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.
| 1945 | George Faison | 1 productions |
| 1910–1996 | Helen Cohan | 1 productions |
| Jaime Rogers | 1 productions | |
| 1973 | Joshua Bergasse | 1 productions |
| 1954 | Karole Armitage | 1 productions |
| Lilianne Montevecchi | 1 productions | |
| 1938–2007 | Michael Smuin | 1 productions |
| 1880–1942 | Michel Fokine | 1 productions |
| 1940 | Natalia Makarova | 1 productions |
| 1932–2005 | Nejla Ates | 1 productions |
| 1933 | Noelle Adam | 1 productions |
| 1934 | Patricia Birch | 1 productions |
| 1938–2001 | Paul Wallace | 1 productions |
| 1919–1994 | Pearl Primus | 1 productions |
| 1906–1957 | Robert Alton | 1 productions |
| Rod Alexander | 1 productions | |
| 1933–1989 | Ron Field | 1 productions |
| 1892–1961 | Seymour Felix | 1 productions |
| 1950–2007 | Thommie Walsh | 1 productions |