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Haakon

Paul

Denmark

(Danced in Nightclubs). 1933 Champagne Sec.

Albia Kavan, Elanore Tennis, Anna Pavlova

Ballet, Ballroom, Choreographer

9/8/1911- /8/16/1992

Hacker

Dave & Denise

n/a

Universal. Billy Gilberts "Hollywood on Parade"

n/a

Ballroom

c.1945

Hadley
(Heering)

Reed

Petrolia, TX.

1939 Bachelor Mother

Barbara Pepper

Dancer, Actor

6/25/1911-12/11/1974

Hagood

Kenny

n/a

Harlem Rhythm [1947]. Jivin in Bebop [1946]

?Helen Humes?, Johnny Taylor, aka: Kenny & Johnny, Pancho

Choreographer, Dancers, Jive, Vocalist

c.1945

Hailé

Laúrie

Burbank, CA?

Make Believe Ballroom (TV)

Andre', Jimmy Rodrguez, Joey Harris,

Swing, Ballroom

1920-1998

Haines

Pearl, Marguerite

Reading, PA?

1924 Orpheum Theater

n/a

Dancer, Singer etc.

c.1915

Hale

Chester

NY, NY

Big Street. Memories & Melodies

Chester Hale Girls [1929-1939]

Mazurka, Ballroom, Choreographer, Fancy Dancing, Classical Ballet, Totem Dance

b.1/15/1899

Hale

Teddy

NY

Apollo, Paramount, Connie's Inn, Club Harlem, Minton's Playhouse

Ted Lewis, Luckey Roberts, Ethel Waters

Tap

c.1926-1959?

Hallow

n/a

USA

1950-Dancing in the Dark

aka: Berk and Hallow

Ballroom,

c.1950s

Hamilton

Trio

n/a

1950 Your Show of Shows(TV)

1) Bambi Lynn,
2) Rod Alexander,
3) Mata & Hari

Ballroom, Jazz, Ballet

c.1950's

Hamlyn (Fickling)

Brenda

London

Woman To Woman.
Toy Princess

n/a

Polka, Waltz, Ballet,

b.1925

Hammond

Irene

USA?

n/a

n/a

Ballroom

c.1920's

Hamphill

Jimmy

USA

(Rumba Champions)

Rosalyn Haney

Rhumba

c.1950

Hampton

Hope (Mae Elizabeth)

Houston, TX

1923 Gold Diggers.
1961 Hey Let's Twist

Arthur Murray

Singer, Salome, Twist, French Tango

2/19/1897-1/23/1982

Haney
(Hainey)

Carol

New Bedford,
MA.

Summer Stock [1950].
Ziegfeld 1946, Pajama Game [1954]

Allen Pinsoa, Chili Ruiz, Jack Cole, Gene Kelly, Bob Fosse
m: Jules Brulator

Mexican Hat Dance, Ballroom, Tap, Chorus

12/24/1924-5/10/1964

Haney

Rosalyn

Texas?

(Rumba Champion)

Jimmy Hamphill

Rhumba

c.1950

Hannah

Eric

Los Angeles, CA

n/a

Kay Smith

West Coast Swing

c.1940's-00's

Harcourt

Algeranoff

England

aka: Harcourt Essex

Anna Pavlova, Markova, Dolin

Contemporary,
Ballet

c.1930s

Hardee

"miss"

New York?

aka: Hardee & Barringer

Miss Barringer

Swing,
Peelin' The Peach

c.1930's

Hari (Zelle)

Mata

Netherlands

Spy!

n/a

Belly, Veil

1876-1917

Hari

Dance couple known as Mata and Hari

See Page

Harmon

Josephine

Harmonizing [1930]

Spanish

c.1930

Harper

Leonard

The Exile [1931]

Leonard Harper Ensemble, Leonard Harper and Lew Crawford.

