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Janet Collins
Born March 7, 1917 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (1917–2003)·d. May 28, 2003 (aged 86)
Janet Faye Collins, OblSB was an African American prima ballerina, choreographer, and teacher. She performed on Broadway, in films, and appeared frequently on television. She was among the pioneers of black ballet dancing, one of the few classically trained Black dancers of her generation. She was a vowed oblate of the Benedictine order.
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- 1917 · New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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