Stage Name |
Birth Name |
| Frank Mazzone |
?Frank Mazzone? |
Frank Mazzone was a heavyweight in the world of Apache Dance. He started in the 1920's with "Gypsy Abbott," his dance and business partner for many years (they maybe married, not sure, also maybe related to Bud Abbott?). Later he formed the Les Mazzone Apaches and the Abbotts Dancers. The abbotts dancer's would sometimes consist of 3 or more girls and sometimes a few males including Mazzone all doing the Apache dance.
Mazzone was hired to do his French Underworld act with the Abbott dancers at Lou Walters Latin Quarter in 1942 and was a very big hit. Mazzone also danced or staged many of the movies that used the Apache dance, many times being |
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