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Milada Mladova Profile
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| 4 October 21 | is born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Jaroslav Mraz and Theodora Mraz, nee Blesh |
| c. 28 | her brother John is born |
| ? | her brother Gerald is born |
| ? | is a dancer with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo |
| 44 | meets Jimmy Newill in Broadway’s Sadie Thompson. Milada is the leading dancer, Newill is the leading actor. |
| c. 46 | moves to Italy for filming I contrabbandieri del mare. Newill follows. |
| ? | she and Newill return to the States on a Liberty ship |
| April 47 | is reported recovering from minor burns received when her costume caught fire on the Atlantis set. Actor Dennis O'Keefe beat out the flames with a drapery before they could seriously harm her. |
| 20 June 47 | marries singer James Morris Newill. He is 35; she’s 25. He was formerly wed to Ethel Slyle of Los Angeles. |
| January 49 | columnist Walter Winchell promises: "You'll adore Milada Mladova, the galerina in All for Love. Resembles Hedy and dances like Zorina. Made my heart jig..." |
| Mid-April 49 | leaves the cast of All for Love "to await her blessed-event..." |
| 2 November 49 | her daughter Milada is born in California |
| 20 March 51 | her daughter Colleen is born in Los Angeles |
| 53 | she and Newill move to Northern California to buy a ranch |
| 17 December 57 | her son, Richard J. “Rick,” is born in California |
| ? | the Newills leave the ranch and move to Redding, California |
| c. 61 | she and Gloria Connolly become directors of Ballet Arts School of Dance |
| July 63 | directs the choreography for the California Lutheran College-Conejo Choraliers production of H.M.S. Pinafore |
| 67 | she and Gloria Connolly found the Conejo Junior Ballet Company, a non-profit organization |
| September 71 | she and Connolly move their studio to 32068 Thousand Oaks Boulevard, Van Nuys |
| c. 71 | the Newills move to a 2-acre property |
| 31 July 75 | becomes the widow of Newill, who dies at age 63 in Los Angeles of cancer |
| early 15 | dies at age 93 in California |
| Sources: Rick Newill at www.B-Westerns.com, Reno Evening Gazette, Waukesha Daily Freeman, Nevada State Journal, The Zanesville Signal, Mansfield News-Journal, Van Nuys News, www.Ancestry.com | |
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