Dancer Index [ L ]

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Location

Perform / Notes

Partners

Dances

Dates

La, (Mercé)

Argentina (Antonia)

Buenos Aires, Argentina

n/a

aka:
Antonia Mercé

Spanish, Ballet, Flamenco, Tango

1888-7/18/1936

La

Argentinita

Buenos Aires

1942 Spanish Fiesta

aka:
Encarnación López

Spanish, Flamenco

3/3/1898-9/24/1945

La

Jana

German?

Truxa

n/a

Dancer

c.1937

La

Napiekowska

n/a

Palace Theater

n/a

Mime

b.1913

La Borde

M.

France?

Dance Master

n/a

Lancers

c.1820s

La Popot

n/a

Cuba?

Tivoli Theatre

Ballet,

c.1800s

La Redd

Cora

n/a

Broadway Highlights #4 [1935], Cotton Club, Rhythmania, That's The Spirit [1933]

n/a

Trick Dancing, Tap,

c.1920s

La Rene

Barbara

n/a

1945 Wonder Man

n/a

Acrobatic Dancer

c.1940s

La Rocque
(La Rock)

Rod

Chicago, IL.

1926 Gigolo. 1933 That's the Spirit

n/a

Ballroom,
The Gigolo Dance

c.1926

La Rue

Geraldine

n/a

n/a

n/a

Ballet,

c.1930s?

Laban

Rudolf Von-

Bratislava, Hungary

(Created "Labnotation"). Laban Studios. Dance Farm

Kurt Joos, Mary Wigman

Modern, Ballet,

12/15/1879-1958

Lacey

Patty

n/a

Among the Living. Mad Youth, Four Jacks and a Jill

Ray Hirsch

Jitterbug

c.1930s

Lachamp

Adrienne

n/a

n/a

n/a

Mime

c.1920s

Lachrup

Robert

n/a

n/a

Virginia Lachrup

Ballroom

c.1940s?

LaFayette

Jacques

n/a

n/a

Vera LaVern

Apache, Tango, Waltz, Acrobatic

c.1930s

Laing

Hugh

Barbados, W. Indies

London Ballet Theater

n/a

Ballet,

b.1911-????

Lamoureux

Louise

NYC?

Souvenir de Ballet

n/a

Ballet,, Court

c.1857

Lander

Dennis

Dadeville, MO

Ted Shawn's Men Dancers

n/a

Ballet, Jazz, Modern etc.

c.1930s

Landhoff Duo

n/a

Germany?

n/a

n/a

Apache Dancers

c.1922

Landis

Harry

n/a

n/a

n/a

The Harry Landis
2-Step, Ballroom

c.1910

Lane

Willa Mae

n/a

Cotton Club. Kit Kat Club Harlem Club

n/a

Cabaret Dancer

c.1930s

Lane

William Henry

Providence, R.I.

Minstrel, Vaudeville

aka: "Master Juba"

Tap, Buck, Jig

1825-1862

Lang

Harold

Daly City, CA.

Kiss Me Kate,
3 Two to make Ready,

Jane Deering,
Jerome Robbins

Ballet, Jazz Website

1923-7/26/1975

Langston

George

n/a

n/a

c.1930s

Adagio

d.1961

Langtry

Lilly, Miss

Paris, France?

Burlesque & Vaudeville

aka: "The Jersey Lilly"

Burlesque

b.1890

Lanza

Joseph

Thompsonville, Connecticut

Untamed Youth. Rock Around The Clock

Jannine, Lenny Smith

Bossa Nova, Ballroom, Swing, Choreographer

b.4/20/1923

Laridan

???

Paris

Follies Marginy

aka: Lariden & Selva (both female)

Ballet, Burlesque

c.1905

Larry

& Larry

n/a

1933 The Audition

n/a

Acrobatic Tap

c.1930s

Larson

Trudy

n/a

June Taylor Dancer

n/a

Dance

c.1960s

Lesesmo

Anna

n/a

n/a

Real Name: Anna Limpatico amiga Conchita Lesesmo

Dancer, Actress

c.1912

Lash

Mary

n/a

Greenwich Village Follies

n/a

n/a

c.1924

Lasky

Charles

Montclair, NJ

On Your Toes. Goldwyn Follies

n/a

Ballet, Contemporary

b.1911-????

Lathrop

Mack

n/a

n/a

Virginia Lee - Lathrop, aka: Lathrop Brothers and Virginia

Ballroom Dancers, Tap, Class Act Trio

c.1920s

Lauban

Reginald Karl

Detroit, Mich.

n/a

Gladys W.

American Indian Dance

c.1930s

Laurence

"Baby"

Baltimore, MA.

