jammin' The Blues [1944]. Bli-Blip [1942], Gang War, Mr. Bee-Bee, Carolina Blues [1944]

Willie Covan, Paul White, Archie Savage, Harold Nicholas

Swing, Jive, Tap, Jitterbug

1919-
5/23/1978

Bryant

Willie

n/a

n/a

Whitman Sisters, Princess Wee-Wee

Tap, a Trio for awhile, also a band leader

c.1926

Bryson

Betty

Los Angeles

1942 Fiesta.
1944 Hlywd. Canteen.

aka: Elizabeth John

Jitterbug, Ballroom

c.1940s

"Bubbles"
(Sublett)

John W.

Kentucky

Cabin In The Sky.
Porgy & Bess

Ford Lee "Buck" Washington, Anna Marie Alberghette

Eccentric, "Rhythm Tap", Sang

1919-
5/18/1986

"Buck"
(Washington)

Ford, Lee

Louisville, KT

Cabin In The Sky. Porgy & Bess

"Bubbles" Sublett

Eccentric, Tap, Played Piano

10/16/1903-
2/?/1955

Buckley

G. Swaine

n/a

Sally Come Up

n/a

Minstrel

c.1800s

Buddies

(Dancing Bon
Ton)

Harlem, NY

Sugar Cane Club

n/a

n/a

n/a

Bunch

"Tiny"

Harlem, NY

Day At The Races

(Comedy Swing Dancer)

Lindy Hop

c.1940s

Buoy

Dailey

n/a

(Brothers)

aka: Ford Buoy and Dailey

Tap, Class Act

c.1930s

Buoy

Ford

n/a

(Brothers)

aka: Ford Buoy and Dailey

Tap, Class Act

c.1930s

Burgess

Bobby

n/a

1959 *Grand Prix des Nations champion, TV Dancer, Lawrence Welk Show, Mickey Mouse Club. Learned from Willie Covan. 8/1960 - Ballroom Dance Mag. $ Video

*Doreen Freeman, Elaine Balden, Cissy King. m: Kriste Floren

Ballroom, Tap, Jitterbug, West Coast Swing

b.5/19/1941

Burke

John J.

n/a

1923 Radio Mania, Bowery Theater

William J. Miles

Song & Dance

c.1883

Burks

n/a

n/a

Buena Vista Tango Cover

aka: Lorraine and Burks

Tango

c.1913

Burns

George N.

NY, NY

"La Paradise" - dancing stars w/ Hope

Bob Hope. Jose Hermosa. Gracie Allen.

Comedy, Ballroom

1/20/1896-3/9/1996

Burrull

Trini

n/a

Trini the magnificent

n/a

Flamenco

c.1928

Burse

Charlie

Memphis, TN?

Handy Park, Beale St.

n/a

Acrobatic, Musician

c.1950's

Burt

Billy

n/a

Soundie: A Jazz Etude

n/a

dancer, Jazz

1940s

Burton

Buzzin'

n/a

danced in Carnivals, Gillies, and Medicine and Minstrel shows

n/a

Eccentric, The Buzz, Truckin', Pantomime

c.1920

Butler

Albert

n/a

Teacher to the "400". Harvest Moon Judge

Josephine Butler

Rhumba, Tango

c.1930s

Butler

John

Memphis, TN.

Oklahoma. On The Town.
Hollywood Pinafore.

Eugene Loring, Martha Graham, Hanya Holm

Ballet

b.1921

Butterbeans

n/a

n/a

Recording of: When My Mammy Shimmies

Stringbeans, aka: Butterbeans and Susie. Real Name: Mr. & Mrs Jodie Edwards

Black Bottom, Charleston, Tap

c.1920s

Byler

Jimmy

San Francisco

n/a

Fred Brown

Dance Duo

c.1920s?

Byrd

Betty

USA

n/a

Danny Hoctor

Ballroom

c.1930s

Byrd

Bill

n/a

n/a

aka: Billy and Eleanor Byrd (Isabelle Fambro)

Tap

c.1940s

Byrne

Allie

n/a

Entertainers in Britsih Films: a century in British Cinema

n/a

Tap

n/a