Still of Gilda Gray in Piccadilly (1929)
Caption: Still of Gilda Gray in Piccadilly (1929)
Actress, Soundtrack
Born: October 24, 1901
Star sign: Scorpio
Source: IMDB
The creator of 'the Shimmy' was a voluptuous blonde dancer with mischievous eyes, born Marianna Michalska in Kracow, Poland. Her parents died tragically and she was eventually adopted from an orphanage. Her foster-parents took her to the U.S. in 1909, where she commenced her career singing in her father-in-law's Chicago saloon. She then worked as ...