Apollo, Ubangi, Club De Lisa, McKinney's Cotton Pickers, Jazz Hoofer

Bunny Briggs, Six Merry Scotchmen. Real Name: Laurence Donald Jackson

Tap, Jazz, Singer,

1921-1974

Lavus

Janet

n/a

Man with the Cloak, Royal Wedding, Too Many Girls, Wonder Man

n/a

n/a

c.1940s

La Vern

Vera

n/a

n/a

Jacques Lafayette

Apache, Waltz, Tango, Acrobatic, contortionist

c.1930s

Law

Evelyn

n/a

n/a

(Danced on 1 leg, waving finger in air)

Truckin', Jazz, eccentric

c.1920s

Lawless

Lee

New York?

n/a

m: Michael Lawless

Ballroom Teacher

b.1/6/1918

Lawlor

???

France

n/a

n/a

dancer

c.1910s?

Lawrence

"Baby"

Baltimore, MA.

   (see Laurence )

Real Name: Laurence Donald Jackson

Tap,

1921-1974

Lawrence

Phil

n/a

Youth on Tap - Vaudeville

Mitzi

Tap,

1930s

Layton

Joe

n/a

n/a

Real Name: Joseph Lic.htman

Dancer

5/3/1031-5/5/1994

Le Gon

Jeni

Chicago

Whitman Sisters Shows, Hooray for Love [1935], Fools for Scandal (1938)

Count Basie, Fats Waller, Bojangles

Tap, Acrobatic, Lindy, Buck and Wing

b.8/14/1916-  

Le Goulue

n/a

France?

Said to have resurected the Can-Can in 1875 when she was just 18 years old.

n/a

CAN-CAN

b.1857

Le Roux

Pauline

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

1809-1891

Lea

Flora

Glen Ellen, CA.

Life Begins at 8:40

aka: Stuart and Lea or Richard and Flora Stuart

Ballroom, Ballet

c.1920s

Leach

Al

USA?

n/a

The Six Rosebuds

Tap, Stair Dance

C.1880's

Leander

Sisters

?San Francisco?

8/22/1897 Edison Films. Bathing Halls

n/a

Yellow Kid Dance,
Cupid & Psyche

c.1897

Lecola

(Brothers)

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

c.1940s

Ledesma

Conchita

Spain?

n/a

n/a

Spanish Dancer

c.1910s

Lee

Billy

Nelson, IN.

1933 Little Rascals

aka:
William Schlensker

Tap?

9/12/1929-11/17/1989

Lee

(Thomas) "Chink"

New York?

Cotton Club

Cotton Club Boy,
Swan

Eccentric, Tap

c.1933

Lee
(Millsap)

Dorothy
(Marjorie)

Los Angeles,
CA.

Rio Rita. Syncopation

M: Robert Booth. Marshall Dufferies, Calderini

Singer, Dancer

b.5/23/1911-6/24/1999

Lee

Gwen

Hastings,
NB

1929 Hollywood Revue

Johnny Mack Brown, Robert Montgomery

Bowery Tap, Ballroom

11/12/1904-8/20/1961

Lee

"Gypsy Rose"

Seattle,
WA.

Burlesque, Actress

aka: Rose Louise Hovick, (Sister-June Hovick)

Striptease

2/9/1914-4/26/1970

Lee (Scales)

Kathryn

Denison, TX

Musicals, Revues

n/a

n/a

b.1926

Lee

Mary Ann

Philadelphia

("America's" 1st. Giselle).

M: William F. Vanhook

Ballet. La Smolenska, Galop, Cachucha, La Manola

b.1826-1/26/1899

Lee (Leff)

Pinky
(Pincus)

St. Paul, Minnesota

Lady Of Burlesque. 1954/6 Pinky Lee Show. Gumby Show

aka: TV's Greatest Clown. M: BeBe.
(Son=Morgan Lee)

Tap, Actor, Clown, Comedy

5/2/1907-4/3/1993

Lee

Sammy

n/a

Hollywood Revue of 1929

Joan Crawford

Actor, Tap

c.1923

Lee

Virginia

n/a

n/a

Mack Lathrop

Tap , Ballroom

c.1940s

Lee

William

USA

1924
Steppin' High

1941-Babes on Broadway, 1941-Melody Lane

n/a

b.3/12/1890

Leet

Marjorie

Minneapolis, Minn.

Portia Mansfield Dancer

n/a

Greek, Dance of the Wind

c.1920s

Legris

'Brothers'

France?