African- American Choreographer

Harriett

Miss

Paris

Loew's State Theater. Mayol

n/a

Dancer

c.1927

Harriman

Josephine

n/a

Harriman Cakewalk, Ziegfeld Follies

Billy Reardon

Cakewalk, Foxtrot

c.1915

Harris

Edna Mae

Harlem, NY

Rhythmania [1943], Green Pastures [1936], Spirit of Youth [1938], Paradise In Harlem, Alhambra Stock Co.

Slim Thomas, Sister: Lorraine

Lenox Lindy Hoppers

b.1914

Harris

& Hunt

n/a

1943 Rhythmania

n/a

Maybe Dancers?

c.1940's

Harris

Kenneth

NY?

Roseland Building

Dance Instructor

Dancer

c.1930s

Harris

Lorraine

NY?

Cotton Club, Connies Inn (Hot Choclates)

sister of Edna May

Dancer, Singer

c.1930s

Harris

"Sparrow"

Danced in Medicine shows, Carnival and Vaudeville

The Buzz, Eccentric

c.1920

Harris

Vivian

New York

Charleston at Apollo c.1923)

aka: "Voice of the Apollo"

Dancer, Charleston

12/23/1902-2/18/2000

Harrison
(Ruth)

& Fisher (Alexander)

Omaha & CZ.

Palladium (London). 1933 Strike Me Pink. 8/3/1934 Capitol Theater

aka: Fisher & Harrison

Vaudeville,
Clubs, Broadway

b.1916 & b.1908

Hart

Joseph J.

?New York?

1902-Edison Film. Wm. A. Brady's Foxy Grandpa. Green's Opera House (1903)

m: Carrie De Marr

Comic Dancers, Vaudeville

c.1902

Hartman

Ivy

n/a

n/a

n/a

Dancer

c.1940s

Hartmans

Paul

San Francisco, Ca.

Night Club Dancers. (played "Emmet" on the Andy Griffith)

Grace Hartman

Charleston, Bolero, Tango, Comedy,

3/1/1904-102/1973

Hartmans (Barrett)

Grace

San Francisco, Ca.

Night Clubs

Paul Hartman

Charleston, Bolero, Tango,

1/7/1907-8/8/1955

Harold & Lola

n/a

n/a

7/7/1949 RKO Palace

n/a

Exotic Snake Dancers

c.1949

Harper

Herbie

replaced Buddy Bradley at Pierce's Studio.

Dance Instructor to the Stars

various

c.1930s

Harry & Grace

n/a

n/a

Midget Circus Dancers

n/a

Ballroom

c.1910s?

Harvey

Lillian

Muswell, England

1937 Fanny Elssler. 1940 Sérenade. 1932 Capriccio

n/a

Chachucha,
Ballet, Waltz

1/19/1906-7/27/1968

Hasoutra

n/a

Paris?

Exotic Bali dancer in Casino de Paris - Paris en Fleurs

n/a

Bali, Exotic

c.1925

Hatfield

???

n/a

Music Box Revue

Wallace

Ballroom

c.1924

Hathaway

Arria

Joe McShane

Reuben Foxtrot, Ballroom

c.1913

Havenhill

Pat Eggars

Los Angeles

Clubs, Movies

n/a

Swing

c.1950's

Hawn

Goldie (Jeannie)

Washington, DC

(Actress) Laugh-In Dancer (TV)

M: Kurt Russell

Ballet, Tap, Go-Go

B.1945

Hawkins

Frederick

aka: Eric Hawkins

Dancer

4/23/1908-11/23/1994

Hawkensworth

Marguerette

New York

Plaza Hotel

Basil N. Durand

n/a

c.1918

Hay

Mary

Fort Bliss, TX

1918 Hearts of the World. New Toys

Clifton Webb M: Richard Barthelmess

Actress, Ballroom

8/22/1901-6/4/1957

Hayden

Melissa

n/a

1947 Helen of Troy

n/a

Ballet

b.1926

Hayworth (Cansino)

Rita (Margarita)

Brooklyn, NY

Anna Case. 1937 Paid To Dance

(Eduardo Cansino
is Rita's Father)

Ballroom, Spanish, Actress

10/17/1918-5/14/1987

Hazelton

Ruth

n/a

n/a

Fred Easter

Acrobatic, Adagio

c.1924

Healy

Eunice

Philadelphia, PA

1936 Follow Your Heart

n/a

Vaudeville Dancer

c.1930's

Healy

Mary

Sligo, Ireland?

