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Pearl Argyle (born Pearl Wellman; 7 November 1910 – 29 January 1947) was a South African ballet dancer and actress. She appeared in leading roles with English ballet companies in the 1930s and later performed in stage musicals and in films.
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South African-British dancer. She studied with Rambert and Legat and made her debut in 1926 with Rambert's company, becoming ballerina with the Carmargo Society and also performing with Les Ballets 1933. She was then principal dancer with the Vic-Wells Ballet (1935–8).
Notable: 1910 – 1947; Royal Ballet. Pearl Argyle was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1910. She studied with Rambert and Legat and made her debut in 1926 with Rambert’s company. Then became ballerina with the Camargo Society.
Pearl Argyle was born on 7 November 1910 in Johannesburg, South Africa. She was an actress, known for Chu Chin Chow (1934), Things to Come (1936) and Adventure Ltd. (1935). She was married to Curtis Bernhardt. She died on 29 January 1947 in New York City, New York, USA.
Argyle, Pearl (1910–1947) English ballerina and actress. Born Pearl Wellman in 1910; died in 1947; studied with Marie Rambert ; married Curtis Bernhardt (an American film producer), in 1938.
Pearl Argyle (1910-1947) was a leading dancer in the Vic-Wells Ballet and a film star in Things to Come. See four portraits of her by Paul Tanqueray and H.G. Wells.
