Dancer

Vera Michelena

American stage and screen actor

Born 1884 · New York CityDied 1961United States
Vera Michelena
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Vera Michelena was an American dancer, born in 1884 in New York City, who died in 1961.

Biography

Vera Michelena (June 16, 1885 – August 28, 1961) was an American actress, contralto prima donna and dancer who appeared in light opera, musical comedy, vaudeville and silent film. She was perhaps best remembered for her starring roles in the musicals The Princess Chic, Flo Flo and The Waltz Dream, her rendition of the vampire dance in the musical Take It from Me and as a Ziegfeld Follies performer.

From the Wikipedia article “Vera Michelena”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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