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23. Jan. 2022 · “Jeni le Gon: The first black woman signed by Hollywood was livin’ and dancin’ in great big way,” rogerebert.com, January 23, 2013 George-Graves, Nadine. “Identity Politics and Political Will: Jeni LeGon Living in a Great Big Way,” in The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Politics, eds. Rebekah Kawal, Gerald Sigmund, and Randy Martin, eds, Oxford University Press, 2017.
7. Dez. 2012 · This time, I thought I would write about one of the pioneering women of the artform – Jeni LeGon: Born: 14th August 1916 in Chicago, Illinois as Jennie Ligon. Died: 7 December 2012 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Known For: Being one of the first black women to develop a successful solo dance career, for dancing in trousers (unusual for women ...
Formée à la danse et spécialiste des claquettes, Jeni Le Gon se produit notamment au théâtre à Broadway ( New York) dans deux comédies musicales, la première représentée en 1936, la seconde en 1943 - 1944 . Au cinéma, elle contribue dans un premier temps à vingt-trois films américains sortis entre 1935 et 1953, dont Nuits d'Arabie ...
Jeni Le Gon. Actress: Arabian Nights. Born in 1916 in Chicago, Jeni Le Gon trained at Mary Bruce's School of Dancing and performed as a chorus girl, later in vaudeville, from age 16. In Hollywood she appeared in her debut film, Hooray for Love (1935), as dancing partner of the great Bill Robinson. Though primarily a dancer, Jeni sang well and was an appealing, attractive light actress when ...
Jeni Le Gon. Jeni LeGon (14 de agosto de 1916 – 7 de diciembre de 2012) fue una actriz, bailarina y profesora de baile de estadounidense, una de las primeras mujeres afroamericanas en hacer una carrera en solitario bailando claqué.
Jeni LeGon in Fools for Scandal (1938) LeGon’s film debut, in Hooray for Love (1935), was spectacular. Girlishly sweet and professionally slick, though dressed down in polo-neck and slacks, she performs the gleeful number Living in a Great Big Way with Fats Waller and Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson. Waller was a great support to her in her ...
Jeni LeGon , auch bekannt als Jeni Le Gon, war eine amerikanische Tänzerin, Tanzlehrerin und Schauspielerin. Sie war eine der ersten afroamerikanischen Frauen, die eine Solokarriere im Stepptanz machte.
