| LEGEND: aka = Also Known As / m: = Married/ n/a = Not Available / ( ) = Note / c.= Circa. |
Last |
First |
Location |
Perform
/ Notes |
Partners
|
Dances
|
Dates |
| Wabe |
Ashea |
NY? |
1896 Herbert Seely Dinner, (sometimes referred to
as Little Egypt) |
- |
Belly
Dance, Veil Dance |
d.1908 |
Wadsworth |
Pauline |
England |
n/a |
n/a |
Ballet |
b.1926 |
Wagner |
Edna |
Ridgewood |
(Died during a Dance
Marathon) |
Richard Wagner |
Tango |
c.6/22/1913 |
Walker |
Aida |
New York |
Bandana Land |
aka: Aida Overton |
Cakewalk |
2/14/1870 - 10/1/1914 |
Walker |
Aaron T.
|
NY/ L.A. |
Cotton
Club |
aka: T-Bone, Dancer became Musician |
Tap
etc.. |
1910-1975 |
Walker |
Charlie |
n/a |
Dixie to Broadway [1923] |
n/a |
Dancers |
c.1923 |
Walker |
George |
Lawrence, KS. |
Clorindy. Ziegfeld
Follies. Shuffle along. Strut Miss Lizzie |
Egbert Williams,
Ada Overton Walker |
Cakewalk/
Mime |
1873-1/8/1911 |
Walker |
James |
n/a |
n/a |
aka: Shorty and Slim, Chuck and Chuckles, Charles
Green |
Tap,
Legomania,
Comedy, etc.. |
c.1920s |
Wallace |
"Slappy" ? |
n/a |
Vaudeville, USO Shows Vaudeville
Videos Vol7 |
aka: Wallace & Rogers |
Song and Dance, TAP |
c.1940s |
Wallace |
??? |
n/a |
Music Box Revue |
Hatfield |
Ballroom |
c.1924 |
Wallace |
Beryl |
n/a |
1931 Vanities. 1933 Murder at the Vanities |
Irene Ahlberg |
Ballroom,
Show dancer |
c.1930s |
Walls |
Ann |
n/a |
(Jitterbug Champions) |
Thomas Hodge |
Jitterbug,
Swing |
1940's? |
Walsh |
Arthur |
Canada |
Groovie Movie., Twice Blessed, |
Jean
Phelps Veloz, aka "Slippery Walsh" |
West
Coast Swing, Jitterbug,
Lindy |
b.6/15/1923 |
Walters |
Charles |
Pasadena, CA. |
7 days Leave, Dubary was a Lady |
Became Choreographer and Director. |
Fanchon & Marco Dancer. |
11/17/1911-8/13/1982 |
| Walters |
and Russell |
USA |
Steppin High, Billy Rose Theatre |
- |
Eccentric dance team |
? c.1910's ? |
| Walthon & Dorraine |
- |
- |
Moss's Empire Theatre |
- |
Not sure if Dancers |
c.1950s ? |
Walton |
Florence |
Wilmington, Deleware |
Night Clubs |
Maurice
Mouvet, Vlad |
Apache
, Waltz,
Maxixe,
Tango |
1891-1981 |
? |
Winona |
New York |
Crazy Quilt |
Gomez ?, aka: Gomez and Winona |
Tango/Rumba/Bolero |
c.1933 |
Wanger
Girls |
Wally |
NY, Paris |
Burlesque, Moulin
Rouge |
n/a |
Burlesque,
Chorus |
c.1940s |
Warde |
Willie |
n/a |
Gaiety. Joan of Arc |
Katie Seymour, Phyllis Broughton |
Pas de Deux, Ballet, |
c.1890s |
Ware |
Archie |
Topeka |
4' 10 1/2" tall. Cozy Smith and Her Picks, was
part of the Crackerjacks. retired in 1922. Married:
Louise Ware (b. 1/28/1896) |
Bobby Goins, Joe
Chism, Tosh Hammond, Norman Wallace, Walter Humphrey,
Lloyd MacDonald, George Staten, Deighton Boyce, Wilfred
Blanks, Raymond Thomas, Harry Irons, Maybe Remington,
Lulu Coates, Belle Davis, Andrew Tribble |
Acrobatic, Flash, Tap,
Buck
and Wing |
b.6/3/1892 |
Ware |
Gene |
n/a |
aka: Pot, Pan & Skillet |
James Jackson & Ernest Mayhand |
Acrobatic and Comedy |
1930s |
Warren - (Vernon) |
Bettina |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Dancer |
2/22/1920-6/5/1995 |
Washburn |
Romeo |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Legendary Tap
Dancer |
c.1900s |
Washington |
Ford Lee "Buck" |
Louisville, KY |
Cabin In The Sky |
John
"Bubbles" Sublett |
Tap |
10/16/1903
-2/1955 |
Washington |
Freida, Fredie |
New York |
Savoy
Ballroom.
