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Stage Name |
Birth Name |
| Tamara
Geva |
Tamara
Gevegeva |
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Ballet Dancer Tamara Geva came to the USA with Nikita Balieff's
Chauve Souris. Florenz Ziegfeld signed her for 'Whoopee'
with Eddie Cantor and Ruth Etting. She danced/sang in 'Three's
a Crowd' with Fred Allen, Clifton Webb and Libby Holman.
Having trouble with Balanchine, her husband, she finally
reconciled with Balanchine and he cast her in his new Company.
The American Ballet (later the New York City Ballet)
& Rodgers & Hart' s 'On Your Toes' with Ray Bolger.
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Birth Place |
Birth Date |
Spouse |
Offspring |
| Petrograd,
Russia |
3/17/1907
- 12/9/1997 |
George
Balanchine (1923) |
n/a |
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John
Emery |
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Night Clubs |
Theaters |
Stage |
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Cosmopolitan
Theatre (1927) |
1927
- Chauve-Souris |
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Imperial
Theatre (1932) |
1928
- Whoopie |
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New
Amsterdam Theatre (1928) |
1930
- Three's A Crowd |
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Selwyn
Theatre (1930) |
1932
- Flying Colors (Webb) |
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Royale
Theatre (1933) |
1933
- A Divine Drudge |
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Broadhurst
Theatre (1934) |
1934
- The Red Cat |
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Adelphi
Theatre (1935) |
1935
- Alma Mater (Haakon) |
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Biltmore
Theatre (1950) |
1936
- On Your Toes |
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Ethel
Barrymore Theatre (1953) |
1950
- Pride's Crossing |
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1953
- Misalliance |
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