Gilda Gray

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Female

birthday

October 25, 1895

died

December 22, 1959

place of birth

Rydlewo, Znin County, Kingdom of Prussia [now Rydlewo, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]

also known as

Marianna Michalska · Mary Gray · The Shimmy Queen

total credits

7 movies

Biography

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]

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