$
Ellington's Black & Tan [1929] |
Frankie
Manning |
Lindy
Hop |
c.1930's |
Washington |
George |
Virginia |
Balls |
Betsy Ross |
Cotillions,
Courtly |
c.1789 |
Washington |
Isabel |
New York |
Cotton
Club, Bamboola [1929], Harlem [1929] |
Cotton
Club Girl aka: Fredi and Isabel Washington. M: Clayton
Powell Jr. |
Black
Bottom, Chorus dancer |
c.1935? |
Waters |
Bunny |
USA |
Summer Stock |
Albert Ruiz? |
n/a |
c.1950 |
Waters |
Ethel |
USA |
Carnival Shows, At Home Abroad, Blackbirds of 1928,
Bubbling Over, Cabin
In The Sky, the Member of the Wedding |
known as a champion Hip Shaker. Great Splits!, Johnny
Peters |
Orginally a dancer, Singer. Texas
Tommy |
c.1910s |
Wayburn
(Neds) |
Agnes |
? |
(Ned Wayburn Studios.) Moved to Europe and re-married |
m: Ned Wayburn. was a Floradora sextet girl. |
Ballroom,
Stage, |
c.1910's |
Wayburn |
Ned |
Atlantic City, New York |
(Ned Wayburn Studios.)
1922 Follies |
m: Agnes Wayburn. Instructor, Choreographer |
Ballroom,
Stage, Vintage etc. |
c.1900-25? |
Weaver |
John |
Shrewsbury, England |
Drury Lane |
Dance Master |
Court,
Ballet,
Mime |
7/21/1673-9/24/1760 |
Webb |
Clifton |
New York? |
Jardins
de Danse, Movies |
Gloria Goodwin, Mary Hay, Ada Mae Weeks, Bonnie Glass,
Libby Hollman |
Comic Ballroom |
1891-1966 |
Webb |
Elida |
Virginia,
& N.Y. |
Stormy Weather. Runnin Wild. Cotton
Club, |
m: Majors
George Dawson |
Charleston,
Jazz,
Ballroom |
1896-5/1/1975 |
Webb |
Margot |
NY. |
Earl" Fatha" Hines dancers, Chicago's Grand
Terrace Cafe |
Harold Norton, aka: Norton and Margot, Margot Smith |
Romantic Adagio,
Ballroom,
Fan,
Ballet,
Soft-Toe?, Ethnic dances, Waltz |
b.1910 |
Wee-Wee |
Princess |
n/a |
danced with the Whitman
Sisters, |
Willie Bryant |
Song and Dance |
c.1926 |
Weeks |
Ada Mae |
NY |
Listen Lester |
Clifton
Webb |
Waltz |
1917 |
Weidell |
Connie |
USA |
n/a |
n/a |
Collegiate
Shag |
1930s |
Weinglass |
Dewey |
Georgetown, SC |
started as a 'Pick': Mattie Phillips and her Jungle
Kids. Broadway: Dixie to Broadway, Plantation Days,
Liza, Speedville to Broadway |
Poli Circuit, own troupe called the Dancing Demons,
Invented Flying Eagle step. Dave Stratton, Tommy Woods |
Russian
dancer, Challenge dances, Tap,
Soft Shoe, Legomania
|
b.1/14/1898- |
Welch |
Evelyn |
NY |
Cotton
Club, |
"Snakehips"
Tucker |
Jazz/
Tap |
c.1920's? |
Welitch |
Ljube |
n/a |
Prima Donna, debut 1934 - Sofia Opera House |
n/a |
Salome,
Ballet,
Belly
Dance |
c.1910 |
Wells |
Dickie |
n/a |
opened famous Night Club |
