Taylor, June

Taylor, June
▪ 2005

      American choreographer (b. Dec. 14, 1917, Chicago, Ill.—d. May 17, 2004, Miami, Fla.), began dancing professionally when she was 12, had her career ended by tuberculosis at age 20, and thereupon became a choreographer. Her June Taylor Dancers attained success in nightclubs and then in 1948 began being seen on television, first on Ed Sullivan's Toast of the Town and on Cavalcade of Stars but then, most notably, on The Jackie Gleason Show (1952–59 and 1962–70), which opened each week with Taylor's high-kicking dancers and brought the chorus line before the TV audience. In 1978 Taylor came out of retirement to take charge of the Miami Dolphins football team's cheerleaders and turned them into a dance unit, which she directed until 1990.

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