Dancer

Betty Felsen

Ballerina, vaudeville star, teacher

Born 1905Died 2000

Betty Felsen was a dancer, born in 1905, who died in 2000.

Biography

Betty Felsen (1905–2000) was a ballet dancer, vaudeville star, and teacher. After graduating from the Pavley-Oukrainsky Ballet School in 1919, she joined the corps de ballet and became a ballerina soloist in December 1920. Felsen left the Chicago Opera in 1922 for a vaudeville career and with her new partner Jack Broderick, began touring the U.S. and Canada in their headline act, Broderick & Felsen. After Jack left the act near the end of 1927, Betty performed with her troupe as Betty Felsen & Company until November 1928. Betty then owned and operated a performing arts school, first in Worcester, Massachusetts, until 1932 and then in Cleveland, Ohio, until she retired in 1937.

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