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Stage Name

Birth Name

Fanchon and Marco Fanny "Fanchon" Wolff
  Mike "Marco" Wolff

-- A Brother and Sister ballroom dance team of the 1920s and 1930s who started out as Cabaret dancers, Dance studio owners and then turned Promoters and Producers. They would manage many theatres on the West Coast circuit as well as produce many acts such as the "Fanchonettes" to perform in these theatres.

-- They helped start many careers such as Cyd Charisse (age 12) Joan Crawford, Dorothy LaMour, Judy Garland (Gumm Sisters) Doris Day and Bing Crosby.

-- Fanchon and Marco managed the "Mickey Mouse Circus" which was comprised of "Midgets and Elephants" at the California Pacifc Expostion held in San Diego from 1935 to 1936. In "Danse Follies," chorus girls sang and danced and in 'Hollywood Secrets,' talkies were made and the secrets of synchronizing sound tracks with movements were revealed to the public.

-- There were five seperate groups of Fanchon and Marco girls which would rotate between cities which they performed in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle and Vancouver, B.C. The girls would also appear for the unveiling of many Airplanes such as the Fokker and F-32. Later, Fanny Wolfe (Fanchon) became a movie choreographer.

Birth Place

Birth Date

Spouse

Offspring

Los Angeles, CA. 1894-19?? (M) n/a n/a
      1895-19?? (F)            
                       
 

Dance Types

Dance Partners

/ Performers
Musicians / Singers
Adagio Charles Walters Henry Le Bel (Organist)
Apache Dance Dorothy June Ivie Anderson (Also Danced)
Ballroom Dorothy Lee Karl Wright
Carioca Fanchon and Marco Girls (Pic) Mamie Smith
Charleston Fanchon and Marco Dancers (Pic)  
  Fanchon and Marco Dancers (pic)  
  Fanchonettes (Hollywood) Other Performers
  Huff and Hunt (Marco dancers - Adagio) The Great Raymond (Magic)

Music Titles

Jean Dix and Helen Burke  
Ain't We Got Fun ~Lona Briem (Chehalis, Washington)  
Stairway Of Dreams Original Carioca Dancers  
  Reva Howitt Clar's (Marco dancers)  
  Sunkist Beauties (Fanchon & Marco Girls)  
 

Night Clubs

Theaters

Stage

1928 - Three Weekends 1926 - 5th Avenue Theater (Seattle) 1920 - Fanchon & Marco Satires of 1920
1929 - Alibi 1930 - Loew's State Theater 1921 - Sunkist
      1935 - California Pacific Expo 1926 - The Night Club
      1935 - Fox (West Coast)

Theaters

1927 - A City Gone Wild
      Avalon 1927 - Love 'em and Leave 'em
      Boulevard Theater (Los Angeles) 1927 - Rolled Stockings
      Elsinore Theater (Website) 1928 - Stairway Idea
      Hi-Pointe 1929 - Toonerville Trolley
      Granada 1931 - Slavique Idea
      Grand Theater (St. Louis) 1933 - Carioca
      Ivanhoe 1935 - Danse Follies (SD Expo)
      La Fayette 1935 - Hollywood Secrets (SD Expo)
      Manchester Theater A Trip To Mars
      New California Theater Beach Night (Sunkist Beauties)
      new Oakland Theater (1928) Fanchon & Marco Juvenile Revue
      Palace Theater (L.A.) Fanchon & Marco's Star Night
      Paramount Theater (L.A.) Ideas
      Roxy Theater Rogues Romance
      Tabor Theater (Denver) The Saxophobia Idea
      Tivoli Theatre The Syncopation Idea (Crosby)
      Yale Up in the Air (18 Stilt Dancers)
 

Films

Publications

1925 - Studio Tour (Fanchon) 3/1929 - The Dance (Mag)
1927 - A Trip Through the Paramount Studios (Fanchon) 5/13/1944 - Gotham Life Magazine
1928 - Three Weekends (Chor) $ Lollipop - Fanchon/Marco Dancer
$ 1929 - Alibi (dance director)      
1929 - Hearts in Dixie (Chor)      
1935 - Paddy O'Day (Chor)      
1935 - Star Night at the Coconut Grove      
1936 - The Song and Dance Man (Chor)      
1937 - Thrill of a Lifetime (Producer)      
$ 1943 - Hello Frisco, Hello (dance supervisor)      
1943 - Coney Island (dance supervisor)      
$ 1943 - Stormy Weather (dance supervisor)      
$ 1944 - Pin Up Girl (dance supervisor)      
1945 - All-Star Bond Rally, The (Producer)      
1945 - Where Do We Go from Here (Chor)      
1946 - Rendezvous with Annie (Chor)      
$ 1946 - The Plainsman and the Lady (Chor)      
$ 1947 - Calendar Girl (Chor)      
1947 - Hit Parade (Chor)      
1948 - Campus Honeymoon (Producer)      
NOTE:
July 24, 2005
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