De Marco, Sally (1921–)

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De Marco, Sally (1921–)

American ballroom dancer. Name variations: Sally Craven; The De Marcos. Born Ora Lee Allen, Dec 29, 1921, in Roosevelt, Utah; trained in Los Angeles with Ernest Belcher; m. Tony De Marco (dancer), 1944.

Appeared in specialty ballet acts on Broadway; danced in Boys and Girls Together (1940), with headline dancers Tony and Renée De Marco; when the couple split, became female lead and continued as Tony De Marco's professional partner for 13 years; with him, appeared in film Greenwich Village (1944); still married, retired from performance career (1957).

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