Jane Sherman
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| Born | June 14, 1908 |
| Died | March 16, 2010 (aged 101) |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, dancer, composer |
Jane Sherman (June 14, 1908 – March 16, 2010) was an American writer, performer, composer, and one-time dancer and member of the
Denishawn, the eclectic company, founded by Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn
in 1915. She performed with companies ranging from modern-dance groups to the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes.
Early life
Sherman was born in
Brahms Waltz and Liebesträume
", a solo that inspired her to study at the New York Denishawn School.
Career
Dancing
From 1927 to 1928, she joined the
Broadway revues and was a Rockette
in 1934 and 1935.
Editing
After her dance career ended, she became a fiction editor at Seventeen magazine in the 1940s.
Personal life
In 1940, Jane Sherman married Ned Lehac, a high school
Actors Fund
, where he died in 1999, aged 99.
In 2003, Jane began publishing poems, gathering them into little books, some of which commented on aging. In a poem from her self-published book "Songs of Senescence".
Death
On March 16, 2010, Sherman died at the age of 101.
References
- New York Times, March 20, 2010; page B8 [1].
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