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Walton |
>Florence
Walton |
-Went to a parochial school as a little girl and graduated when
just sixteen. Her first Stage appearance was as a Quaker girl
the summer 1906 in the revival of "Miss Bob White" for
$12 a week. Florence Walton was a dancer and actress in the early
1900s. Florence made her Stage debut in Lew Field's "The
Girl Behind the Counter" dancing and singing in the chorus
in 1907 and would later become a Ziegfeld girl.
--Walton first learned the chorus dances, then the character dances
such as the Spanish, Dutch, and the Italian Tarantella
etc.
--Walton met Maurice
Mouvet when Flo Ziegfeld
approached her with the suggestion that she partner with Mouvet
(his partner eloped during 'Over the River'). In the
evening they met, practiced some and danced that night in "Over
the River." Upon finishing, Ziegfeld
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partnered them together for the "the Rose Maid" and
then the "Pink Lady" in 1911.
--Walton and Mouvet were later married in 1911 and were divorced
in 1920. Her most famous partner was Maurice
Mouvet who was one of the best dancers of the day.
The main dances they were famous for together was the Apache Dance,
Tango and Maxixe. After her divorce with Mouvet, Walton meet and
married Leon Leitrim, who she continued to dance with for many
years.
--For more stuff on Florence see the Maurice
Mouvet page. |
