Gilda gray shimmy
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GILDA GRAY
sense of humor and loved to flirt with the boys, but I also had a fierce independence and refused to be tied down by any man. I even wrote a song called “I’m Just a Jitterbug” that became a hit on the radio.
Life wasn’t all fun and games though. During WW2 my fame and resources helped me fundraise for the liberation of Poland. Working with the underground, I assisted in smuggling six Polish citizens from danger to freedom, a feat that got me honorable recognition from my home country.
My flapper persona was larger than life, and I embraced it fully. I was always pushing boundaries and testing limits, but I did it all with a sense of fun and joy that inspired others to do the same. I may have been known for my shimmy, but I was also a trailblazer who helped define the flapper era and set the stage for the women’s liberation movement that would come later.
So there you have it, dollface – the story of Gilda Gray, the shimmy queen of the flapper era!
Free Library of Philadelphia. (2017, October 24). “A Dance an
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Gilda Gray
Dancer, singer, actress
Gilda Gray | |
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Gray c.1920 | |
| Born | Marianna Michalska (1895-10-25)October 25, 1895 Rydlewo, German Empire (present-day Poland) |
| Died | December 22, 1959(1959-12-22) (aged 63) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Dancer, actress |
| Years active | 1918–1958 |
| Known for | Popularizing the "shimmy" |
| Spouses | John Gorecki (div. 1923)Gaillard T. "Gil" Boag (m. 1923; div. 1929)Hector Briceño de Saa (m. 1933; div. 1938) |
| Children | 1 |
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.
Early life and 'the shimmy'
Gilda Gray claimed herself to have been born on 24 October 1901 in Kraków (then part of Galicia-
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Gilda Gray
ACTOR
1901 - 1959
Gilda Gray
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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gilda Gray has received more than 172,876 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Gilda Gray is the 6,858th most popular actor (down from 6,458th in 2019), the 1,215th most popular biography from Poland (down from 1,074th in 2019) and the 65th most popular Polish Actor.
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Among ACTORS
Among actors, Gilda Gray ranks 6,858 out of 13,578. Before her are Clotilde Hesme, Élodie Yung, Milo O'Shea, Janice Rule, David Costabile, and Tracy Scoggins. After her are Pearl Ba
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