Gilda Gray

Gilda Gray

Born: 1895-10-25

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

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]

Known For

Piccadilly

Also Appeared With…

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Charles Laughton

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🏆 Award Stats

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1923

Lawful Larceny as Dancer 🏆

1926

Aloma of the South Seas as Aloma 🏆

1927

1929

Piccadilly as Mabel Greenfield 🏆

1931

He Was Her Man as Frankie 🏆

1936

Rose Marie as Belle 🏆