1963 Champion Jig Dancer

Jig

c.1963

Healy

Thomas W.

Chicago?

(Dance Instructor)

M. Eileen Long

Ballroom

c.1920s

Heard

"Crip"

n/a

Boarding House Blues

(TV) It's Black Entertainment

(One arm &
Leg Dancer)

c.1948

Hearn

Fred

Asheville, NC

Ted Shawn and his Men Dancers

N/A

Ballet,   Jazz, Modern etc.

C.1934

Heath

Thomas K.

Philadelphia

Said to have invented the Buck and Wing.

James McIntyre, aka: McIntyre and Heath

Bucka and Wing

b.8/11/1852

Heaton

Anne

n/a

Dance Magazine

n/a

Ballet

c.1930s

Heberele

Teresa

Vienna

La Recetion d'une...

Ferdinand Albert

Ballet, Adagio

c.1830s

HedNut
(Hudnut)

Winifred

Salt Lake City, UT

n/a

Rudolph Valentino, aka: Natacha Rambova

Tango

1/19/1897-6/5/1966

Heffner

Bobby

Oklahoma City, California

Danced in Night Clubs and Dean Collins group in 1983.

n/a

West Coast Swing, Lindy, Jitterbug,

c.1960's

Heidwoog

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Modern, Ballet

n/a

Heilich

Elsa

n/a

Danced at the Chaliff School of Dance

n/a

Interpretive

1920s

Heison

Carl

n/a

Ziegfeld Follies of 1917, Sally, Girl o' Mine [1918], The Royal Vagabond [1919]

(father of Dorthy Hyson), m: Dorothy Dickson

Ballroom , Dorothy Waltz

c.1920s

Henderson-Wood

Betty

Big Apple, Shag, Swing

d.2005

Henderson

Bill

n/a

1943 Moonlight in Havana

Jivin Jacks

Swing

b.1925-

Henderson

Carolyn Rich

New York

Cotton Club

Cotton Club Girl

Tap

c.1935

Hengler

Sisters

Film: Sisters Hengler Specialty Dancers [1896]

Flora and May Hengler,

Specialty Dancers

c.1896

Heraud

Mlle. Angele

France?

La Dace Renversee

Mr. Dalhias

Ballroom

c.1900s

Hermanos

"Los"

USA

   Copa Cabana Review [1950s]

aka: Williams and Juanita Juarez

Male & Female Dance Team

c.1950s

Hermosa

José

New York

Dance Halls. Dance Contests

George Burns,
aka: Anna Siegal,

Ballroom

c.1930's?

Hernández

"Brothers"

n/a

Casanova Roof

n/a

Acrobatic?

c.1920's

Hernández

Gil

Los Angeles, CA

Ray Rand Swingers

Venna Gascon

Jitterbug

c.1940's

Hernández

Jauno

Puerto Rico

Cotton Club

Lena Horne

Voodoo Dance

c.1930's

Heron

Freddie

New York

Cotton Club

Cotton Club Boys

Eccentric / Tap

c.1935

Herzogs

The

n/a

Moulin Rouge

aka: Continental Thrillers

Ballroom

c.1940s

Hessling

Catherine

Charleston [1927]

Monkey (Space Ship)

Charleston

c.1927

Hicks

'Chicken'

Durham, N.C

n/a

Lynda

Shag, Camel Walk

c.1940s

Hightower

Louis

n/a

The Hightowers

Marge Champion

Ballroom,
Ballet, Adagio

c.1940s

Hightower

Robert

n/a

The Hightowers

m: Vera Ellen

Ballroom,
Ballet, Adagio

c.1940s

Hilarot

Antonia

Philadelphia

Placides Varieties

St. de Vegas

Spanish, L' Andalusa

c.1850s

Hill

"Chippie"

