Louis DaPron

His parents were Elizabeth Kurtz (b. around 1890) and Louis I DaPron, and the family shows up on the 1930 Federal Census as living in Denver.^[2] Both parents were professional dancers, and at some point in the 1930s they settled in Hollywood to open a dance school.^[3]

Professional beginnings

Louis, who had been dancing and teaching dance with his parents since he was a child, was hired by choreographer LeRoy Prinz and actor/choreographer Nick Castle in 1936 to assist with dance direction for films at Paramount. He seems not to have been under contract, but to have worked for various studios for the next few years. By 1941 he was the primary choreographer for Ruby Keeler in Columbia Pictures' Sweetheart of the Campus, her last musical film.^{[citation needed]}

Universal

In 1941,

Television

DaPron provided choreography for The Colgate Comedy Hour, again working with Donald O'Connor,^[5] and The Louis DaPron dancers were regulars on the popular Perry Como Show from 1955 to 1960.^{[citation needed]}

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