Marge Champion

Birth Name:

Marjorie Celeste Belcher

Birth Place:

Los Angeles, California, United States

Profession

Actress, Soundtrack

Her work in television was commemorated with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960
Received the Douglas Watt Lifetime Achievement Award at the 31st Annual Fred and Adele Astaire Awards ceremonies
Won a Career Achievement Award along with Gower Champion at the 2002 American Choreography Awards
When she was 12 years old, she started teaching ballet at her father's studio
When she was 14, she started modeling as Snow White at Walt Disney's studio for the crew of animators working on the classic film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs․"
Quote: "You can celebrate every decade for what it gives you, not for what it takes away․"
Danced with Gower Champion in a number of successful musicals for MGM
Her theater credits include a 1955 role in Broadway's "Three for Tonight․"
After retiring from her film career, she started teaching dance and choreography in New York
When she was asked if she could ride a horse for her role in the western "Honor of the West," she said she could, then immediately started taking lessons

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