aka: Wells, Mordcai and Taylor |
Tap,
Class Act Trio |
c.1930's |
Wells |
Mary Ann |
?New York? |
10/15/1923 Screenland Mag |
Dance Studio |
n/a |
c.1923 |
Wells |
William G. and Louisa |
n/a |
n/a |
(Louisa - sister) |
Pas Styrene, Ballet, |
c.1841,
Wm d. 1841 |
Wessells |
Henri |
New York |
Cotton
Club |
Mildred Dixon |
n/a |
c.1927 |
West |
Buster |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Tap,
Russian,
Wings |
c.1930s |
West |
Eddie |
California |
|
aka: The Chocolateers: Eddie West, Paul Black and
Albert Gibson |
Pecking,
Jitterbug
, Acrobat |
c.1930s |
West |
Mae |
Brooklyn, NY |
Actress, Singer, Dancer. aka: Baby Vamp |
George Raft |
Shimmy,
Ballroom |
8/17/1893 - 11/22/1980 |
West |
Margret |
n/a |
Instructors |
Troy Kinney |
Ballroom |
c.1910's |
Westergoard |
Ava |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
c.1910s |
| Weston |
Elfie |
USA |
N/A |
Donald Kerr |
Cretors of the Stumbling Steps Dance |
c.1922 |
Weston |
Irene |
New York |
n/a |
Jack Clifford |
Waltz |
c.1913 |
Wetzel |
Kenny |
St. Louis/ L.A. |
Clubs, Contests |
Sister |
Jitterbug/
West
Coast / St.
Louis Shag, Mambo,
Twist |
1930's-2000 |
Whalen |
Maurice & Betty |
n/a |
Pic Mag 10/4/1938 |
n/a |
Adagio/
Acrobatic Dancers |
1930s |
Wheaton |
Anna |
n/a |
(Tea Dances or Dansants) |
Sydney Grant,
Donald McDanoald |
Philadelphia Drag |
c.1913 |
Wheeler |
Bert |
Paterson, NJ |
n/a |
Margaret Grae |
Charleston,
Cakewalk |
4/7/1895-1/18/1968 |
Whirling |
Dervishes |
Cairo |
Religious |
n/a |
Shamanism / Asia |
C.1200's? |
| White |
Al |
California |
Dancer, Competitor, Rebels Doorman |
Patti Regman, Kenny Wetzel, 1985 US Open |
West
Coast Swing, Jitterbug |
c.1970s/80s (d.4/24/1988) |
White |
Alice |
Britain? |
British dance star |
n/a |
n/a |
c.1930s? |
White |
Dolly |
n/a |
Hoffman
Girl |
aka: Marie Antionette Truckssess |
n/a |
c.1920s |
White |
Dorothy |
n/a |
11/1917 Pittsburgh Post |
n/a |
Stock Movie Dancer |
c.1930s |
White |
Francis |
Pittsburgh? |
n/a |
n/a |
The
Jazz, Novelties |
c.1917 |
White
(Weitz) |
George 'Swifty' |
Toronto, CAN |
Ziegfeld
Follies. Passing Show, George White Scandals, The
Echo, Won 1st in Old Kentucky contests. |
Ann
Pennington, Minerva Coverdale, Jimmy Malone, George
White Girls |
Tap,
Ballroom,
Buck
and Wing, Producer |
3/12/1892 - 10/11/1968 |
White |
Paul |
n/a |
Newspaper clip |
n/a |
Scuba Diver, Tap
Dancer |
c.1930s? |
Whitey's
(whyte's) |
Lindy Hoppers |
Harlem, NY |
Hellzapoppin'.
