Gilda Gray
Marianna Michalska
Birth Date
10/25/1895 (Age 64)Birth Place
Rydlewo, Znin County, Kingdom of Prussia [now Rydlewo, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]Death Date
12/22/1959Departments
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]
Best Known For
Mabel Greenfield
Belle
Frequent Collaborators
E.A. Dupont
1 film together
Arnold Bennett
1 film together
Werner Brandes
1 film together
Harry Gordon
1 film together
Anna May Wong
1 film together
Jameson Thomas
1 film together
