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