Ivy Sawyer (February , â€" November , ) was a British-born American
cabaret and ballroom dancer, singer, and stage actress.The London-born
Sawyer danced professionally with John Jarrot until she met and
married fellow dancer/actor Joseph Santley. The two would dance and
perform on stage together primarily in musical comedies for nearly two
decades. They made their Broadway debut together in in Betty at the
Globe Theatre and two years later played in the musical comedy Oh, My
Dear! at the Princess Theatre. The couple appeared in the famous
Irving Berlin Music Box Revues of the s and later toured the United
States, performing at major venues such as the National Theatre in
Washington, D.C.Where their dancing career ended, they moved to Los
Angeles, California, where her husband became a director of musical
comedy films. They had three children. Ivy Sawyer-Santley was widowed
in and died in California in at the age of .
cabaret and ballroom dancer, singer, and stage actress.The London-born
Sawyer danced professionally with John Jarrot until she met and
married fellow dancer/actor Joseph Santley. The two would dance and
perform on stage together primarily in musical comedies for nearly two
decades. They made their Broadway debut together in in Betty at the
Globe Theatre and two years later played in the musical comedy Oh, My
Dear! at the Princess Theatre. The couple appeared in the famous
Irving Berlin Music Box Revues of the s and later toured the United
States, performing at major venues such as the National Theatre in
Washington, D.C.Where their dancing career ended, they moved to Los
Angeles, California, where her husband became a director of musical
comedy films. They had three children. Ivy Sawyer-Santley was widowed
in and died in California in at the age of .
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