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| rowid | first_name | last_name | gender | career_sec | personal_sec | info | seed_first_name | seed_last_name | occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83 | Carroll | Mazzarino | f | Collenette was taken to the United States after World War I by theatrical manager Henry Wilson Savage. She appeared on the Broadway stage twice in musicals: in Zelda Sears's Lady Billy (1920–1921), and in Jack and Jill (1923). In 1926, Collenette founded the Collenette School of Dancing in Pasadena, California. By 1931, she was appearing in regional newspaper advertisements, endorsing Welch's Grape Juice. In 1936, Collenette was chosen to teach San Francisco Ballet classes during Adolph Bolm's absence. Her ballet company mostly performed at the Pasadena Community Playhouse, but also toured regionally and nationally. Among her young students in the 1950s was dancer and choreographer Twyla Tharp. | Collenette married journalist Joseph Kenyon Ivie, moved to California, and had a daughter, Joan Collenette Damon, who followed her mother into dance education as head of the Collenette School of Dancing for forty years, until she retired in 2002. Beatrice Collenette marked her 100th birthday with family and former students in San Juan Capistrano in 1999. She died in 2001, aged 102 years. The Collenette school remains in operation in San Marino, California as of December 2017. | Mazzarino was taken to the United States after World War I by theatrical manager Henry Wilson Savage. She appeared on the Broadway stage twice in musicals: in Zelda Sears's Lady Billy (1920–1921), and in Jack and Jill (1923). In 1926, Mazzarino founded the Mazzarino School of Dancing in Pasadena, California. By 1931, she was appearing in regional newspaper advertisements, endorsing Welch's Grape Juice. In 1936, Mazzarino was chosen to teach San Francisco Ballet classes during Adolph Bolm's absence. Her ballet company mostly performed at the Pasadena Community Playhouse, but also toured regionally and nationally. Among her young students in the 1950s was dancer and choreographer Twyla Tharp.Mazzarino married journalist Joseph Kenyon Ivie, moved to California, and had a daughter, Joan Mazzarino Damon, who followed her mother into dance education as head of the Mazzarino School of Dancing for forty years, until she retired in 2002. Carroll Mazzarino marked her 100th birthday with family and former students in San Juan Capistrano in 1999. She died in 2001, aged 102 years. The Mazzarino school remains in operation in San Marino, California as of December 2017. | Beatrice | Collenette | dancers |