Betty Compton
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Betty Compton, was an English actress and singer, who married New York City mayor Jimmy Walker in 1933.
Betty Compton portrait 1925
Compton and husband Jimmy Walker at the White House in 1938
Fred Astaire
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Fred Astaire was an American dancer, actor, singer, musician, choreographer, and presenter, whose career in stage, film, and television spanned 76 years. He is widely regarded as the "greatest popular
Betty Compton
…in New York City with Estelle Liebling. A member of the Ziegfeld Follies, she appeared in the original stage production of Funny Face (1927) alongside Fred Astaire and Adele Astaire, as well as Oh, Kay! in 1926. Compton married film dialog director Edward D. Dowling on February 16, 1931, in Cuernavaca, Mexico, and…
Astaire in 1941
Fred and his sister Adele in 1906
Fred and Adele Astaire in 1921
Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire in Top Hat (1935)