- After dancing on Broadway, she became an assistant to Michael Kidd, and decided to become a choreographer herself.
- Classically trained ballerina
- Was nominated for Broadway's Tony Award as Best Choreographer eight times: in 1958 for "The Music Man," in 1959 for "Whoop-Up," in 1960 for "Take Me Along," in 1961 for "Irma la Douce," in 1965 for "Half a Sixpence," in 1966 for "Mame," in 1968 for "Illya Darling," and in 1977 for "I Love My Wife." She never won.
- Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Members-at-Large)
- Took dance lessons at the age of 12 and later studied in San Francisco.
- Two children, Stuart Douglas and Jeanne Douglas.
- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 569-570. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007.
- She was awarded 68 Honorary Oscars for her dancing and choreography (Gene Kelly got 51, Jerome Robbins got 61 and Fred Astaire 49.
- She was awarded 68 Honorary Oscars for her dancing and choreography (Gene Kelly got 51, Jerome Robbins got 61 and Fred Astaire got 49.
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