Marge Champion
Biography
Marge Champion was an American dancer, actress, and choreographer who began performing as a child under her father, a dance director in Los Angeles. At fourteen she was hired by Walt Disney Studios as a dance model for animated films, providing movement for Snow White in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) and later for the Blue Fairy in Pinocchio and Hyacinth Hippo in Fantasia. In the 1940s and 1950s she danced in MGM musicals, including Show Boat (1951) and Give a Girl a Break (1953), and in 1957 she had her own television song and dance show. On Broadway she appeared in What's Up, Dark of the Moon, Beggar's Holiday, and Follies. Her choreography for Queen of the Stardust Ballroom earned an Emmy Award, and she received the Disney Legends Award in 2007. She died in 2020.
101years old at death
- Born Los Angeles
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Marjorie Celeste Belcher (birth name)Also credited as Marjorie Belcher, Marjorie Babbitt, Marjorie Babitsky and Marjorie Celeste Champion
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 73 years1939 to 2012
Genres
- Biography43%, 3 films
- Comedy43%, 3 films
- Drama43%, 3 films
- Documentary29%, 2 films
- Music29%, 2 films
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First role
At 14, Champion was hired by Walt Disney Studios as a dance model for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and her movements were copied to make the animated character more realistic.
A first
Champion returned to Broadway at age 81 as Emily Whitman in the 2001 revival of Follies, noting that as a dancer you are done by 40 but acting lasts long.
Marge Champion movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Marge Champion shares two films with Gower Champion, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Gower Champion's page
Bess Flowers's page
Burt Lancaster's page
Angela Lansbury's page
Chet Brandenburg's page
Walter Brennan's page
All films by Blake Edwards
All films by Frank Perry
All films by Sydney Pollack
Awards
Four awards and honors, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmy Awards | |||
| Outstanding Choreography | Won | ||
| Other honors | |||
| 2007 | Disney Legends | Honored | |
| American Choreography Awards | Won | ||
| Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame | Honored | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.