Charleston, NC

Leroy's Harlem Palladium (Chicago).

aka: Bertha Hill

n/a

1905- 1950

Hill

Florence

n/a

Bundle of Blues [1933], Gone Harlem [1939], Symphony in Black [1935]

Bessie Dudley, Snake Hips

Eccentric?, Tap, Shake Dancer, Jitterbug

c.1930's

Hill

Martha

Modern Dance, Teacher

1901-11/19/1995

Hill

Pickaninny

Africana [1927]

Snow Fisher

Cakewalk

c.1927

Hines

Earl

n/a

n/a

Harold Horton, Earl Hines Dancers

Tap?

c.1930s

Hines

Gregory

NY, NY

Tap! [1989]. White Knights [1985]. Eubie! [1978].

Maurice Hines, Michail Barishnikov aka: Hines, Hines and Dad, the Hines Kids m: Pamela Koslow, Patricia Panella

Tap

2/14/1946-8/9/2003

Hines, Jr.

Maurice

n/a

Tap! [1989]. Girl in Pink Tights, Eubie [1978], Uptown, Its Hot [1986]

Gregory Hines brother. aka: Hines, Hines and Dad, the Hines Kids

Tap, Choreographer

c.1954

Hines, Sr.

Maurice

Tap! [1989]. Cotton Club [1984]

Gregory & Maurice Hines Father. aka: Hines, Hines and Dad.

Tap

Hirsch

Annie

Akron, Ohio

Sweets Ballroom. Lion D' Or

Jack Carey

West Coast Swing, Argentine Tango, Charleston, Lindy

b.1929

Hirsch

Ray

n/a

Blondie meets the boss, Mad Youth, Among the Living

Patty Lacey

Jitterbug

c.1940s

Hixon

Opal

n/a

n/a

n/a

Sword, Ballet

c.1924

Hoctor

Danny

n/a

"Dapper Dan" Song

Betty Byrd

Tap, Ballroom

c.1950s

Hocter

Harriet

Hoosick Falls, NY.

Shall We Dance. Kate Smith Hour. Topsy and Eva [1926], 1936 Ziegfeld Follies

Bird!, Ziegfeld Girl,

Famous Back
Bend Routine

9/25/1905-6/9/1977

Hodge

Thomas

n/a

Jitterbug Champions

Ann Walls

Jitterbug, Swing

c.1940s?

Hoffman

Gertrude

Cleveland, OH.

Colonial Theater. 1931 The Exile. aka Kitty Hayes

Lee Chapin, The Hoffman Girls,

Tango, Glide

1886 - 1966

Hogan

Ernest

Kentucky

Clorndy, Origin of the Cakewalk, Georgia Graduates, Rufus Rastus

Real Name: Reuben Crowder

Composer, Eccentric, Dancer, Comedian, the Pasmala

d.1909

Holder

Roland

n/a

Hot Chocolates [1929]

billed as Bojangles Protege, was an asisstant to Buddy Bradley.

Tap, Soft Shoe, Schottische

c.1929

Holiday

Mildred

n/a

n/a

Donald Sawyer

the Al Smith Hop

n/a

Holly (Smith)

Edna Mae

NY

Cotton Club Girl

M: Sugar Ray Robinson

Tap

c.1935

Holm

Hanya

Germany

Pinnochio, Vagabond King.

aka: Johanna Eckert. Modern Dance Pioneer

Ballet, Modern Dance, Jazz

3/3/1893-11/3/1992

Holman

Libby

New York?

