Gilda Gray
October 25, 1895 (129 years old) in 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 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]
Known For
Credits
- 1936 · Rose Marie as Belle
- 1931 · He Was Her Man as Frankie
- 1929 · Piccadilly as Mabel Greenfield
- 1927 · The Devil Dancer as Takla (The Devil Dancer)
- 1927 · Cabaret as Gloria Trask
- 1926 · Aloma of the South Seas as Aloma
- 1923 · Lawful Larceny as Dancer