Smoller, Dorothy (c. 1901–1926)
Smoller, Dorothy (c. 1901–1926)
American theatrical ballet dancer. Born c. 1901, in Memphis, TN; stricken with tuberculosis, committed suicide, Dec 10, 1926, in New York, NY.
Worked with Tom Rector as his ballroom dance partner in Oriental tour (1915); danced as apprentice with company of Anna Pavlova, where she performed at the New York Hippodrome in The Sleeping Beauty; opened danced studio with sister in Washington, DC, where she taught for brief period; appeared on Broadway as featured ballet dancer in Seesaw (1919), What's in a Name? (1920), Up in the Clouds (1921), The Hotel Mouse (1922) and The Fantastic Fricasee (1922).
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