MARGE CHAMPION

Marge Champion was known for her dancing career in Hollywood. She started as a dance model for Walt Disney Studios’ animated movies, and it did not take long before she was on the big screen for credit roles as actress and dancer. She and her second husband, Gower Champion, co-led a dance team for a long time that eventually opened for them an opportunity of co-starring in musicals shows,

like Show Boat, Mr. Music, Three for the Show, and more. They also had the opportunity to star in their TV series The Marge and Gower Champion Show. Although already out of the spotlight, she last appeared in a short film in 2001 about dancers in senior care, when she was 90 years old. She reached 100 years of age on her birthday last September 2, 2019, and died peacefully on October 23, 2020, at the age of 101.