Gilda Gray
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Gilda Gray was a Polish-American dancer and actress who popularized a dance called the "shimmy" which became fashionable in 1920s films and theater productions.
Gray c.1920
Gilda Gray as the Hula-Hula Girl in Theatre Magazine, April 1922
Publicity photo remade into painting, "South Sea Island idyll" by Henry Hintermeister, c. 1922.
Gilda Gray in October 1921
Holy Cross Cemetery is a Catholic cemetery and funeral home at 5835 West Slauson Avenue in Culver City, California, operated by the Los Angeles Archdiocese.
Gilda Gray
…Michalska October 25, 1895 Rydlewo, German Empire (present-day Poland) Died December 22, 1959 (aged 63) Los Angeles, California, U.S. Resting place Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, U.S. Occupations Dancer, actress Years active 1918–1958 Known for Popularizing the "shimmy" Spouses John Gorecki (div. 1923) Gaillard T. "Gil" Boag…
The entrance to the cemetery
Grounds of the cemetery as seen in July 2021
Grave of Bing Crosby, marked with an incorrect birth year
Grave of Rita Hayworth