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Stage Name |
Birth Name |
| Tony
De Marco |
Antonio
De Marco |
| Nina
Kroner (Nina De Marco) |
Helen
Kroner |
| Renée
(aka Renee LeBlanc) |
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.
Renee and Tony were separated in 1938, with Renée
filing for divorce in 1939 and finally divorcing in 1941 (when
he got Sally for a partner). Tony and Renée was the
most famous of all Tony's partners before his teaming with Sally
(a ballet dancer.)
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| Renée had 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 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
exhibition Ballroom dance 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? (Renée) |
?? |
Tony DeMarco, 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) |
1915 - Katinka (Nina) |
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Hollywood Theater (1941) |
1916 - Miss Springtime (Nina) |
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Imperial Theater (1935) |
1924 - George White's Scandals
(Tony) |
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1925 - Cocoanuts (Tony) |
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1929 - Music Box Revue |
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1930 - Girl Crazy |
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1932 - Hot-Cha! (Renee, Tony) |
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1935 - Jubilee! (Tony, Choreo) |
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1939 - Very Warm for May (Sally) |
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1940s - Slap Happy (Tony &
Renee) |
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1940 - Boys and Girls Together
(Renee. Sally, Tony) |
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1941 - Banjo Eyes (Sally) |
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1944 - Star Time (Sally) |
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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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