Lyon, Genevieve (c. 1893–1916)
Lyon, Genevieve (c. 1893–1916)
American interpretative ballroom dancer. Born c. 1893 in Chicago, IL; died 1916 in Denver, CO; m. John Murray Anderson (dancer), 1914.
Worked as model for numerous artists throughout Chicago and New York City before becoming an interpretative dancer; made performance debut in Daughters of Dawn (1912); performed in The Count of Luxemburg (1912) and Varieties (1913) on Broadway; toured as ballroom dancer with husband (1914); forced to abandon career after contracting tuberculosis (1914), having to move to Southwest; died at age 23.
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