Achille (father), 7 Brothers: Ernest, Évariste, Gaëtan

n/a

Clog, Gigue, Buck and Wing

1900's

Leitrim

Leon

Richmond, VA

n/a

M:Florence Walton

Ballroom

b.1922

LeMay

Buddy

n/a

Globe Theatre

wife and Partner: Sweetie May, aka Stringbeans

Truckin', Buck and Wing, The Grind, Snake Hips, Musician

c.1918

Lemkin (Lemkon)

Tutte

Oslo, Norway

Fire Down Below

Choreographer

Limbo, Russian Dance

c.1950s?

Leon

Gary

Chicago, IL.

Dante's Inferno

Rita (Hayworth) Cansino

n/a

b.2/5/1906

Leonard

Eddie

Richmond, VA.

1929 Melody Lane

Minstrel & Vaudeville

Virginia Essence, Soft Shoe, Tap

b.1860-?

Léotard

Jules

France

invented the Leotard

n/a

Acrobatic

1842-1870

LeQuorne

Fred

n/a

Dance Union Org.

Teacher,
Choreographer

Ballroom

c.1933?

Leroux

Adele Louise Pauline

France

Pas Villageois,
Le Diable Amoureux

n/a

Ballet

1809-1891

LeRoy

n/a

n/a

Copacabana. Ritz. Waldorf

aka: Estella & LeRoy

Ballroom, Rumba etc.

c.1937

Leroy

& Edith

n/a

Lindy Hop Contest- Apollo

aka: Leroy "Stretch" Jones

Lindy Hop

c.1934

Leroy
(Schotte)

Hal
(John)

USA

1931 Ziegfeld Follies. Strike Me Pink. Thumbs Up 1935 Night w/ the Stars

Eunice Healy

Tap, Jitterbug

12/10/1913-5/2/1985

Lester

Roy

Broadway Serenade [1939]

 Helen Seamon

Jitterbug

c.1939

Lethbridge

Miss Alice

n/a

San Toy. Gaiety Theater.
Daly's Theater

n/a

Skirt , Waltz, Marionette, Saltarello, Gavotte, Fire, Shadow

c.1900s

Levecchio
(Lo Vecchio)

Frank
(Paul Francis)

Chicago,
IL.

1928 Merry Garden Ballroom. Arcadia Marathon,

Anita O'Day, Ruth Smith, M:Nan Grey. aka: Frankie Laine.

Marathon Dancer

b.3/30/1913

Levy (Levey)

Ethel

San Francisco, CA.

Alexander's Ragtime Band

Vaudeville singer/dancer

n/a

c.1910s

Levy

Florence

n/a

Gaiety Theater

n/a

Burlesque, Can Can,
Step dancer

c.1880s

Lewis

Marianne

New York

n/a

John Forest

Thumbs Up

c.1943?

Lewisky

Bella

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

c.1960s

Ley

Olga

St. Petersburg, Russia

n/a

Mario Mendez,
Charles Laskey

Ballroom,
Ballet, Adagio

b.1912-

Lightfoot

"Peg"

n/a

1st One-Legged Dance act

One-Legged dancer

c.1920s

L.I.M.E Trio

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Golliwog, Acrobatic Dancers

c.1930s

Limon

José

Sinaloa, MX

Roberta. Story of Mankind

M: Pauline Lawrence (designer)

Ballet, Modern
Spanish, Folk

b.1908-1972

Ligget

Genevieve Gantry

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

c.1900

Lind (Griminger)

Darlene

Los Angeles?, CA.

Night Clubs, Contests

n/a

West Coast Swing

c.1950s?

Lind

Letty

n/a

Gaiety Theater. Daly's Theater

aka: Letitia Elizibeth Rudge

Burlesque

1861-1923

Linn

Bambi

Brooklyn,
NY

Your Show of Shows. Oklahoma

Rod Alexander

Ballet, Ballroom

b.4/26/1926-

Lionetti

John

n/a

1956 Harvest Moon Ball

Ann Wogksch

Ballroom

c.1950s

Livingston

Guy

n/a

Meadowbrook Foxtrot

Annette Woodman

Foxtrot

c.1914

Livry

Emma

n/a

(Burned to death at age 21)

n/a

n/a

n/a

Llorens

Pepe

Cuba

Instructors

Aida

Rumba, Tango, Mambo, Samba

c.1950

Lloyd

George

Miami, FL

Whitey's Lindy Hopper Member, Harvest Moon Ball 1957-58 Finalists w/ Bates, 1983 First w/ Batiuchok

Barbara Bates, Margaret Batiuchok

Lindy Hop

b.1921

Lockwood (Baca?)

Zita

n/a

Movie Prologs

aka: Zita and Naro

Adagio, Ballroom

c.1920s

Lois

n/a

n/a

Hi-De-Ho [1947]

aka: Miller Brothers and Lois

Tap,

c.1947

Lois and Jean

n/a

London?

