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Juliet Prowse
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Actor Born: September 25, 1936 in Durban, South Africa Death: September 14, 1996 Biography:A striking beauty, famed for her long, slender and well-formed legs, dancer/actress "Juliet Prowse" was at the peak of her popularity as a film and television actress during the 1960s. After that, she made her name on stage and in Las Vegas. Born in Bombay, and raised in South Africa, she studied to be a dancer from the age of 4. Prowse was accepted for the Festival Ballet of Johannesburg at age 14, but at a height of 6 feet she was much too large for the rather strict requirements of the ballet world. A less prestigious but likely more lucrative engagement followed when Juliet signed on as a chorus dancer for the London Palladium. She went to dance at a Parisian nightclub, then toured Europe as a member of a modern dance troupe. Hollywood choreographer "Hermes Pan" spotted one of Prowse's performances and cast her as the Snake in the "Adam and Eve" number for the 1959 film musical "Can Can". While... Full Biography
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