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Gilda Gray
Gilda Gray (October 24, 1901 – December 22, 1959) was an American actress and dancer who popularizing a dance called the "shimmy" which became fashionable in 1920s films and theater productions.
==Early life and 'The Shimmy'==
Gilda Gray was born as Marianna Michalska in Kraków (then part of Galicia-Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary, now part of Poland) on 24 October 1901, to Max and Wanda Michalski, who emigrated to the United States in 1909 and settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She had one sibling, Josephine.
When Marianna was 14 or 15 years old she married John Gorecki, a concert violinist (son of Socialist and union leader Martin Gorecki). The couple, who divorced in 1923, had one son, Martin Gorecki, who became a bandleader under the name Martin Gray. An obituary published in ''Time'' magazine reported that Gilda Gray was reportedly married at 11 and became a mother at 12.〔(''Time'' magazine obituary )〕
Although the shimmy is said to have been introduced to American audiences by Gray in New York in 1919, the term was widely used before. Some stories said that her shimmy was born one night when she was singing the Star Spangled Banner and forgot some of the lyrics. She covered up her embarrassment by shaking her shoulders and hips. Although the shimmy was already a well-known dance move, Marianna appropriated it as her own: when she was asked about her dancing style, she replied in a heavy Polish accent; "I'm shaking my ''chemise''," which sounded to the English-speaking audience like ''shimmy''.
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