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Dances

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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

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

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.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

Ned

Atlantic City, New York

(Ned Wayburn Studios).
1922 Follies

Instructor, Choreographer

Ballroom,

Stage

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, Liza

Poli Circuit, own troupe called the Dancing Demons, Invented Flying Eagle step. Dave Stratton, Tommy Woods

Russian dancer, Challenge dances, Tap, Soft Shoe, Legomania

1920s

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

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

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

George

n/a

Ziegfeld Follies. Passing Show, George White Scandals, Won 1st in Old Kentucky contests.

Ann Pennington, Minerva Coverdale, Jimmy Malone

Tap, Ballroom, Buck and Wing, Producer

c.1915

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

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

n/a

Jack Mason

Silver Fox

c.1920s?

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

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