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Stage Name |
Birth Name |
| Miriam
Lavelle |
Miriam Lavelle Patterson |
| (Lavelle, LaVelle and La Velle) |
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Daughter of Mrs. J A Patterson
of Crum Lynne, Cheste PA. Miriam started her dancing to treat
a foot ailment at the age of three. Becoming skilled at dancing
performed in various dance school recitals and school events.
Danced in numerous spectacles,
shows and events as a child doing mainly solo Gymnastic mat and
ring performances as well acrobatic dance exhibitions with her
mother in tow.
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to St. Louis, Missouri in her early teens and later by age fifteen
was in New York starting her professional career on the New York
stage in the early 1940's. While working at the Strand Theatre
on Broadway, she was spotted by Hollywood Talent scouts working
for MGM and was signed to contract for the film "Meet The
People" at age 17. As of this writing she is known to have
only been in four films and 1 short film, but more may surface
as time goes on.
References to Miriam LaVelle have been found
in Billboard Magazine and American newspapers published between
1942 and 1950 and after 1950, she disappears from the scene probably
due to most of the theatres and nightclubs that she was working
in either closed down, became movie theatres or became more of
a Burlesque in nature and her type of dance routines unfortunately
became a thing of the past, unless she wanted to wear pasties,
which I doubt she did. It is said she married and in the Ed Wynn clip looks as if she might have had a child. So she maybe gave up the satge for home life, dunno for sure. One site says that she passed in 1958.
The Website Miriamlevelle.com
(where most of this page info and photo comes from) is actively
seeking help on obtaining more information on her, so in thanks
for supplying info (which I know the pain it can be locating
info on dancers) I am helping by asking you to contact him
if you have further information ... The Miriam Lavelle pages:
Link....or
eMail him here.
More will be added here as I find it as well.
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Birth Place |
Birth Date |
Spouse |
Offspring |
| Chester, Pennsylvania |
b.1927-?1958? |
Yes |
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Dance Types |
Dance with |
Music Titles |
| Acrobatic |
Al White Beauties |
1935 - The Grasshopper (sang) |
| Adagio |
Beatrice Kraft Dancers |
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| Ballet |
Gene Kelly |
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| Frucca, the |
Rita Hayworth |
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| Gymnastic (Mat,
Bar, Trapeze, etc) |
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| Tap
Dance |
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| Tumbling |
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Night Clubs |
Theaters |
Stage, studios etc |
| Chez Paree (Chicago 1947) |
44th Street Theatre (1942 NY) |
1935 - C.T.A. Minstrels |
| Copacabana (New York) |
Capitol Theatre (NY) |
1935 - Dougherty Sisters School
of Dancing |
| Colonial Inn (Florida 1947) |
Crystal Terrace (1945 St Louis) |
1941 - Sunny River |
| Nicky Blair's Carnival Room |
Golden Gate Theater (San Francisco) |
1942
- Bambi |
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Oriental theatre (Chicago 1944) |
1942 - Dear Diary |
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Roxy Theatre (NY) |
1942 - Keep 'em Laughing |
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St. James theatre (1941 NY) |
1942 - My Dear Public |
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Strand Theatre (NY) |
5/1944 - George White Scandals (Chicago) |
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1946 - Nicky Blairs - Carnival |
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Films |
Television |
Publications |
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1943 - Gangs All Here |
1946 - Hour Glass |
4/18/1942 - Billboard Magazine |
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1944 - Cover Girl |
1949 - Ed Wynn Show (Clip) |
6/13/1943 - Chicago Daily Tribune |
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1944 - Meet The People |
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6/15/1946 - Billboard Magazine |
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1944 - Seven Days Ashore |
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6/24/1946 - Life Magazine |
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1946 - Let Me Love you Tonight (VodVil
short) |
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1/19/1947 - Miami News (Adv) |
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1/14/1950 - Spokane Daily Chronicle |
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