Joe Bennett (dancer)
Joe Bennett (1889 - August 31, 1967) was an American vaudeville eccentric dancer.[1] Harland Dixon described him as "[having] legs of iron ... He only had a few routines but they were gifts from heaven - the greatest comedy dancer I ever saw."[2]
Biography[]
He was born in 1889. He died on August 31, 1967 at Our Lady of Consolation in Amityville, New York, at age 78.
References[]
- ^ "Joe Bennett Dies. Vaudeville Dancer". New York Times. September 2, 1967. Retrieved 2015-02-03.
- ^ Marshall Winslow Stearns and Jean Stearns (1968). Jazz Dance: The Story of American Vernacular Dance. p. 53.
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