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Stage Name |
Birth Name |
| Tony
De Marco |
Antonio
De Marco |
| Nina
Kroner (Nina De Marco) |
Helen
Kroner |
| Renée
Leblanc? (Renee
DeMarco) |
Renée
Nerney-Coates |
| Sally
Craven (Sally DeMarco) |
Ora
Lee Allen |
-The De Marco's were actually one of eight different partners.
Tony De Marco started dancing in Burlesque and moved into Vaudeville.
This would eventually lead him to musicals and later movies. The
most famous three were actually really married to Tony. Antonio
first married Nina Kroner, then Renée, then Sally.
-Renée and Tony were divorced in 1939 and were the most famous
of all his partners before his teaming with Sally (a ballet
dancer.) Renee has a son named Kevin
Coates. Sally started dancing with Tony in 1941 and married
him in 1944. Tony and Sally would become the most famous of all
the teaming's. Sally DeMarco danced in the movie "Gone with
the Wind," portraying
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Vivian
Leigh in all the non close up shots of Vivian dancing, as Vivian
couldn't dance.
-All three De Marco's were one of the most successful ballroom
exhibition teams along with Veloz
and Yolanda and Marge
and Gower Champion. They appeared with Ginger
Rogers in the Broadway play "Girl Crazy" in 1930.--
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Birth Place |
Birth Date |
Spouse |
Offspring |
| Buffalo,
NY (Tony) |
1/1/1898
- 11/14/1965 |
Nina,
Sally, Renee |
n/a |
| Montreal,
Quebec, Canada? (Renee) |
N/A |
Tony,
Paul Coates, Joe Cassidy |
Kevin
Coates |
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Night Clubs |
Theaters |
Stage |
| 1934
- Persian Room, NY |
Apollo
Theater (1924) |
1914
- Hands Up |
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Broadhurst
Theater (1940) |
1924
- George White's Scandals |
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Hollywood
Theater (1941) |
1929
- Music Box Revue |
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Imperial
Theater (1935) |
1930
- Girl Crazy |
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1932
- Hot-Cha! |
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1935
- Jubilee! (Chor) |
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1940s
- Slap Happy (Tony & Renee) |
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1940
- Boys and Girls Together (Renee) |
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1941
- Banjo Eyes |
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Eisenhower's
Inauguration Ball (Sally) |
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NOTE:Thanks
to Beth (Sally's
niece) for added information and Pics on Tony and Sally DeMarco.
Also, Paul Rogers is looking for anyone with info on his relative
-- Renee, E-mail him here. |
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