Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
7
Gender
Female
Birthday
October 25, 1895 ( 64 years old )
Place of Birth
Rydlewo, Znin County, Kingdom of Prussia [now Rydlewo, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]
Also Known As
Marianna Michalska
Mary Gray
The Shimmy Queen
Gilda Gray
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]
Known For
Piccadilly
1929-02-01The Devil Dancer
1927-11-03Lawful Larceny
1923-07-22Cabaret
1927-03-26Rose Marie
1936-01-31He Was Her Man
1931-04-25Aloma of the South Seas
1926-05-15