Beri, Beth (c. 1904–)
Beri, Beth (c. 1904–)
American theater dancer. Born c. 1904, near Los Angeles, California.
Had interpretive dance act on Keith and Orpheum circuits (1918–21); billed as the "most beautiful dancer of the world," danced numerous pieces, often to Chopin; performed interpretive dances on Broadway in Kid Boots (1923), Jack and Jill (1923) and Rufus LeMaire's Affairs (1927).
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