Dancer Index [ F ]

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Perform / Notes

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Dances

Dates

Fabri

Flora

Paris?

n/a

n/a

Pas La Castigliana

c.1840s

Fagan

Barney

n/a

The March of Time [1934], Minstrel

n/a

Soft Shoe, Father of Tap

c.1860s

Fairbanks (Twins)

Madeleine

New York

1912 The Twins.
1917 Ziegfeld Follies.

aka: Thanhauser Twinsm: Leonard Sherman

Sister Tandem Act

11/15/1900-1/15/1989

Fairbanks (Twins)

Marion

New York

1912 The Twins.
1917 Ziegfeld Follies.

aka: Thanhauser Twins. (Mother was June Fairbanks).

Sister Tandem Act

11/15/1900-9/20/1973

Fallis

Barbara

Denver, CO

Graduation Ball. Apollo,

n/a

Waltz, Ballet

b.1924-

Fambro

Isabelle

N/A

N/A

aka: Billy and Eleanor Byrd

Tap

c.1940s

"Fanchon"
(Fanny Wolfe)

???

New York

Rogues Romance.
"Ballet of Jewles"

aka: Fanchon & Marco (Bro./Sis), Valentino

Tango?, Apache

b.1895-

Fantino's

The

n/a

n/a

n/a

Acrobatic Dancers

c.1945

Farnum

Frank

USA?

incorrectly reported as the originator of a Charleston Step

n/a

Charleston, School Coach

c.1930s

Farrell

Allen & Rita

n/a

n/a

n/a

Ballroom

n/a

Farren

Fred

England?

Empire & Daly Theatre, Merry Widow, Cinderella, The Catch Of The Season,

Irene Maglay

Foxtrot, Ballet, Choreographer

c.1917

Farren

Nellie

England?

Gaiety Theater.

aka:"Our Nellie".
Kate Vaughn

Skirt, Ballet

c.1878

Fatima

n/a

n/a

Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance [1896], Fatima's Belly Dance [1897], Fatima, Couchee Dancer [1903]

n/a

Belly Dancer, dance du ventre, Hoochy Coochie

d.3/14/1921

Faustino

Nicki

Los Angeles

Don't Knock The Rock.
Jitterbug Champions

Gil Brady

West Coast Swing Swing, Jitterbug

12/22/1933-4/29/1989

Faye

Alice

Hell's Kitchen, NYC

Chester Hale Girl 1928, Hollywood Gardens, George White Scandals 1930

Real Name: Alice Jeane Leppert

Dancer, Actress, Singer

5/5/1915-5/9/1998

Feorova

Sophia

Moscow

1899-coprs de ballet

aka: Fedorova II

Ballet  

1879-1963

Fehnova

Ivan

n/a

Billy Gilbert Hollywood on parade

aka: Fehnova Dancers

Jitterbug, Ballroom, Fire Dance

c.1945

Felix

Seymoure

New York

The Great Ziegfeld. Alexander's Ragtime Band. Yankee Doodle Dandy. Cover Girl

Choreographer

Ballroom

10/23/1892-3/16/1961

Fenech

Salvatore

n/a

1974 Harvest Moon Ball Tango Champions.

Deborah Fenech

Tango, Rumba

d.4/19/1993

Fenton

Mary

n/a

Marathon Dancer

Joey Ray

n/a

c.1932

Ferguson

Adele

NY?

Gaieties a la Mode

one of the Roseland Girls

Chorus

c.1927

Fernandes

Ammy

Italy

n/a

aka: Ammy Fernandes & Patriczic

Ballroom

c.1920s

Fernandez

José

n/a

1936 Ramona

n/a

Choreographer

1930s

Ferren

Nellie

England?

Gaiety Theater

n/a

Ballet, Skirt Dancer

n/a

Ferrari

Beatrice

n/a

n/a

n/a

Argentina Dancer

c.1950s

Ferrari

Martin

n/a

Keith's Boston Theater

Natalie Ferrari?

One-Step, Habanera

c.1914

Ferraris

Amalia

n/a

n/a

n/a

Ballet

1830-1904

Feuillet

Raul-Auger

France?

