Sally Rand

Submitted by sfr on Thu, 2016-09-08 09:34
Text: 
Go Down, Moses
Character Key: 
Sally Rand
Display Name: 
Sally Rand
Sort Name: 
Rand, Sally
AKA: 
Hattie Helen Gould Beck
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Female
Class: 
Middle Class
Rank: 
Peripheral
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Other
Specific Job: 
Dancer
First Mentioned: 
Road to the Delta in Go Down, Moses (Location)
Date of Birth: 
Sunday, April 3, 1904
Origin: 
Missouri
Biography: 

Sally Rand was a minor actress and nightclub dancer who became famous at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair when she danced apparently naked, using a pair of ostrich feather "fans" to reveal and conceal her body in provocative ways that got her arrested four times in one day (323).

Individual or Group: 
Individual
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