Riggs, Katherine Witchie (d. 1967)
Riggs, Katherine Witchie (d. 1967)
American dancer and vaudeville star. Died April 19, 1967, in Babylon, LI, NY; m. Ralph Riggs (dancer, died).
With husband, headlined vaudeville in a dance and acrobatic act for many years, and appeared on Broadway in The Enchantress, Louisiana Purchase, Oklahoma! and Gilbert & Sullivan operettas.
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