Marge Champion
American dancer and actress (1919–2020)
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- Marjorie Celeste Champion ( née Belcher ; September 2, 1919 – October 21, 2020) was an American dancer and actress.
- Later, she performed as an actress and dancer in film musicals, and in 1957 had a television show based on song and dance.
- Early life Champion was born in Los Angeles on September 2, 1919.
- Champion had an older half sister, Lina Basquette, who began acting in 1916 in silent films.
- Champion and Basquette's maternal grandfather, Lazarus Rosenberg, was Jewish.
Marjorie Celeste Champion (née Belcher; September 2, 1919 – October 21, 2020) was an American dancer and actress. At fourteen, she was hired as a dance model for Walt Disney Studios animated films. Later, she performed as an actress and dancer in film musicals, and in 1957 had a television show based on song and dance. She also did creative choreography for liturgy, and served as a dialogue and movement coach for the 1978 TV miniseries, The Awakening Land, set in the late 18th century in the Ohio Valley.
Early life
Champion was born in Los Angeles on September 2, 1919. Her father, Ernest Belcher, was a dance director who taught Shirley Temple, Betty Grable, Ramon Novarro, Cyd Charisse, Fay Wray and Joan Crawford, as well as Champion's future husband Gower Champion; her mother was Gladys Lee Baskette (née Rosenberg). Champion had an older half sister, Lina Basquette, who began acting in 1916 in silent films. Lina was the daughter of her mother's first husband, Frank Baskette, who died by suicide. Champion and Basquette's maternal grandfather, Lazarus Rosenberg, was Jewish.
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