Caron, Margaret Pettibone (b. around 1904)

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Caron, Margaret Pettibone (b. around 1904)

American theatrical ballet dancer and choreographer. Name variations: Margaret Petit; Margaret Pettibone; Marguerite Caron. Born Margaret Pettibone, c. 1904, in Seattle, Washington; died in France; m. Claude Caron (wealthy chemist); children: Leslie Caron (b. 1931, actress and dancer).

Studied with Luigi Albertieri, Ivan Tarasoff, and Mikhail Fokine in New York City during adolescence; performed in What's in a Name (1920) and Greenwich Village Follies (1921); appeared as specialty dancer in Pin Wheel Revue of 1922 and staged many of her own dances, such as The Masked Bacchantes; moved to Paris (1926) and retired from performance career.

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