Sylvia Lewis Profile

Sylvia Lewis

	(Sylvia I. Lewis)
22 April 31	is born in York, Pennsylvania
?	studies dance at the Peabody Conservatory of Music
?	graduates from David Starr Jordan High School
9 September 50	promotes the "Movies Are Better Than Ever" campaign with Alex Bennett, Faye McIntyre, Penny Oliver, Suzanne Sutton, and Cozette Standley
51	is a dancer at Larry Potter's Supper Club
22 June 53	columnist Florabel Muir reports that "sitting a few tables away was Donald O'Connor with his new gal friend, Sylvia Lewis, a dancer."
?	meets dancer Larri Thomas during rehearsals for the Colgate Comedy Hour. They will become lifelong friends.
22 October 55	marries Samuel J. Rich in Santa Barbara, California
21 November 56	her daughter, Catherine is born
12 July 57	choreographs A Part of the Blues, which opens at the State Society Theater
22 March 58	Sheilah Graham reports that "Sylvia Lewis, pupil of Edith Jane at the Falcon Studios, recently was awarded a part in the Hildegarde show in New York City... the new production is titled Packaged in Paris"
19 August 63	stars as Anita in the stage production of West Side Story at the Sacramento Music Theater
6 November 66	marries Edward Simmons in Los Angeles, California
?	marries Philip Gunning
March 08	attends The Professional Dancers Society honoring Mary Tyler Moore at its Awards Luncheon
21	attends the 2021 Kennedy Center Honors for Dick Van Dyke

Sources: Los Angeles Mirror, California Eagle, Los Angeles Evening Citizen News, Valley Times, The Modesto Bee, Sylvia Lewis
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