Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
7
Gender
Female
Birthday
1895-10-25
Deathday
1959-12-22 (64 years old)
Place of Birth
Rydlewo, Znin County, Kingdom of Prussia [now Rydlewo, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]
Also Known As
- Marianna Michalska
- Mary Gray
- The Shimmy Queen
Gilda Gray
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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