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Gilda Gray
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Gilda Gray, born Marianna Michalska, was a female dancer, stage actor, and film actor. She worked as a Ziegfeld girl and was recognized in the Hollywood Walk of Fame collection. Her field of work included dance and acting. She held citizenship in the Kingdom of Prussia and the United States.
Gray was born in Rydlewo, Znin County, Kingdom of Prussia, which is now part of Poland. Records list her birth date as either October 24, 1901, or October 25, 1895. She died of a myocardial infarction due to natural causes on December 22, 1959, in Hollywood. She is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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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
- Rose Marie — Belle1936
- He Was Her Man — Frankie1931
- Piccadilly — Mabel Greenfield1929
- The Devil Dancer — Takla (The Devil Dancer)1927
- Cabaret — Gloria Trask1927
- Aloma of the South Seas — Aloma1926
- Lawful Larceny — Dancer1923
- The Girl with the Jazz Heart1921
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gilda
- Family name
- Gray
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Kraków
- Place of death
- Hollywood
- Occupation
- Ziegfeld girl
- Image
- Gilda Gray promo.jpg
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- Commons category
- Gilda Gray
- date of birth
- 1901-10-24
- date of death
- 1959-12-22
- place of burial
- Holy Cross Cemetery
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Gilda Gray
- birth name
- Marianna Michalska
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