Marjorie Guthrie
American dancer
Died when: 65 years 158 days (785 months)Star Sign: Libra
Marjorie Greenblatt Guthrie (October 6, 1917 – March 13, 1983), who used Marjorie Mazia as her professional name, was a dancer, dance teacher, and health science activist.
She was married to folk musician Woody Guthrie.Her children with him include folk musician Arlo Guthrie and Woody Guthrie Publications president Nora Guthrie.
She was a principal dancer with the Martha Graham Company.With Graham's permission, she started her own dance studio where she taught Graham methods and style.
Due to her husband's affliction with Huntington's disease, she became an activist, founding a predecessor of the Huntington's Disease Society of America.
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