Gilda Gray

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Gilda Gray

Acting October 25, 1895

Rydlewo, Znin County, Kingdom of Prussia [now Rydlewo, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]

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 fashio…

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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 (excerpted) from Wikipedia]

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  1. 1936
    Rose Marie

    Movie Belle

  2. 1931
    He Was Her Man

    Movie Frankie

  3. 1929
    Piccadilly

    Movie Mabel Greenfield

  4. 1927
    The Devil Dancer

    Movie Takla (The Devil Dancer)

  5. 1927
    Cabaret

    Movie Gloria Trask

  6. 1926
    Aloma of the South Seas

    Movie Aloma

  7. 1923
    Lawful Larceny

    Movie Dancer

  8. 1921