Gilda Gray
Birthday: October 25, 1895 in Rydlewo, Znin County, Kingdom of Prussia [now Rydlewo, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]
Deathday: December 22, 1959
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 perfor...med her famous shimmy.
[biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
