Mara Gaye (September 16, 1920 â€" July 22, 2005), born Marjorie Helen
Ginsberg in Bronx, New York, was a professional showgirl, dancer with
the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes (1938â€"1943), and exotic
burlesque striptease dancer of the 1940s through the 1960s. She also
performed under the name Marjorie Gaye.Marjorie Gaye was cast as a
dancer alongside the then-unknown Ann Miller in the 1936 film The
Devil on Horseback. She won both the Miss North Dallas and Miss Dallas
beauty contests in 1936. In the mid-1930s, she performed at the Little
Theatre of Dallas. She traveled with her mother to California in
search of a talent agent that wound up not to exist. At that time she
was also contemplating forming a tap-dancing duo with Miller until her
father made her return home. She studied professional dance in Los
Angeles.In April 1936, she was chosen to participate in the
"Discoveries of 1936" show at the Wilshire-Ebell Theatre by the
Assistance League of Southern California located in Hollywood,
California.In 1937 she performed at the Casa Manana 4,000-seat
theatrical restaurant in Texas as part of the Fort Worth Centennial
Frontier Fiesta exhibition produced by Billy Rose. Fan dancer Sally
Rand was the main attraction of the show. Gaye continued to perform in
the Casa Manana show when it moved and opened in New York City.
Ginsberg in Bronx, New York, was a professional showgirl, dancer with
the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes (1938â€"1943), and exotic
burlesque striptease dancer of the 1940s through the 1960s. She also
performed under the name Marjorie Gaye.Marjorie Gaye was cast as a
dancer alongside the then-unknown Ann Miller in the 1936 film The
Devil on Horseback. She won both the Miss North Dallas and Miss Dallas
beauty contests in 1936. In the mid-1930s, she performed at the Little
Theatre of Dallas. She traveled with her mother to California in
search of a talent agent that wound up not to exist. At that time she
was also contemplating forming a tap-dancing duo with Miller until her
father made her return home. She studied professional dance in Los
Angeles.In April 1936, she was chosen to participate in the
"Discoveries of 1936" show at the Wilshire-Ebell Theatre by the
Assistance League of Southern California located in Hollywood,
California.In 1937 she performed at the Casa Manana 4,000-seat
theatrical restaurant in Texas as part of the Fort Worth Centennial
Frontier Fiesta exhibition produced by Billy Rose. Fan dancer Sally
Rand was the main attraction of the show. Gaye continued to perform in
the Casa Manana show when it moved and opened in New York City.
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