Pennington, Ann (1892–1971)

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Pennington, Ann (1892–1971)

American actress and dancer. Born Anna Pennington, Dec 23, 1892, in Camden, NJ (some sources cite Wilmington, Delaware); died Nov 4, 1971, in New York, NY; trained by Ned Wayburn and Jack Blue.

Made Broadway stage debut in The Red Widow (1911); appeared with Ziegfield Follies (1913–18, 1923–24); also appeared in Jack and Jill, The New Yorkers, Everybody's Welcome, The Student Prince, and in George White's Scandals through 5 editions, in one of which she introduced "The Black Bottom" which swept the nation (1926); made film debut in Susie's Snowflake (1916), and subsequently appeared in numerous movies.

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