Day at The Races |
Frankie
Mannig,
Leon
James |
Lindy |
c.1930/40s |
Whitford |
Annabelle |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
1910s? |
| Whitman |
Albert "Pops" |
Baltimore, Ma.? |
Son of Alice Whitman (Whitman Sisters) |
aka: Pops and Louie. Buster Brown |
Tap |
1921-1951 |
Whitman |
Sisters |
Atlanta, GA? |
T.O.B.A. circuit, Owned own shows. |
Mabel, Essie, Alberta, Alice, (Albert Palmer
was Alice's Son) |
aka: Queen of
Taps |
c.1910s |
Whitney |
Eleanore |
Cleveland, Ohio |
Actress, Dancer , Big Broadcast of 1937 |
Robert Cummings |
Ballroom |
b.4/21/1917 |
Whitney |
Lois |
n/a |
A World of Pleasure (1915). Maid in America (1915, Robinson
Carusoe Jr. (1916), Oh Lady Lady |
Jack Mason |
Silver Fox |
c.1910's |
Wiggins |
Jack Ginger |
n/a |
T.O.B.A. Circuit. Eighty One Theatre |
helped fuel the Class Act, helped pioneer Soft Shoe |
Bantem Twist,
Soft Shoe, The Pull It, Tango Twist, Tap
, |
c.1920s |
Wigman |
Mary |
Germany |
Modern Dance Pioneer |
aka: Karoline Sofie Marie Wiegmann |
Free Dancer, Modern Dancer |
1886-1973 |
Williams |
Barney |
Cork |
Minstrel Performer |
aka: Flaherty Bernard |
Clog,
Buck
& Wing,
Tap,
Minstrel |
c.1840's |
Williams |
Chile |
USA |
Movies |
Goldwyn
Girl |
n/a |
c.1940s |
Williams |
Esther |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Water Ballet |
c.1940s |
Williams
|
Henry Brady |
Atlanta, GA. |
Cotton
Club. Lizzy Murphy's Sporting House. Smash your
Baggage [1933] |
aka "Rubberlegs" |
Eccentric
,Tap,
Truckin',
Legomania
|
b.1907- |
Williams |
Egbert |
Antigua,
W. Indies, California |
"Two Real Coons." Gold Bug. Clorindy. Dahomey. |
"Williams
& Walker" |
Cakewalk,
Tap |
3/11/1875-3/4/1922 |
| Williams |
Frances |
St. Paul, Minnesota |
(said to have introduced
the Charleston
and created the Black
Bottom 9/6/1925, St. Petersburg (FL) Times)
Artists and Models, George White's Scandals, Broadway
Through a Keyhole |
realname: Frances Jellinek. M: five times |
Black
Bottom, Charleston,
Acrobatic,
Chorus dancer, Actress, Singer |
11/3/1901-1/27/1959 |
Williams |
Louis |
n/a |
Change of Heart, mascots for NBC Kiddie
Hour |
(Albert Pops Palmer) aka: "Pops
and Louis" |
Eccentric,
all dances, sang, musician |
c.1930's |
Wilkens |
Marion |
Ca.? |
1940 Lets Make Music |
Dean
Collins? |
Rumba |
c.1940's |
Wills |
Frances |
Chicago? |
Chicago
Stork Club |
n/a |
Acrobatic
Dancer |
c.1937 |
Wilson |
Derby |
n/a |
Bamboola [1929] |
Bojangles Student |
Tap |
c.1929 |
Wilson |
Dottie |
n/a |
1924 Harry Carroll's Revue |
n/a |
Charleston |
c.1924 |
Wilson |
G. Hepburn |
n/a |
Instructor |
Inner Circle Magazine |
n/a |
c.1910s |
Wilson |
Joie |
n/a |
7/8/25 Suttons cafe contest winner |
n/a |
Ballroom |
c.1925 |
Wilson |
Lucille |
New York |
Cotton
Club. Cotton
Club Girl |
M: Louis Armstrong |
n/a |
c.1935? |
Wilson |
Thomas |
Europe? |
Author |
Dancing Master at King's Theater |
Country
dances, Waltz,
