Weeks, Ada May (1898–1978)
Weeks, Ada May (1898–1978)
American dancer and musical-comedy star. Name variations: Ada May, Ada-May, Ada Mae Weeks. Born Ada May Weeks, Mar 8, 1898, in Brooklyn, NY; died April 25, 1978, in New York, NY; sister of Marion Weeks (actress); trained by Malvina Cavallazzi at Children's Ballet of the Metropolitan Opera; m. Col. Wilson Potter (div.); m. Mario Castegnaro.
As Ada May, made NY debut at Metropolitan Opera as a dancer in Parsifal; on Broadway, appeared in Miss Springtime, Jim Jam Jems, The O'Brien Girl, Listen Lester, Rio Rita and numerous editions of Ziegfeld Follies; as Ada May Weeks, appeared in such films as Dance Girl Dance and Charlie Chaplin's Monsieur Verdoux; headlined at the Palace and in London.
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