Gilda Gray

Born: 1895-10-25

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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Piccadilly

as Mabel Greenfield
Released: 1929-02-01

A young Chinese woman, working in the kitchen at a London dance club, is given the chance to...

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Rose Marie

as Belle
Released: 1936-01-31

An incognito opera singer falls for a policeman who has been assigned to track down her fugitive...

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Aloma of the South Seas

as Aloma
Released: 1926-05-15

A young South Seas native boy is sent to the U.S. for his education. He returns to his island...

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The Devil Dancer

as Takla (The Devil Dancer)
Released: 1927-11-03

An English explorer disturbed by the practices of an isolated tribe attempts to rescue a native...

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Cabaret

as Gloria Trask
Released: 1927-03-26

Gloria Trask, who has risen from a squalid East Side environment to stardom in Costigan's...

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Lawful Larceny

as Dancer
Released: 1923-07-22

During his wife's absence, Andrew Dorsey is snared by Vivian Hepburn, owner of a crooked...

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