Margaret Severn

Margeret Severn (14 August 1901 – 7 July 1997)^[1] was an internationally acclaimed dancer who was most famous for using more than a dozen different Benda masks in The Greenwich Village Follies of 1921.^[2][3][4]

A film about her work Dance Masks was made by Peter Lipskis, and distributed by The University of California, Berkeley. Extension Media Center.^[5] and reviewed by Choice ^[6].

References

1. ^ New York Times
2. ^ Theatre magazine, Volume 33‎ - Page 409
3. ^ GBooks
4. ^ National Dance Chronicle " Letters, 1919-21" (1993) Abstract: "Margaret Severn recalls her time dancing in vaudeville and Broadway shows in a series of sketches and excerpts from letters. She recounts the difficulties of life on the road, from tiring travel and poor food to having to rehearse amid scenery construction. She succumbs to fits of jealousy when dancers she considers less talented are given parts. The letter excerpts are from 1919 and 1920 and mention names well-known in the dance such as Michel Fokine."
5. ^ Lipskis, Peter. Dance Masks The World of Margaret Severn. Berkeley, Calif: University of California, Extension Media Center, 1980.
6. ^ v.21, p1314, 1984

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Name	Severn, Margaret
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Date of birth	14 August 1901
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Date of death	7 July 1997
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