Frances Taylor Davis
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Frances Taylor Davis was an American dancer and actress who was a member of the Katherine Dunham Company, and the first African American ballerina to perform with the Paris Opera Ballet.
Taylor Davis in 1964, with her husband, Miles (Swing Journal, January 1965)
Performing as Francisca (left) in the song "I Feel Pretty" for the original 1957 Broadway production of West Side Story
West Side Story
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West Side Story is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents.
Frances Taylor Davis
…Opera Ballet. Credited as Elizabeth Taylor, she had roles in the Broadway musicals Mr. Wonderful, Shinbone Alley, and was an original cast member of West Side Story. Taylor also appeared in the Off-Broadway productions of Carmen Jones and Porgy and Bess. At the peak of her career, she left Broadway to marry jazz…
Original Broadway cast recording
Larry Kert as Tony, original Broadway production (1957)
Kert and Lawrence in the balcony scene (1957)