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Wednesday, 4 September 2013

Patti Lacey

Born: 22 May 1922, Los Angeles, California, USA

Patti Lacey was a dancer who found herself in several films usually doing the Jitterbug with her partner Ray Hirsch.

Blondie Meets the Boss (1939) as Dancer

With Ray Hirsch.

















Mad Youth (1939) as Jitterbug dancer

With Ray Hirsch.


















Four Jacks and a Jill (1942) as Jitterbug dancer on the street (uncredited)

Dancing with Ray Bolger.

















Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942) as Dancer

With Ray Hirsch.











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5 comments:

  1. Unknown30 April 2014 at 04:34

    Thank you for featuring my mother on your blog. She will be 93 next month.

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    1. Ian T8 May 2014 at 13:47

      Hi Mindee. Thank you for your comment. Does this mean her year of birth is wrong on my blog?

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    2. Unknown27 May 2014 at 04:55

      actually you are right and I am wrong. Correction: she is 92. Thanks :-)

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    3. KRYSTAL CHAVEZ15 January 2020 at 11:47

      Hi Mindee,

      THANKS IAN FOR THE ARTICLE. 

      My name is Krystal, I’m a jitterbug dancer from London.I would like to say to you that your Mom has been a wonderful and huge influence for me and many dancers in my community. Unfortunately, there is not much information about her (in comparison to Ray Hirsch). As a female dancer in 2020, I found quite disrespectful the focus on male dancers of those days, however, I understand the mentally was like that. I believe she did an amazing and avant-garde work during her career, even harder than Ray as she was dancing almost always in high heels. For this reason, I would like to create a website/blog where to make a tribute to her and many other female dancers from the golden swing era. In this way, their work would be documented better and hopefully, future generations will always keep remembering all of them. It will be massively helpful if you could help me, as there is not much information or photos about her during her dancing career. 
      My e-mail is maria.krystal@gmail.com
      I hope you will be able to help.

      Best wishes, Krystal 

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    4. Ian T19 January 2020 at 23:54

      Hi Krystal. I know there's not much here, but use anything you want.

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