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Gwen Verdon
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Choreography, Actor Born: January 13, 1925 in Culver City, CA Death: October 18, 2000 in Woodstock, VT Biography:"Gwen Verdon" became a professional performer at 22 -- rather late for a dancer, though she managed to make up for lost time by becoming one of the top Broadway personalities of the 1950s and 1960s. Before this happened, however, Verdon was a "gypsy," bouncing around from one chorus job to another. She essayed brief dancing roles in such 20th Century Fox films as "On the Riviera" (1951), "David and Bathsheba" (1951), and "Dreamboat" (1952). Reportedly, she and "Carol Haney" worked as choreography assistants to "Gene Kelly" in 1952's Singin' in the Rain. (Verdon later claimed that she and Haney post-dubbed some of "Kelly"'s taps in the title number, standing ankle-deep in a drum full of water to match the soggy onscreen action.) In 1953, Verdon went to Broadway to star in "Cole Porter"'s Can Can, winning a Tony and Donaldson award as a result; likewise honored with Tonys were her subsequent performances... Full Biography
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