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.
| 1901–1966 | Buster West | 4 productions |
| Cynthia Onrubia | 4 productions | |
| 1921–2011 | Dania Krupska | 4 productions |
| 1969 | Desmond Richardson | 4 productions |
| 1912–1996 | Gene Kelly | 4 productions |
| 1962 | Jane Lanier | 4 productions |
| 1970 | John Selya | 4 productions |
| 1906–1975 | Josephine Baker | 4 productions |
| 1921–2013 | Matt Mattox | 4 productions |
| 1948 | Patricia Garland | 4 productions |
| Rene Ceballos | 4 productions | |
| 1973 | Savion Glover | 4 productions |
| 1919–2018 | Sono Osato | 4 productions |
| 1918–1995 | Talley Beatty | 4 productions |
| 1903–1975 | Tilly Losch | 4 productions |
| 1948–1995 | Tony Azito | 4 productions |
| 1919–1982 | Valerie Bettis | 4 productions |
| 1934–2018 | Arthur Mitchell | 3 productions |
| Denis Jones | 3 productions | |
| 1947 | Dennis Parlato | 3 productions |
| Edward Love | 3 productions | |
| 1911–1982 | Eugene Loring | 3 productions |
| 1909–1990 | Hermes Pan | 3 productions |
| 1955 | Lara Teeter | 3 productions |
| 1939 | Mercedes Ellington | 3 productions |
| 1915–2007 | Michael Kidd | 3 productions |
| 1917–1993 | Nelson Barclift | 3 productions |
| 1953–1989 | Reed Jones | 3 productions |
| 1918–1990 | Steve Condos | 3 productions |
| 1921–2020 | Tony Charmoli | 3 productions |
| 1921–1987 | William Skipper | 3 productions |
| 1924–1964 | Carol Haney | 2 productions |
| 1905–1951 | Catherine Littlefield | 2 productions |
| 1901–1975 | Charles Weidman | 2 productions |
| 1930–2018 | Donald McKayle | 2 productions |
| Galina Talva | 2 productions | |
| 1899–1978 | Gluck Sandor | 2 productions |
| 1919–2008 | Irina Baronova | 2 productions |
| 1960 | Jeff Calhoun | 2 productions |
| Jon Marshall Sharp | 2 productions | |
| 1943–2024 | Judith Jamison | 2 productions |
| 1987 | Justin Peck | 2 productions |
| 1909–2006 | Katherine Dunham | 2 productions |
| 1956 | Ken Roberson | 2 productions |
| 1910–1953 | Lee Dixon | 2 productions |
| 1942–1993 | Lester Wilson | 2 productions |
| 1919–2020 | Marge Champion | 2 productions |
| 1925–2013 | Maria Tallchief | 2 productions |
| 1941–1991 | Nicholas Dante | 2 productions |
| 1890–1968 | Sammy Lee | 2 productions |
| 1943–1993 | Scott Salmon | 2 productions |
| 1924–2019 | Stanley Donen | 2 productions |
| 1891–1967 | Albertina Rasch | 1 productions |
| 1943 | Arlene Phillips | 1 productions |
| Beryl Kaye | 1 productions | |
| 1952–1986 | Charles Ward | 1 productions |
| 1913–2003 | Cholly Atkins | 1 productions |
| 1910–1972 | David Lichine | 1 productions |
| 1970 | Deborah Yates | 1 productions |
| 1927–2003 | Don Lurio | 1 productions |