Vane, Daphne (1918–1966)
Vane, Daphne (1918–1966)
American ballet dancer. Born 1918; died Dec 15, 1966, in New York, NY; m. Richard Day (film art director).
Danced at Radio City Music Hall; joined American Ballet (1935) and was a lead dancer at Metropolitan Opera House in premieres of Balanchine works, including Mozartiana and Orpheus and Eurydice; danced "Romeo and Juliet ballet" in film Goldwyn Follies (1938); appeared on Broadway in Keep Off the Grass (1940).
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