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Carmen De Lavallade
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American dancer (1931–2025)
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Carmen De Lavallade was an American actor, choreographer, and ballet dancer. Born in Los Angeles in 1931, she began her work period in 1948. She was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha and studied under Lester Horton. Her professional affiliations included employment at Yale University and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
De Lavallade received the Bessie Awards and the Kennedy Center Honors. She was married to Geoffrey Holder. Among her students were Meryl Streep, Sigourney Weaver, Joe Grifasi, and Christopher Durang. She died in Englewood in 2025 from natural causes.
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Film & TV
Los Angeles, California, USA
Known for
- Bella2023
- Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back — Self2019
- Mr. SOUL! — Self2018
- Carmen & Geoffrey — Self2005
- Stone Mansion — Mabel Stone2004
- Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty — Self2003
- The Hours — Clarissa's Neighbor2002
- Big Daddy — Judge1999
- Lone Star — Carolyn1996
- Genius on the Wrong Coast — Self1993
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Carmen
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Place of death
- Englewood
- Spouse
- Geoffrey Holder
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Student of
- Lester Horton
- Image
- Carmen de Lavallade 2017.jpg
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- Commons category
- Carmen De Lavallade
- date of birth
- 1931-00-00
- member of
- Alpha Kappa Alpha
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Art+Feminism
- student
- Joe Grifasi
- start of work period
- 1948-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- date of death
- 2025-12-29
- manner of death
- natural causes
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