Onna White (March 24, 1922 â€" April 8, 2005) was a Canadian
choreographer and dancer, nominated for eight Tony Awards.Born in
Inverness, Nova Scotia, White began taking dance lessons at the age of
twelve, and eventually her studies took her to the San Francisco
Ballet, where she danced in the first full-length U.S. production of
The Nutcracker.[1] Her first Broadway performance was in Finian's
Rainbow in 1947. Her next assignment was Guys and Dolls, in which she
both performed and assisted the choreographer, Michael Kidd, beginning
an association that lasted through various productions until, in 1956,
she choreographed her first Broadway show, Carmen Jones.She married
actor Larry Douglas in 1948; they divorced in 1959. they had two
children: Jeanne and Stuart. She choreographed both the stage version
and screen versions of The Music Man (1962), 1776 (1972) and Mame
(1974). Douglas subsequently married Susan Luckey, who played the role
of Zaneeta in the film of The Music Man.
choreographer and dancer, nominated for eight Tony Awards.Born in
Inverness, Nova Scotia, White began taking dance lessons at the age of
twelve, and eventually her studies took her to the San Francisco
Ballet, where she danced in the first full-length U.S. production of
The Nutcracker.[1] Her first Broadway performance was in Finian's
Rainbow in 1947. Her next assignment was Guys and Dolls, in which she
both performed and assisted the choreographer, Michael Kidd, beginning
an association that lasted through various productions until, in 1956,
she choreographed her first Broadway show, Carmen Jones.She married
actor Larry Douglas in 1948; they divorced in 1959. they had two
children: Jeanne and Stuart. She choreographed both the stage version
and screen versions of The Music Man (1962), 1776 (1972) and Mame
(1974). Douglas subsequently married Susan Luckey, who played the role
of Zaneeta in the film of The Music Man.
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