Maryon Vadie
Maryon Vadie | |
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 Maryon Vadie, from a 1920 publication | |
| Born | Maryon Elizabeth Dunbar December 25, 1895 Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | February 1975 (age 79) Tucson, Arizona, U.S. |
| Occupations | Dancer, vaudeville performer |
| Spouse(s) | Ota Gygi, Harry Green |
Maryon Vadie (December 25, 1895 – February 1975), born Maryon Elizabeth Dunbar,[1] was an American dancer and vaudeville performer in the 1910s and 1920s. She was often accompanied by her first husband, violinist Ota Gygi.
Early life and education
Vadie was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, the daughter of Loren Franklin Dunbar[2] and Grace Adella Newton Dunbar. She was raised in Los Angeles, where she attended Westlake School.[3] She trained as a dancer with Katherine West Nathan in Pasadena,[4] and with dancer and choreographer Luigi Albertieri in New York.[5][6][7] In 1914, she was featured dancer in a large cast of children in spring pageant in Los Angeles.[8]
Career
Vadie toured the United States and Canada in the 1910s,[9][10] sometimes billed as "America's Peerless Danseuse".[11] Her photograph was on the cover of Variety in 1916.[12] She appeared in Cinderella on Broadway in 1920.[13] She headlined vaudeville programs,[14][15] dancing to her husband's violin accompaniment.[16][17] Vanity Fair called her "the American Genée" in 1922.[18] In 1924 she and Gygi planned to open a summer dancing school in New Jersey.[5][19] She promoted the Maryon Vadie Dancers,[20] a troop of six young women she considered protegees.[21][22][23] Vadie and Gygi assembled a revue of twenty performers for a "high-class stage entertainment" in 1928.[21]
Personal life
In 1917, Vadie married Austrian violinist Ludwig Feinland, known professionally as Ota Gygi.[3][7] Her second husband was Harry Green; they wed in 1936, and moved to Arizona in 1950. She died in 1975, at the age of 79, in Tucson, Arizona.[24]
References
- ↑ "Los Angeles Dancer Ranks with Famous Classic Exponents". Los Angeles Evening Express. 1914-08-07. p. 11. Retrieved 2025-07-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Loren F. Dunbar". Press-Telegram. 1942-07-05. p. 9. Retrieved 2025-07-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 Kingsley, Grace (1918-09-15). "Two-a-Day Stars Will Flit to Concert Stage". The Los Angeles Times. p. 27. Retrieved 2025-07-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Classic Dances Presented by Pupils; Miss Nathan's Advanced Class Entertains". Pasadena Star. 1913-04-05. p. 9. Retrieved 2025-07-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 "The Musical World". The Lincoln Star. 1924-10-19. p. 19. Retrieved 2025-07-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Must Feel Dancing First, Said Vadie". The Houston Post. 1917-02-08. p. 7. Retrieved 2025-07-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 "Finds Concert Stage Ready for Radical Changes". Musical America. 40 (24): 5. 1924-10-04 – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ "Joyous Children Greet Merry, Smiling May by Festival of Springtime". Morning Tribune. 1914-05-03. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-07-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Gus Edwards' Girls Please Oakland". Richmond Record-Herald. 1914-09-10. p. 6. Retrieved 2025-07-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Los Angeles Maid Orpheum Topliner; Petite Maryon Vadie Will Show Home-Town Friends Dance Triumph". Los Angeles Evening Express. 1915-02-25. p. 9. Retrieved 2025-07-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Musicians at the Majestic". The Houston Post. 1917-02-04. p. 39. Retrieved 2025-07-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Maryon Vadie". Variety. 43 (9): 7. 1916-07-28 – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ White, Matthew Jr., "The Stage" Munsey's Magazine 71(2)(November 1920): 320.
- ↑ "Shea's Headliner is Maryon Vadie". The Buffalo Times. 1922-10-08. p. 52. Retrieved 2025-07-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Vadie and Gygi in Dance Headliner at Norva". The Virginian-Pilot. 1926-10-03. p. 37. Retrieved 2025-07-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "B. F. Keith's Palace Theatre" The Two Step 27(1)(January 1918): 39.
- ↑ "At the Majestic". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 1923-01-19. p. 19. Retrieved 2025-07-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "The Autumn Rites of Terpsichore" Vanity Fair (November 1922): 56.
- ↑ "Manager Jones Wants Artists to See Capital Theater Team". The Times-Tribune. 1924-09-08. p. 10. Retrieved 2025-07-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Theatre Notes". Mount Vernon Argus. 1923-09-20. p. 9. Retrieved 2025-07-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 "Maryon Vadie Dance Etchings at the Madison". News Journal. 1927-11-13. p. 14. Retrieved 2025-07-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Three Nebraska Girls, One from Omaha, With Maryon Vadie Dancers". Evening World-Herald. 1927-05-05. p. 12. Retrieved 2025-07-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Amusements Today". The Virginian-Pilot. 1926-10-04. p. 3. Retrieved 2025-07-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Maryon Green (death notice)". Tucson Citizen. 1975-02-25. p. 23. Retrieved 2025-07-10 – via Newspapers.com.