London Palladium (1936)

"Dancing Darlings"

Ballroom

c.1936

Lola

and Andre

n/a

Show of Shows [1929].
Lal-e-Yamin [1933]

Alberto Galo, aka:
Andre and Lola (Gilbert)

Ballroom, Flamenco, Spanish, Adagio

c.1930s

Lola

Ella

Boston, MA

Turkish Dance [1898]. A La Trilby [1898], (Edison Silent film),

Solo, (Started dance at age 11)

La Trillby, Shimmy, Hula, Ballet, Turkish,

b.9-2-1883-?

Loller

Marvin

n/a

Follies

n/a

Tap

c.1937

Long

Avon

Baltimore, MD.

Cotton Club

Jauno Hernandez,
Lena Horne

Voodoo Dancer

c.1930s

Long

M. Eillen

Chicago?

Dance Studio

Thomas W. Healy

Ballroom

c.1920s

Long

Lucy

n/a

n/a

n/a

Black Dancer?

c.1852

Loper

Don

USA?

Copa Cabana Review [1950s]

aka: Loper and Barrat

Male/ Female dance team

c.1950s

Lopez

Aileen

Spain

n/a

n/a

Spanish, Fandango

c.1925

López

Encarnación

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Spanish Fiesta [1942]

aka: La Argentinita

Spanish,
Flamenco

3/3/1898-9/24/1945

Lopez

Jennifer

Bronx, NY

Fly Girls. Music Videos. Selena

m: Ojani Noa. Cris Judd

Singer, Actress, Dancer

7/24/1970

López

Pilar

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Ballet Espanol

José Greco,
Mando Vargas,
La Argentinita (Sister)

Spanish Dance, Flamenco

b.1906-

Lorraine

Christine

n/a

n/a

n/a

Ballet

c.1920s

Lorca

Nana

n/a

Proud & the Damned [1973]

José Greco Troupe. Caesar Romero

Flamenco

c.1940s

Losch

Tilly

Vienna, Austria

Duel in the Sun [1946]

Fred Astaire

Ballet, Ballroom

11/15/1907-12/24/1974

Louis XIV

(The Sun King)

King of France

Balls, Etiquette

n/a

Branle, Minuet, Volta

1638-1715

Love

Bessie

Midland, TX

Birth of a Nation [1915]. Broadway Melody. Those who Dance [1924]. King on Main St [1925].

Anita Page,
Charles King

First On Screen Charleston

9/10/1898-4/26/1986

Love

Miss Mabel

England

In another Girls Shoes [1917]. Gaiety Theater

(learned from D' Auban, turned to other things)

n/a

9/16/1879-5/15/1953

Love

Ruth

n/a

n/a

Donald Tomkins

Ballroom, Varsity Drag, Charleston

c.1920s

Lowe

"Uncle Jim"

n/a

(danced in Minstrel and Vaudeville)

taught Master Juba

Jig, Reel

c.1825?

Lloyd

George

Miami, FL

Social dancer, danced in a few contests in 1940s

Barbara Bates, Margaret Batiuchok

Lindy Hop

c.1940s

Loyd

Paula

n/a

Helen Of Troy

1947 Art American Mag.
m: Charles Atkins

Ballet

b.1926

Lu

Hsu

n/a

Dance Magazine

n/a

Oriental, Ribbon Dance

c.1930s

Luce

Claire

Syracuse, NY.

Ziegfeld

(1932) Fred Astaire

Ostrich Ballet

B.?-8/31/1989

Lucienne

n/a

New York?

Latin Quarter [1952]

aka: Lucienne and Ashour

Apache, Adagio

c.1952

Ludwig

Albert H.

n/a

n/a

Jean Morris

Varsity Drag

c.1910s?

Luis & Delirio

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Maxixe

b.1913-

Lully

Jean Baptiste

Arno, Italy

Palais Royal

aka: Giovanni Lulli. Pierre Beauchamps

Ballet

1/11/1632-5/22/1687

Luna

Cruz

n/a

Amaya's Gypsy Fire Video

Pepa Reyes

Spanish, Flamenco

c.1940s?

Lunette Sisters

n/a

n/a

Created the Aviation Waltz

n/a

Aviation Waltz

c.1918

Lupino

Rita

n/a

1944 Brazil.
Red, Hot & Blue

(sister-Ida Lupino)

Team, Specialty,
Ballet

c.1940s

Lyles

Aubrey

n/a

n/a

Flournoy Miller

Ballroom

n/a

Lygon

Georgina

France?

n/a

n/a

Lancers

c.1850s

Lynne

Carrol

n/a

Danced in 1932 'Legomania'