Marta Becket was an American choreographer and ballet dancer, born in 1924 in New York, who died in 2017.
Biography
Marta Becket (born Martha Beckett, August 9, 1924 – January 30, 2017) was an American actress, dancer, choreographer and painter. She performed for more than four decades at her own theater, the Amargosa Opera House in Death Valley Junction, California.
Amargosa (2000), Todd Robinson's documentary about Marta Becket, won a 2003 Emmy Award for cinematographer Curt Apduhan, in addition to the film's numerous festival awards and nominations.
Contemporaries
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