Choreographer
(Like Laban)

dance master, Author

Contredanses, Quadrilles

1659-1710

Field

Grace

USA

Darktown Strutters Ball

A. Baldwin Sloan

Ballroom

c.1914s

Field

Rosalyn

n/a

n/a

n/a

Exotic, Ballet?

c.1920s?

Fielding

"Lady" Fanny

England

(Finest ballroom dancer in 18th Century).

n/a

n/a

c.1700s

Figg

Catherine & Dean

USA

n/a

n/a

Adagio, Ballroom

c.1940s

Fiocre Sisters

Louise & Eugenie

n/a

Paris Opera. Coppelia.
1860 Pierre de Medicis

(Louise was older sister)

Ballet

Louise b.1843-

Fisher

Nelle (Ethelwyn)

Berkley,
CA.

Radio City Music Hall.
Broadway. Melody Tour.
Your Show Of Shows (TV)

Jerry Ross

Maxixe, Waltz

12/10/1920-9/19/1994

Fisher

Snow

Africana [1927]

Picaninny Hill

Cakewalk

c.1927

Fissette

Geraldine

USA

Ball Of Fire [1941].
Girl, Guy & A Gob [1941].

n/a

Native Dancer, Hula

c.1940s

Fitzgerald

Ella

New Port News, Virginia

Savoy Ballroom. Renaissance Ballroom. Apollo Theater
1958 St. Louis Blues

Charles Gilliver,
m: Ray Brown

Jitterbug

4/25/1917-6/15/1996

Fitzgibbons

Dave & Dorothy

n/a

Walk a Little Faster [1932]

n/a

Ballroom?

n/a

Fitz James

Louise

France

One Hour, The Carnival Ball.

(Sister: Nathalie Fitzjames)

Dancer

b.1809-?

Fitz James

Nathalie

France

les Mohicans [1837]. Paquita [1850].
Astor Place Opera House

(Sister: Louise Fitzjames)

Ballet, Boudoir Waltzes

b.1819-?

Fitz-Simmons

Foster

Atlanta, GA

Ted Shawn and his Men Dancers

n/a

Ballet,   Jazz , Modern etc.

c.1933

Flanagan

Helyn R.

Connecticut

Paul Whitman Modernettes

n/a

Ballroom / Teacher

c.1940s

Fleury

Louise

France?

n/a

n/a

Dancer

c.1800s

"Flink"

n/a

n/a

Chicago's Club DeLisa and Rhumboogie

n/a

Comedy Dancer

c.1920s

Florence

n/a

n/a

Student Tour [1934]

aka: Florence and Alvarez

Dancers

c.1930s

Florence

Mrs. W.J.

n/a

n/a

Real Name: Malvena Pray

Actress/Dancer

1834-1906

Flores

Mariquita

n/a

Blood and Sand [1941]

n/a

Spanish

c.1940s

Fokina

Vera

Russia

Russian Ballet

aka: Antonova.
m: Michel Fokine,

Ballet

b.1886

Fokine

Michel

St. Petersburg, Russia

1898-Maryinsky Co., Diaghilev

Real Name: Mikhail Mikhailovich Fokin, m: Vera Fokina, Margot Fonteyn

Modern Ballet

1880-1942

Foley

John

Elmira, NY

"Honey Boy Minstrels"

Wood Sisters, Jack Girard. Juan Terio
m: Laura Wood.

Tap, Ballroom

1895-1967

Foley

"Kid"

New York?

"A Tough Dance" [1902]

"Sailor" Lil

Apache

b.6/1902

Fontaine

~

New York?

n/a

aka: Fontaine and Fitcher

Ballroom Dancers

c.1920s

Fontana

Georges

n/a

Sunny [1925]

"Moss", Rosita

Hesitation Waltz, Tragacio Tango

c.1925

Fonteyn

Margot

Reigate, Surrey, England

 Sadler Wells, Little Ballerina [1948], Three Seasons [1955], That's Dancing [1985]

aka: Margaret "Peggy" Hookham , m: Roberto "Tito" Arias 1955-1989, Rudolph Nureyev

Ballet Dancer

5/18/1919-2/21/1991

Foodle

Fitz

France?

French Dancing Master for Morris, Pells and Trowbridges minstrels

n/a

Dance Master

C.1860s

Foote

Irene

New Rochelle, New York

Whirl Of Life [1915].

