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 in the catalogue.
| Charles Walters | 1911–1982 | 15 productions |
| Harland Dixon | 1885–1969 | 14 productions |
| Maria Karnilova | 1920–2001 | 13 productions |
| Jack Williams | 12 productions | |
| Fred Astaire | 1899–1987 | 11 productions |
| George White | 11 productions | |
| Ann Reinking | 1949–2020 | 10 productions |
| Christopher Chadman | 1948–1995 | 10 productions |
| Donna McKechnie | 1942 | 10 productions |
| Ivy Sawyer | 1897–1999 | 10 productions |
| JoAnn M. Hunter | 10 productions | |
| Marilyn Miller | 1898–1936 | 10 productions |
| George Church | 1912–2000 | 9 productions |
| Gwen Verdon | 1925–2000 | 9 productions |
| Mlle. Dazie | 1884–1952 | 8 productions |
| Paul Hartman | 1904–1973 | 8 productions |
| Stephanie Pope | 8 productions | |
| Swen Swenson | 1930–1993 | 8 productions |
| Betty Bruce | 1920–1974 | 7 productions |
| Buzz Miller | 1923–1999 | 7 productions |
| Carl Hyson | 7 productions | |
| Eleanor Powell | 1912–1982 | 7 productions |
| George Reeder | 7 productions | |
| Jack Donahue | 7 productions | |
| John W. Bubbles | 1902–1986 | 7 productions |
| Michael Kubala | 7 productions | |
| Paul Haakon | 1911–1992 | 7 productions |
| Anita Alvarez | 1920 | 6 productions |
| Archie Savage | 1914–2003 | 6 productions |
| Daniel Nagrin | 1917–2008 | 6 productions |
| Danny Daniels | 1924–2017 | 6 productions |
| Donald Saddler | 1918–2014 | 6 productions |
| Eddie Roll | 1901 | 6 productions |
| Evelyn Law | 6 productions | |
| Gregg Burge | 1957–1998 | 6 productions |
| James Starbuck | 1912–1997 | 6 productions |
| Louis Johnson | 1930–2020 | 6 productions |
| Luis Perez | 6 productions | |
| Mary Hay | 6 productions | |
| Michel Stuart | 1945–1997 | 6 productions |
| Onna White | 1922–2005 | 6 productions |
| Vera Zorina | 1917–2003 | 6 productions |
| Bill Robinson | 1877–1949 | 5 productions |
| Demetrios Vilan | 5 productions | |
| Gary Chryst | 1949 | 5 productions |
| Gilda Gray | 1895–1959 | 5 productions |
| Gregory Hines | 1946–2003 | 5 productions |
| Jose Limon | 1908–1972 | 5 productions |
| Ken Ard | 1960 | 5 productions |
| Larry Fuller | 5 productions | |
| Lidija Franklin | 1917–2019 | 5 productions |
| Nelle Fisher | 5 productions | |
| Patricia Bowman | 1908–1999 | 5 productions |
| Pearl Lang | 1921–2009 | 5 productions |
| Peter Gennaro | 1919–2000 | 5 productions |
| Ryan Steele | 1990 | 5 productions |
| Todd Bolender | 1914–2006 | 5 productions |
| Alexis Kosloff | 1887–1983 | 4 productions |
| Alvin Ailey | 1931–1989 | 4 productions |
| Buddy Schwab | 1930–1992 | 4 productions |