Goslar, Lotte (1907–1997)

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Goslar, Lotte (1907–1997)

German dancer and mime. Born Feb 27, 1907, in Dresden, Germany; died Oct 16, 1997, in West Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut.

Best known for her dance solo "Grandma Always Danced," left Germany when the Nazis came to power (c. 1934); made NY debut in The Peppermill (1937); choreographed Bertold Brecht's production of Galileo (1947); was the subject of Dolly, Lotte, und Maria, a West German documentary by Rosa von Praunheim concerning Goslar, Dolly Haas, and Maria Piscator (1987).