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Irene Castle

Irene Castle

Born: 1893-04-16 • New Rochelle, New York, USA

Irene Castle and her husband Vernon Castle (born Vernon Blyth) were the best known ballroom dancers of the early 20th C. Beginning about 1914 they operated several clubs and studios in the NYC area, toured the country dancing, and were able to charge as much as a thousand dollars an hour for lessons.

Filmography
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino poster
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961 • Self (archive footage)
The Golden Twenties poster
The Golden Twenties
1950 • Self (archive footage)
Slim Shoulders poster
Slim Shoulders
1922 • Naomi Warren
French Heels poster
French Heels
1922 • Palma May
The Amateur Wife poster
The Amateur Wife
1920 • Justine Spencer
The Invisible Bond poster
The Invisible Bond
1919 • Marcia Crossey
The Firing Line poster
The Firing Line
1919 • Sheila Cardross Malcourt
The Common Cause poster
The Common Cause
1919 • France (prologue)
The Girl from Bohemia poster
The Girl from Bohemia
1918 • Alice Paige
The First Law poster
The First Law
1918 • Norma Webb
The Hillcrest Mystery poster
The Hillcrest Mystery
1918 • Marion Sterling
Vengeance Is Mine poster
Vengeance Is Mine
1917 • Paula Farrington
Sylvia of the Secret Service poster
Sylvia of the Secret Service
1917 • Sylvia Carroll
The Mark of Cain poster
The Mark of Cain
1917 • Alice
No Image
Stranded in Arcady
1917 • Lucy Millington
Patria poster
Patria
1917 • Patria Channing / Elaine
The Whirl of Life poster
The Whirl of Life
1915 • Irene Castle