Mildred Dixon was a dancer, born in 1904, who died in 2001.
Biography
Mildred Dixon (November 21, 1904 – September 18, 2001) was an American dancer who danced at the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York City. She became a longtime companion of composer and musician Duke Ellington, and manager of his company. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to parents from Africville, Nova Scotia. She became a dancer and moved to New York in the mid-1920s, where she became known as part of the dance couple, "Mildred and Henri".
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