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Gilda Gray (born Marianna Michalska; October 24, 1901 – 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.
Jul 16, 2014 · A scene in which Gilda Gray (supposed inventor of 'the shimmy') performs a ballroom dance which breaks into a shimmy part way thr... Extract from a longer film.
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Gilda Gray. Actress: Piccadilly. The creator of 'the Shimmy' was a voluptuous, mischievous-eyed blonde dancer who was born Marianna Michalska in Krakow, Poland.
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- December 22, 1959
Nov 27, 2014 · Learn about Gilda Gray, an American actress and dancer who popularized the shimmy in 1920s films and theater. Discover her early life, career, marriages, and her support for Poland during World War II.
October 24 marks the birthday of the Roaring Twenties icon Gilda Gray. Born on October 24, 1901 as Marianna Michalska in Krakow, Poland, Gray didn’t get off to the easiest start in life. She was orphaned when her parents were tragically killed in the revolution.
The shimmy is said to have been introduced to American audiences by Gilda Gray in New York around 1919. The word was widely used before and the shimmy was already a well-known dance move.
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Feb 21, 2013 · Great throbbing shivers," Gilda Gray wrote in a memoir, describing herself giving in to he shimmy for the first time as she performed in a Milwaukee saloon.
