Gilda Gray

Date of birth

25 Oct 1895

132 years ago at Rydlewo, Znin County, Kingdom of Prussia [now Rydlewo, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]

Also Known As

Marianna Michalska
Mary Gray
The Shimmy Queen

Gilda Gray (born Marianna Michalska; October 25, 1895 – December 22, 1959) was a Polish-American dancer and actress who popularized a dance called the "shimmy" which became fashionable in 1920s films and theater productions. Between 1919 and 1936, Gray made several movies, in all of which she performed her famous shimmy.

Biography

[biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]

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