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7 de dic. de 2012 · Jeni LeGon, one of the first African-American women in tap dance to develop a career as a soloist, was born Jennie Bell, the youngest of four children. Her father, Hector Legon, was a chef and railway porter; her mother, Harriet, was a housewife. Not a high-heeled dancer in pretty skirts, she was a low-heeled dancer performing toe-stand in ...
23 de ene. de 2022 · “Jeni le Gon: The first black woman signed by Hollywood was livin’ and dancin’ in great big way,” rogerebert.com, January 23, 2013 George-Graves, Nadine. “Identity Politics and Political Will: Jeni LeGon Living in a Great Big Way,” in The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Politics, eds. Rebekah Kawal, Gerald Sigmund, and Randy Martin, eds, Oxford University Press, 2017.
Jeni LeGon in Fools for Scandal (1938) LeGon’s film debut, in Hooray for Love (1935), was spectacular. Girlishly sweet and professionally slick, though dressed down in polo-neck and slacks, she performs the gleeful number Living in a Great Big Way with Fats Waller and Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson. Waller was a great support to her in her ...
11 de dic. de 2012 · Ms. LeGon, who died Dec. 7 at 96 in Vancouver, was lured to Hollywood and cast in the 1935 musical comedy “Hooray for Love.” The “Chocolate Princess,” as she was dubbed by the white ...
6 de dic. de 2016 · "Getting It Right With You" from "Double Deal," 1939
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Jeni LeGon was presented with an honorary "Doctor of Performing Arts in American Dance" degree from Oklahoma City University in 2002. 1999 Documentary Film In 1999 the National Film Board of Canada released a 48 minuite documentary film about her life entitled "Jeni Le Gon: Living in a Great Big Way".
Late actress,dancer,Jeni Le Gon talks with Gloria Creighton about her life and movie career.She was one of the first black actresses in American film.
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