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Marge Champion
Choreographer + Dancer + Actor
Female
Born
Sep 2, 1919
Age
93
Hometown
Los Angeles, Cali...
Other Names
Marjorie Celeste ...
Marge Champion is an American dancer, choreographer, and pedagogue. In addition, she also worked in film, such as a live action reference model for various Disney films, including the model for Snow White (Disney) in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937… Read More
Romance
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News + Updates
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Howard Keel Movie Schedule: Kismet, Lovely To Look At, Floods Of Fear Alt Film Guide (Blog)Google News - Aug 30, 2011
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Photo Coverage: Tommy Tune 'Steps In Time' At The Colonial Theatre Broadway WorldGoogle News - Aug 12, 2011
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Remember When...: A Look Back At Blanco County History Blanco County NewsGoogle News - Jul 21, 2011
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Theatre Zone Founders On Broadway For Gwen Verdon: I'm Not Lola Tribute Broadway WorldGoogle News - Jul 20, 2011
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1919
Birth
Born on September 2, 1919.
TWENTIES
1947
27 Years Old
She married Gower Champion in 1947.
THIRTIES
1951
31 Years Old
As a dance team, she and husband Gower Champion (1921–1980), appeared in such MGM musicals of the 1940s and 50s as the 1951 version of Show Boat and 1952's Everything I Have Is Yours.
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1957
37 Years Old
During the summer of 1957, the Champions had their own TV series, The Marge and Gower Champion Show, a situation comedy with song and dance numbers.
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FIFTIES
1973
53 Years Old
They had two sons, Blake and actor Gregg Champion, before divorcing in 1973.
1977
57 Years Old
Her third marriage, to director Boris Sagal, father of actress Katey Sagal, lasted from January 1, 1977, until his death on May 22, 1981, when he was killed in an accident during the production of the miniseries World War III.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
1982
62 Years Old
Since retiring, Champion has worked as a dance instructor and choreographer in New York City. In 1982, she made a rare television acting appearance on the dramatic series Fame, playing a ballet teacher with a racial bias against African-American students.
2001
81 Years Old
In 2001, she appeared as Emily Whitman in a Broadway revival of Follies.
2009
89 Years Old
Champion was inducted into the National Museum of Dance's Mr. & Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Hall of Fame in 2009.
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