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- Champion was a dancer all her life, and she was just a teen when she made her first notable contribution to the entertainment industry. She danced for Disney animators as they created “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” (1937), providing a model for them to base Snow White’s movement and dance on.
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Oct 22, 2020 · Marge Champion, who served as the real-life model for Walt Disney's Snow White, has died at the age of 101. The actress was also well known for starring alongside her husband and dance partner...
She was hired by The Walt Disney Studio as a dance model for their animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). Her movements were copied to enhance the realism of the animated Snow White figure.
Champion, née Belcher, was 14 years old when she auditioned for Disney animators so they could capture the character’s elegance and graceful motion. Her father was revered Hollywood dance ...
Oct 22, 2020 · Marge Champion, a dancer and actor who served as the real-life model for Disney’s 1937 animated classic “ Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” died on Wednesday in Los Angeles, according to The...
Oct 22, 2020 · She was a model for Disney’s animated heroine in “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” and she and her husband, Gower, epitomized the clean-cut, all-American dance team of Hollywood musicals.
Oct 21, 2020 · Marge Champion, who served as the real-life model for Snow White, then teamed with her husband and dance partner, Gower Champion, for Broadway musicals, television shows and movies, has died....
Oct 22, 2020 · Marge Champion — renowned dancer, actress, and character model for animated figures in animated classics Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, and Fantasia — died Wednesday in Los...