Quadrilles |
c.1820s |
Winfield |
Raymond |
n/a |
Part of Tip, Tap and Toe |
aka: Tip, Tap and Toe, Sammy Green, Teddy Frazier |
Tap, Acrobatic Flash |
c.1920's |
Winters |
Ellis & Irina |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Adagio,
Ballroom |
c.1930s? |
Winton |
Jane |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Fan
Dance |
c.1930s |
Wise |
Lawrence "Lollie" |
Los Angeles |
Clubs, Movies |
Lillian Arnold |
West
Coast Swing, |
1940-50's |
Wise, Jr. |
Russell |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Tap,
Acrobatic,
Tumbling |
c.1930s |
Wogksch |
Ann |
n/a |
1956
Harvest Moon Ball |
John Lionetti |
Ballroom |
c.1950s |
Wolf |
Mel & Nita |
n/a |
Clubs |
n/a |
Adagio,
Ballroom |
c.1934 |
Wolfstone |
Billy |
n/a |
1938 You Can't Take It With You |
n/a |
Dancer |
c.1938 |
Wong |
Anna May |
Los Angeles |
1928- Song, 1927 Devil dancer. 1922 Toll of the sea.
Picadilly |
aka: Wong Liu Tsong |
Oriental
Dancer, actress |
1/3/1905-2/2/1961 |
Wong |
Jardin |
n/a |
Clubs |
Alfred Chung |
Chinese Dance
Team- Ballroom |
c.1950s |
Wood |
Helen |
n/a |
Moulin
Rouge |
n/a |
Chorus |
c.1930s? |
Wood |
Jesica |
New York? |
aka: Wood Sisters |
John Foley |
Ballroom |
c.1920s |
Wood |
Laura |
New York |
aka: Wood Sisters |
John Foley |
Ballroom |
c.1920s |
Wooden |
Betty |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Shoe Dance |
n/a |
Woodman |
Annette |
n/a |
Meadowbrook Foxtrot |
Guy Livingston |
Foxtrot |
c.1914 |
Woods |
Bertie-Lou |
NY |
Apollo |
Banks, Taylor |
Chorus / Tap |
c.1930s |
Woods |
Theresa, Mary |
Shasta, CA. |
Harvest
Moon Ball |
Chuck ? |
West
Coast Swing, |
c.1930s |
Woods |
Tommy |
n/a |
Runnin' Wild, Shuffle Along |
solo, George Stamper, Dewey Weinglass |
Acrobatic Tap,
Slow Motion Acrobatic dance, |
c.1917 |
Woods |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
aka: Woods and Bray |
Apache |
c.1940s |
Wooge |
Heidie |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Dancer |
c.1920s? |
Woolsey |
Robert |
Oakland, CA |
Vaudeville |
n/a |
Cakewalk |
c.1920s |
Worth |
Muriel |
n/a |
(pro debut 9/25/1916 at B.F. Keith's Vaudeville
Theater.) |
n/a |
Dancer, Singer |
c.1916 |
Woytek |
Lowski |
n/a |
n/a |
Real Name: Woiciech Wiesidlowski |
Dancer |
10/11/1939-11/24/1995 |
Wray |
Faye |
n/a |
Radio Guide News -11/1929 |
n/a |
n/a |
c.1929 |
Wright |
Jimmy |
New York |
Cotton
Club |
Cotton
Club Boys |
Eccentric
/ Tap |
c.1933 |
Wvoka |
"Jack Wilson" |
Nevada |
(founded Ghost dance religion of the Piute Indians) |
n/a |
Ghost Dance |
1856?-1932 |
Wyckoff |
Freida Angela |
Los Angeles |
Don't
Knock The Rock. Carnival
Rock. Swingtime |
George
Christopherson |
West
Coast Swing, Lindy,
Balboa |
c.1940s |
Wyman |
Jane |
St. Joseph, Missouri |
danced in 'The Kid from Spain' |
Real Name: Sarah Jane Fulks. m: Ronald Reagan |
Chorus Dancer |
b.1/1914 |
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