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unusual facts about Gaby Deslys


Louis Hirsch

His Revue of Revues (1911) introduced French star Gaby Deslys to America.


Tamara Toumanova

In 1953 she played Russian prima ballerina Anna Pavlova in Tonight We Sing, and in 1954 she appeared in the biographical musical, Deep in My Heart, as the French dancer Gaby Deslys.

The Delicious Little Devil

(This was Murray in a thinly disguised portrayal obviously mimicking fellow real life dancer/star Gaby Deslys who had an affair with the King of Portugal before World War I).


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