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LEGEND: aka = Also Known As / m: = Married/ n/a = Not Available / ( ) = Note / c.= Circa. |
Last |
First |
Location |
Perform
/ Notes |
Partners |
Dances |
Dates |
| LaArgentina,
(Mercé) |
(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 Borde |
M. |
France? |
Dance Master |
n/a |
Lancers |
c.1820s |
| La Fanette |
?? |
France |
Cafe de le Rat Mort. Marcus Show of 1933 |
n/a |
Fan Dancer |
c.1933 |
| La
Jana |
?? |
German? |
Truxa |
n/a |
Dancer |
c.1937 |
| La Meri |
?? |
Louisville, KY |
Real Name: Russel Meriweather Hughes |
?? |
Spanish,
Ethnic, Ballet |
5/13/1899 - 1/7/1988 |
| La
Napiekowska |
?? |
n/a |
Palace Theater |
n/a |
Mime |
b.1913 |
| La Popot |
?? |
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 |
| Laine |
Frankie |
Chicago, IL. |
Champion Marathon dancer and Guiness Record holder.
Turned Italian Crooner/Singer |
Real Name: Frank Lovecchio. Rose
Fabian, Ruthie
Smith |
Marathon Dancer |
3/30/1913-2/6/2007 |
| 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 |
| Larsen |
Dino |
n/a |
Doorman at Kenny Wetzels Clubs |
Kenny
Wetzel,
Al White |
WCS |
4/14/1923-10/23/1989 |
| 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-???? |
| Lattere |
George Henry |
Brooklyn, NY. |
Member of the 'Four Dancing Demons' |
?? |
Acrobatic Tap |
b.12/3/ 1895 |
| 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 |
| LaVelle |
Miriam |
?Chester, Pennsylvania? |
1949 Ed Wynn Show, Cover Girl 1944, 1943 Gangs All Here |
(realname: Miriam Lavelle Patterson) |
Ballet & Acrobatic dancer |
b.1927 |
| 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 |
| LeTang |
Henry |
Harlem, N.Y. |
Films: Cotton Club, Tap, Bojangles |
|
Tap,
Teacher, Choreographer |
d.2007 |
| 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 |
| Lindsy |
Paul |
California Dancer |
Ca. Swing Dance Hall of Fame Nominee |
Club Contests, Pips, Two on The Town |
West Coast Swing |
1960s (d.2005) |
| 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 |
b. 7/24/1970 |
| López |
Pilar |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Ballet Espanol |
José
Greco,
Mando Vargas,
La Argentinita (Sister) |
Spanish
Dance, Flamenco |
6/4/1906-3/25/2008 |
| 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 |
| LoVecchio |
Frankie |
Chicago, IL. |
Champion Marathon dancer and Guiness Record holder.
Turned Italian Crooner/Singer |
aka: Frankie Laine. Rose
Fabian, Ruthie
Smith |
Marathon Dancer |
3/30/1913-2/6/2007 |
| 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 |
| Lumley |
Agustus |
London |
?? |
?? |
Cotillion, Quadrilles |
n/a |
| 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 |
| Lygon |
Georgina |
France? |
n/a |
n/a |
Lancers |
c.1850s |
| Lyles |
Aubrey |
n/a |
n/a |
Flournoy Miller |
Ballroom |
n/a |
| Lynn |
Diane |
San Diego, Ca |
Competitor, Dancer |
Lowell Gosser |
West Coast Swing, Hustle |
c.1980s |
| Lynne |
Carrol |
n/a |
Danced in 1932 'Legomania' |
Charles Troy |
Tap Dancers |
c.1932 |
| Lyon |
Annabelle |
New York |
Goldwyn Follies. Carousel. Great Lady |
aka: Mrs. Julius Borah. Goldwyn
Girl |
Ballet |
c.1930s |
| Lyon |
Geneiveive |
USA? |
(dance instructor) |
John Anderson |
Maxixe, Tango, Turkey
Trot, One
Step |
c.1910s |
|
Ballrooms