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Marjorie Guthrie (née Greenblatt; October 6, 1917 – March 13, 1983), who used Marjorie Mazia as her professional name, was a dancer, dance teacher, and health science activist. She was married to folk musician Woody Guthrie. Her children with him include folk musician Arlo Guthrie and Woody Guthrie Publications president Nora Guthrie.
First a dancer, then a teacher, Marjorie Guthrie founded the Woody Guthrie Children’s Fund and Archive in 1956 to preserve her husband’s works for future audiences. By the end of her life, she was a national activist for Huntington’s Disease and other genetic and neurological diseases.
2. Aug. 2021 · A Conversation with Arlo’s Mom and Woody’s Wife, Marjorie Guthrie. By. Paul Zollo. Updated: August 2, 2021 10:07 am. The daughter of Yiddish poet Aliza Greenblatt, dancer with the Martha Graham...
Martha Graham Dance Company. After winning a scholarship in 1935 to study dance under Martha Graham in New York City, Marjorie was invited to join the Martha Graham Dance Company – which already included Sophie Maslow, Jane Dudley, and May O’Donnell, among others.
27. März 2014 · Did you know her as Marjorie Greenblatt – daughter of Yiddish poet Aliza Waitzman & Isadore Greenblatt – who was born in Atlantic City and grew up in Philadelphia? Or maybe you knew her as Marjorie Mazia, dancer in the Martha Graham Dance Company and teacher to Merce Cunningham and Erick Hawkins?
Marjorie Greenblatt was born in Atlantic City on October 6th, 1917 to Aliza (Waitzman) & Isadore Greenblatt (Stuckelman). The fourth in a family of five children, Marjorie grew up in an intellectual atmosphere, influenced by her parents’ commitment to Zionism, socialism, and Jewish welfare.
In 1967, Marjorie Guthrie founded the Committee to Combat Huntington's Disease (CCHD) just weeks before her husband Woody Guthrie died from #HuntingtonsDisea...
