Margery Beddow Collection
Collection
Identifier: BRSCA-MB-003
The Margery Beddow collection contains souvenir programs and photographs from her time in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.
Dates
- 1923-2010
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
The Collections are available by appointment. Please submit the Research Inquiry at https://www.brarchive.ou.edu/contact or email brarchive@ou.edu.
Conditions Governing Use
The Ballets Russes Special Collections and Archive holds the physical rights only to most materials. Researchers must secure written permission from the Archive to publish archival material. Researchers assume all responsibility for conforming to copyright laws and for correctly citing the source of the archival material.
Extent
3 physical folders, 1 digital folder Items
Overview
Margery Beddow was a dancer with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo from 1954-1958. Her collection consists of souvenir programs and photographs.
Biographical / Historical
Margery Beddow grew up in Detroit, Michigan, and began dancing under the tutelage of Sandra Savero. She went on to dance with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet and the Slavenska-Franklin Company. She joined the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in 1954 dancing a variety of roles including Zobeide in Scheherazade, the Queen of the Willies in Giselle, and Pas de Trois in Swan Lake with Gertrude Tyven and Yvonne Chouteau. During her Broadway career she became a specialist in the Bob Fosse style, appearing in three of his Broadway shows and doing four others on tour. She wrote a book, Bob Fosse's Broadway, a study of his work. She worked as a choreographer, both on Broadway and out on tour. She also acted in several Hollywood films. She died at the age of 72 in 2010.
- Title
- Margery Beddow Collection
- Status
- completed
- Author
- The collection was inspected and arranged by Tara Davis, recorded by Jessie Hopper in 2012, and updated by Jeri Smalley in 2023.
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Ballets Russes Special Collections and Archive Repository