Gwen Verdon
Year Title Role Notes
1936 The King Steps Out Specialty Ballerina Uncredited
1943 Hoosier Holiday Cheerleader Uncredited
1945 The Blonde from Brooklyn Girl in Nightclub Uncredited
1951 On the Riviera Specialty Dancer Uncredited
1951 David and Bathsheba Specialty Dancer Uncredited
1951 Meet Me After the Show Sappho Uncredited , as a prominent dancer in No Talent Joe , sung by Betty Grable
1952 Dreamboat Girl Uncredited
1952 The Merry Widow Specialty Can-Can Dancer Uncredited
1953 The I Do n't Care Girl Specialty Dancer Uncredited
1953 The Mississippi Gambler Voodoo Dancer Uncredited
1953 The Farmer Takes a Wife Abigail Uncredited
1955 Gentlemen Marry Brunettes Specialty Dancer Uncredited
1958 Damn Yankees Lola Nominated - BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Film
1978 Sgt . Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band Our Guests at Heartland
1982 Creepshow Voice of Lenora Castonmeyer Uncredited
1984 The Cotton Club Tish Dwyer
1985 Cocoon Bess McCarthy Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
1987 Nadine Vera
1988 Cocoon : The Return Bess McCarthy Selwyn
1990 Alice Alice 's mother
Work -- Film
Gwyneth Evelyn Gwen Verdon (January 13, 1925 - October 18, 2000) was an American actress and dancer. She won four Tony Awards for her musical comedy performances, and served as an uncredited choreographer's assistant and specialty dance coach for theater and film. With flaming red hair and a quaver in her voice, Verdon was a critically acclaimed performer on Broadway in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. Having originated many roles in musicals she is also strongly identified with her second husband, director-choreographer Bob Fosse, remembered as the dancer-collaborator-muse for whom he choreographed much of his work and as the guardian of his legacy after his death.