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Agnes de Mille
American dancer and choreographer
Also known as: Agnes DeMille, Agnes George de Mille
Quick Facts
- In full:
- Agnes George de Mille
- De Mille also spelled:
- DeMille
- Born:
- Sept. 18, 1905, New York, N.Y., U.S.
- Died:
- Oct. 7, 1993, New York City (aged 88)
- Awards And Honors:
- Kennedy Center Honors (1980)
Agnes de Mille (born Sept. 18, 1905, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died Oct. 7, 1993, New York City) was an American dancer and choreographer who further developed the narrative aspect of dance and made innovative use of American themes, folk dances, and physical idioms in her choreography of musical plays and ballets. Her father was the playwright William Churchill DeMille, her mother the daughter of the economist Henry George, and her uncle the film director Cecil B. DeMille. She spent her youth (from 1914) in Hollywood and earned a B.A. degree in English from the University of California, Los Angeles. She ...(100 of 425 words)