They started as dancers
Their biography reaches for "dancer" before it reaches for singer or actor, which is a real distinction and not a grammatical one. Maria Karnilova came out of Ballet Theatre and ended up as Golde. Gwen Verdon's whole entry is nine words and the second one is dancer. The chorus was a trade with its own ladder, and this is who climbed it.
139 people in the catalogue.
| 1911–1982 | Charles Walters | 15 productions |
| 1885–1969 | Harland Dixon | 14 productions |
| 1920–2001 | Maria Karnilova | 13 productions |
| Jack Williams | 12 productions | |
| 1899–1987 | Fred Astaire | 11 productions |
| George White | 11 productions | |
| 1949–2020 | Ann Reinking | 10 productions |
| 1948–1995 | Christopher Chadman | 10 productions |
| 1942 | Donna McKechnie | 10 productions |
| 1897–1999 | Ivy Sawyer | 10 productions |
| JoAnn M. Hunter | 10 productions | |
| 1898–1936 | Marilyn Miller | 10 productions |
| 1912–2000 | George Church | 9 productions |
| 1925–2000 | Gwen Verdon | 9 productions |
| 1884–1952 | Mlle. Dazie | 8 productions |
| 1904–1973 | Paul Hartman | 8 productions |
| Stephanie Pope | 8 productions | |
| 1930–1993 | Swen Swenson | 8 productions |
| 1920–1974 | Betty Bruce | 7 productions |
| 1923–1999 | Buzz Miller | 7 productions |
| Carl Hyson | 7 productions | |
| 1912–1982 | Eleanor Powell | 7 productions |
| George Reeder | 7 productions | |
| Jack Donahue | 7 productions | |
| 1902–1986 | John W. Bubbles | 7 productions |
| Michael Kubala | 7 productions | |
| 1911–1992 | Paul Haakon | 7 productions |
| 1920 | Anita Alvarez | 6 productions |
| 1914–2003 | Archie Savage | 6 productions |
| 1917–2008 | Daniel Nagrin | 6 productions |
| 1924–2017 | Danny Daniels | 6 productions |
| 1918–2014 | Donald Saddler | 6 productions |
| 1901 | Eddie Roll | 6 productions |
| Evelyn Law | 6 productions | |
| 1957–1998 | Gregg Burge | 6 productions |
| 1912–1997 | James Starbuck | 6 productions |
| 1930–2020 | Louis Johnson | 6 productions |
| Luis Perez | 6 productions | |
| Mary Hay | 6 productions | |
| 1945–1997 | Michel Stuart | 6 productions |
| 1922–2005 | Onna White | 6 productions |
| 1917–2003 | Vera Zorina | 6 productions |
| 1877–1949 | Bill Robinson | 5 productions |
| Demetrios Vilan | 5 productions | |
| 1949 | Gary Chryst | 5 productions |
| 1895–1959 | Gilda Gray | 5 productions |
| 1946–2003 | Gregory Hines | 5 productions |
| 1908–1972 | Jose Limon | 5 productions |
| 1960 | Ken Ard | 5 productions |
| Larry Fuller | 5 productions | |
| 1917–2019 | Lidija Franklin | 5 productions |
| Nelle Fisher | 5 productions | |
| 1908–1999 | Patricia Bowman | 5 productions |
| 1921–2009 | Pearl Lang | 5 productions |
| 1919–2000 | Peter Gennaro | 5 productions |
| 1990 | Ryan Steele | 5 productions |
| 1914–2006 | Todd Bolender | 5 productions |
| 1887–1983 | Alexis Kosloff | 4 productions |
| 1931–1989 | Alvin Ailey | 4 productions |
| 1930–1992 | Buddy Schwab | 4 productions |