Dancer

Paul Swan

American dancer, painter, scultptor, actor, and author (1883-1972)

Born 1883 · AshlandDied 1972United States
Paul Swan
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Paul Swan was an American dancer, born in 1883 in Ashland, who died in 1972.

Biography

Paul Spencer Swan (June 5, 1883 – February 1, 1972) was an American painter, sculptor, dancer, poet and actor. Once billed as "the most beautiful man in the world," Swan has come to be looked on as a "gay camp icon."

From the Wikipedia article “Paul Swan (dancer)”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Contemporaries

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Nellie McCoy

American actress

1883–1961
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dancer

1883–1983
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Evelyn Nesbit

American model and actress (1884–1967)

1884–1967
Vera Michelena

Vera Michelena

American stage and screen actor

1884–1961
Mlle. Dazie

Mlle. Dazie

American singer and actor (1884-1952)

1884–1952
Mae Murray

Mae Murray

American actress, dancer, film producer, screenwriter (1885–1965)

1885–1965
Helen Trix

Helen Trix

American actress (1886-1951)

1886–1951
Edward Everett Horton

Edward Everett Horton

American actor (1886–1970)

1886–1970

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