Vernon Castle, aka: Mrs. Irene Castle

Bunny Hug, Tango, Half & Half, Waltz

4/17/1893-1/25/1969

Ford

Dora

n/a

Danced with the Four Fords, later danced with Mabel as the Ford Sisters.

aka: The Four Fords , Palace Theatre

Tap,

1920s-1940s

Ford

Edwin

n/a

Danced with the Four Fords, Edwin quit dancing

aka: The Four Fords

Tap,

1920s-1930s

Ford

Johnny

Canada?

Toronto Grand Theatre: Lovers and Lunatics

Mamie Gerhue

Buck and Wing

c.1900's

Ford

Mabel

n/a

Danced with the Four Fords, Later danced with Dora as the Ford Sisters

aka: The Four Fords, Palace Theatre m: Jack Curtis Sr.

Tap,

1/1/1888-1982

Ford

Maxwell

n/a

Danced with the Four Fords, Maxwell left & became Movie Choreographer

aka: The Four Fords

Tap, Wing, Maxie Ford creator

1920s-1940s

Fords

"The Four"

n/a

aka: Ford Sisters

Edwin, Maxwell, Mabel & Dora

Tap Brother and Sister Dance Group

c.1920s?

Forrest

John

NY

n/a

Marianne Lewis

Thumbs Up

c.1943?

Forrest

Sally

San Diego,CA

Till The Clouds Roll By.
Not Wanted. Never Fear

m: Frank Milo

Ballroom

b.5/28/1928

Forrester

Gladys

n/a

(created Hitchy Koo dance)

n/a

Hitchy-Koo, Burlesque

c.1959

Foster

Clarence

n/a

n/a

aka: Batie and Foster,  

Acrobatic Tap

c.1930s

Foster

Gae

n/a

1944 Pin-Up Girl. Roxy

"Gae Foster Girls"

Eccentric, Tap

c.1930s

Forsyne

Ida

Chicago

Black Bostonians [1897], Black Patti Troubadors [1898-1902], Smart Set [1902], The Green Pastures [1936], The Southerners

Memphis Students. Enchantment

Jazz?, Vernacular, Buck, Cakewalk, Russian

b.1883-

Fosse

Bob

Chicago,
IL.

1953 Kiss Me Kate,

Choreographer & Dancer. Real Name Robert Louis.M: Gwen Verdon

Jazz, Ballet

6/23/1927-9/23/1987

Fougère

Eugenie

Paris

1899 Edison Film.
New York Theater

n/a

Variety Dance, Can-Can, Cakewalk, Ballet

c.1899

Four Bobs, The

n/a

NY?

Apollo Theater

n/a

Tap Dance Troupe

c.1934

Four Step Brothers

n/a

New York

1938 Cotton Club Show.
1943 Rhythm of the Islands

n/a

Tap/Jazz

c.1920s

Fowler

Addison

London

Cochran Revue. The Left Over

Florence Tamara

Tango, Ballroom, Adagio,

c.1924

Fox

Benny

n/a

   Performed 20' in air on plank. 1938 Universal Newsreel

Betty Fox

Ballroom

c.1938

Fox

Edward

Washington

White House

Mayris Chaney

Windsor Waltz

c.1920s?

Fox

Harry

Pomona CA.

Jardin de Danse

M: Yansci Dolly

Created Foxtrot

5/25/1882-7/20/1959

Fox

Norton Bernard "Ray"

Los Angeles

Clubs, Vaudeville, Owner of Continental Dance Studio in Bell, CA.

Danced with his two sisters in Vaudeville and Stages. Son: Cary Fox

West Coast Swing, Ballroom,

d.11/?/83

Foy

Eddie

New York City

Minstrel, Vaudeville, Broadway

1910/23 the "Seven Little Foys"

Dancer, Actor

1856-1928

Franchonetti

"Sisters"

n/a

1903 American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.

(three dancing sisters)

French Quadrille Dance

c.1903

Francessca

Alla

Rome, Italy

Dance Instructress

Federigo Gonzago Student

Galliarde

c.1528

Francis

Emma

n/a

n/a

Pat Rooney II

n/a

c.1903

Francis

Francine

USA?