1929 The Little Show

Clifton Webb

Apache, Snake Hips

c.1929

Holmes

"Rubberneck"

n/a

Duke Is Tops, Solid Sending Soft Shoe Specialist [1944]

n/a

Eccentric, Soft Shoe

c.1930s

Hooker

"Dynamite"

aka: Ad-Lib Buck, Tap Charleston Gone Mad

Comic Dancer, Eccentric, Buck and Wing, Tap

c.1920s

Hope

Bob

Eltham, England

1920s La Paradis - Washington, 2/4/1946 Life Mag. learned some dance from King Rastus Brown . M: Dolores Reade

George Burns, Bing Crosby, Mildred Rosequist, Daisy and Violet Hilton, Lloyd “Lefty” Durbin. aka:Leslie Townes,Lester Hope, Cleveland Castles, Burns & Hope

(billed as Dancing Stars) Ballroom, Buck and Wing, Eccentric, Soft Shoe, Waltz Clog

5/29/1903-2003

Hopkins

Miriam (Ellen)

Savannah, GA

Dancers In The Dark

George Raft

Chorus, Ballet

10/18/1902-10/9/1972

Horne

Lena

n/a

Actress

n/a

Lindy Hop, Jazz, Charleston, Tap

c.1930s

Horne

Joyce

n/a

Yankee Doodle Dandy

n/a

Dancer

c.1942

Horton

Harold

New York

(Earl Hines dancer)

Margot Webb

Romantic - Adagio

c.1933-46

Horton

Lester

Indianapolis, IN

1947 Atlantis. Ciro's Nightclub

Choreographer

Ballet, Modern, Ethnic, Ballroom,

d.11/2/1953

Houghton

George "Shep"

Salt Lake City, UT

1941 Hollywood Canteen, Lullaby of Broadway

n/a

Dancer

b.6/14/1914

Hovick

Rose Louise

Seattle, WA.

Stripper to Actress

aka:
"Gypsy Rose Lee"

Burlesque,
Striptease

2/9/1914-4/26/1970

Howland

Jobyna

n/a

Black Butterflies

Ned Wayburn, m: Richard Arlen

Chorus dancer turned actress

c.1920s

Hoyos

Christina

n/a

Carmen?

Antonio Gades?

Flamenco

1940s?

Hudgins

Johnny

New York?

Shuffle Along (1924)

n/a

dancer

c.1923

Hudson (Wonders)

Ray & Geraldine

Chicago, IL

Follies Bergeré. Earl Carroll

Sisters, mother was Vera Zorina

Modern type Dancers

c.1940s

Hughes

Carolyn

n/a

Bachelor & The Bobby Soxer. A Girl a Guy & a Gob

n/a

Dancer

c.1940s

Hughes

Johnny "J.J."

New York

Passing Show of 1912

Adelaide Dickey

Hoop Dance

c.1912

Hughes

Leonora

New York

Cafe de Paris, aka: Leona

m: Maurice Mouvet

Apache, Ballroom.

d.1910

Humphreys

Dick W. (Dickie)

n/a

Summer Stock. Private Buckaroo. My Reputation

Marilyn Kay, Shirley Doble, Dale Cornell

Jitterbug, Jivin' Jack & Jills

1929-12/27/1977

Humphrey

Doris

Oak Park, Illinois

Ziegfeld Follies. Americana. 1932 Musical West Mag.

Ziegfeld Girl, Charles Weidman, m: Francis Woodford

Hoop, Ballet, Clog, Modern

1895-1958

Hunger

Betty

n/a

Broadway

n/a

n/a

c.1924

Hungria

Blanquita

Spain?

n/a

n/a

Spanish?

c.1910s

Hunter

Alberta

Memphis, TN

1935 Radio Parade

(Dancer, Singer)

Black Bottom

4/1/1895-10/17/1984

Hutton (Cowen)

Ina Ray (Odessa)

Chicago, IL.

Jazz Band Ball film. 1935 Feminine Rhythm. Palace,

Gus Edwards, Ziegfeld Girl,

Dancer & Band Leader, Truckin', Tap,

3/13/1916-2/19/1984

Hyman

Prudence

n/a

n/a

n/a

dancer

1914-6/1/1995

Hyson

Carl

n/a

(aka: Heison)

m: Dorothy Dickson

Dorothy Waltz

c.1914