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(January 2, 1904 – August 31, 1979)
was born Harriet Helen Gould Beck in Hickory County, Missouri. She
also performed under the name Billy Beck. She was an exotic dancer
and actress.
 During
the 1920s, she acted on stage and appeared in silent films. Cecil B.
DeMille gave her the name Sally Rand.
She was selected as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1927. After the
introduction of sound film, she became a dancer, known for the fan
dance, which she popularized starting at the Paramount Club. Her
most famous appearance was at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair entitled
Century of Progress. She had been arrested a few times due to
indecent exposure while dancing, but the nudity was only an
illusion.
She also conceived and developed the bubble dance, in part to cope
with wind while performing outdoors. |
