Cast
Gilda Gray
Acting
Cast
Gilda Gray
Known for
Acting
Born
1895-10-25
From
Rydlewo, Znin County, Kingdom of Prussia [now Rydlewo, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]
Died
1959-12-22
Also known as Marianna Michalska, Mary Gray, The Shimmy Queen
Biography
Gilda Gray (born Marianna Michalska; October 25, 1895 – December 22, 1959) was a Polish-American dancer and actress who popularized a dance called the "shimmy" which became fashionable in 1920s films and theater productions. Between 1919 and 1936, Gray made several movies, in all of which she performed her famous shimmy. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
★6.4
MOVIE1936
Rose Marie
as Belle
★9.0
MOVIE1927
Cabaret
as Gloria Trask
★6.5
MOVIE1929
Piccadilly
as Mabel Greenfield
★5.7
MOVIE1927
The Devil Dancer
as Takla (The Devil Dancer)
★8.0
MOVIE1926
Aloma of the South Seas
as Aloma
★7.0
MOVIE1923
Lawful Larceny
as Dancer
★10.0
MOVIE1921
The Girl with the Jazz Heart
★6.0
MOVIE1931
He Was Her Man
as Frankie