| LC control no. | n 85262595 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Le Gon, Jeni, 1916-2012 |
| Variant(s) | LeGon, Jeni, 1916-2012 Gon, Jeni Le, 1916-2012 Le Gon, Jenny, 1916-2012 Ligon, Jennie, 1916-2012 |
| Birth date | 19160814 |
| Death date | 20121207 |
| Place of birth | Chicago, Ill. |
| Place of death | Vancouver, B.C. |
| Profession or occupation | Tap dancer Actor |
| Found in | Ali Baba goes to town [MP] 1937: credits (with Jeni Le Gon) Performing arts biog. master index, 1981 (Jeni LeGon; b. 1916) My son, the hero, 1943: credits (cast, Jenny Le Gon) New York times WWW site, Dec. 17, 2012 (in obituary published Dec. 16: Jeni LeGon; b. Jennie Ligon, Aug. 14, 1916, Chicago; her name was later altered forever when Louella Parsons misspelled it in her Hollywood gossip column; d. Dec. 7, Vancouver, B.C., aged 96; singer and tap dancer who hoofed her way from the South Side of Chicago to Hollywood, where she shared the screen with Bill Bojangles Robinson and Cab Calloway, and to Broadway, where she performed to the music of Fats Waller) |
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