Hoctor, Harriet
Name Entries
person
Hoctor, Harriet
Name Components
Name :
Hoctor, Harriet
Genders
Exist Dates
Biographical History
Harriet Hoctor (b. Sept. 25, 1905 in Hoosick Falls, New York; d. June 9, 1977 in Arlington, Virginia) was a dancer on Broadway and in films during the 1920s, 1930s and early 1940s. She began dance lessons at the age of twelve with Louis H. Chalif. She also studied with Ivan Tarasov, Anton Dolan, Merriel Abbott and Nicholas Legat. At seventeen, she started performing in vaudeville with the Keith/Orpheum Circuit. A year later the Duncan Sisters hired her to dance in "Topsy and Eva." In 1926, Hoctor began a life-long dance partnership with William Holbrook. She also became a featured dancer in Florenz Ziegfeld musicals. Hoctor danced in the films The Great Ziegfeld (1936) and Shall we dance (1937). She opened her own ballet school in Boston in 1945. In 1974, she retired and moved to Lorton, Virginia.
Biographical Note
eng
Latn
External Related CPF
https://viaf.org/viaf/48526572
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n97858445
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n97858445
Other Entity IDs (Same As)
Sources
Loading ...
Resource Relations
Loading ...
Internal CPF Relations
Loading ...
Languages Used
Subjects
Choreography
Choreography
Costume design
Costume design
Dance
Dance
Dance in motion pictures, television, etc.
Dance in motion pictures, television, etc.
Dance music
Dance schools
Dance schools
Musical theater
Musical theater
Vaudeville
Vaudeville
Women dancers
Women dancers
Nationalities
Activities
Occupations
Legal Statuses
Places
United States
AssociatedPlace
Convention Declarations
<conventionDeclaration><citation>VIAF</citation></conventionDeclaration>