Arthur Murray Shag Dancer, Big Apple Movie

aka: Francine Wright, Son - David James

Shag, Lindy, Big Apple

c.1930s

Francis

Jeannie

n/a

n/a

Jerry Grey

Adagio, Ballet

c.1930s?

Franklin

???

n/a

Nightclubs

Astrid

Adagio, Rumba, Ballroom, Spanish

c.1950s

Franklin

Fredric (Frederic)

Liverpool, EN

Your Show Of Shows. Rodeo. Gaite Parisenne. Capricco Espagnol. Song of Norway

Pauline Goodard, Wendy Toye,

Ballroom, Ballet

b.1914-

Franklin

Miriam

n/a

1945 Duffy's Tavern

Jonathan Coy

n/a

c.1945

Franksen

Adolph

Chicago?

Chicago's Aragon Ballroom- (Aragon's Tues. Teacher. from 1937 to 1949?)

n/a

Waltz

c.1937

Frascuelita

n/a

Spain?

n/a

n/a

Spanish Dance

c.1904

Frazee Sisters

Ruth & Jane

Duluth, Minnesota

Coconut Grove. Billy Rose. Hellzapoppin'. 1936 Study & Understudy

(Singers, started
as Dancers)

Solo, Tandem Dancers

c.1940s

Frazee Sisters

Jane & Ruth

Duluth, Minnesota

Coconut Grove. Billy Rose. Hellzapoppin'. 1936 Study & Understudy

m: Glenn Tryon

Solo, Tandem Dancers

c.1940s

Frazer

Lilly Grove (Lady)

Europe

mentioned in 1895 Am. Ballroom Companion.

n/a

Author

d.1941

Frazier

Ernest

New York

Cotton Club

Cotton Club Boys

Eccentric/Tap

c.1935

Frazier

Teddy

n/a

Part of "Tip, Tap and Toe"

aka: Tip, Tap and Toe , Raymond Winfield, Sammy Green

Tap , Acrobatic Flash

c.1920's

Frederick

M.

n/a

Burtons Theater

n/a

Serious Polka

c.1850s

Frederick

Pauline

Boston, MA.

1916 Emerald City

1926 Conrad Nagel

Ballroom

8/12/1883-
9/19/1938

Fredrowa

Vera

1932 - Musical West Mag. , Feather Light

Theodore Kosloff

Dancer

c.1932

French

Bert

n/a

1913 The Vampire

Alice Eis

Vampire Dance

c.1913

Frick

& "Frack"

n/a

1943 The Silver Skates

n/a

Ice Dancers / Skaters

c.1940s

Fridkin

& Rhoda

n/a

Loew's Theater

n/a

Acrobatic

c.1927

Friend

Joel

n/a

Here Comes The Waves. Variety Girl. Blue Skies

n/a

Specialty Dancer

c.1940s

Frisco

Joe

Milan, IL.

Happy Hottentots.
1933 Mr. Broadway

n/a

Jazz Dance (shuffle & Grind)

11/4/1889-
2/12/1958

Friganza

Trixie

Grencoa, KA.

1912 Passing Show, Strong and Willing (Short)

Charles Ross

Shimmie, Comedy, Apache

11/29/1870-
2/27/1955

Frisco

Joe

billed himslf as the first Jazz dancer

n/a

Jazz, Tap

c.1920s

Frobose

Fred

New Jersey

(Dancer / Teacher)

Eileen Kalin

Ballroom, Tap, Rumba

c.1940s

Fuelling

Edna Deanne

n/a

n/a

n/a

Dancer, Choreographer

10/15/1905-11/22/1995

Fuller

Loie

Fullersburg, Illinois

1920 Lys de La Vie.
1985 That's Dancing

n/a

Ballet, Scarf, Ballroom, Serpentine

1862-1928

Fulton

Eve

?England?

9/7/1931 Pathe Newsreel: Tireless Toes

n/a

Toe Dancer

c.1931

Fulton

Maude

Eldorado, KS.

Broadway Bad. Rock and Fulton.
(Became playwright)

William Rock

Turkey Trot

5/14/1881-11/9/1950

Furman

A.P.

New York

Teacher

Radie Furman (d.1983). (A.P. Sister Happy Fanny Fields, d.1961, married Dr. Abraham Rongy.)

Hesitation Waltz, Ballet

c.1918